Python wrapper “python-amazon-simple-product-api” using to create a new cart on Amazon?

Question

[Yesterdays]

Hello.

I'm trying to create a new cart on Amazon through using the Python wrapper "python-amazon-simple-product-api". The following code runs well.

from amazon.api import AmazonAPI
amazon = AmazonAPI("valid key","valid key","valid value")
product = amazon.lookup(ItemId='B005M393OO', ResponseGroup="Large")
product.title
product.asin

Output:

'1 X 12 Washing Machine Lint Traps Aluminum Mesh With Clamps'
'B010T3VSLW'

But, when I'm trying to create a new cart, I have the following:

amazon_cart = amazon.cart_create([{'offer_id':'B010T3VSLW','quantity': 1}])

So, the response is "AWS.InvalidParameterValue is not a valid value for OfferListingId. Please change this value and retry your request." It seems that there is some mistake in the arguments I use for the function create_cart, i.e.

cart_create([{'offer_id':'B010T3VSLW','quantity': 1}]).

Does anybody know a correct way to create a new cart?

Thank you.

Comments

[Yesterdays]

angru, great, now it's running well.
Thank you.

Answer 1

[angru]

In accordance with Amazon API documentation ASIN is not offer ID:

An offer listing ID is an alphanumeric token that uniquely identifies an item. Use the OfferListingId instead of an item's ASIN to add the item to the cart.

Type: String
Default: None
Valid Values: An Offer Listing ID
Constraint: Required if ASIN is not used.

So you need to find way to obtain offer_id. But I can't see this functionality in python-amazon-simple-product-api library.

UPD: There is pull request