[Mtamazon] Amazon returning "there are no exact matches for the search" -- but there *should* be

"Greg Brooks" <gregb-9Q4CNJO50Pt/[email protected]> Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:35:15 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.mtamazon.user
Organization West Third Group
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Folks, any help appreciated on this brain-teaser:

My code within my MT index template is thus:

<MTAmazon method=3D"ListMania" search=3D"1N2TQFOFH8YTX" debug=3D"1">
<p><ul><li><a
href=3D"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/<MTAmazonASIN>/<MTAmazonAs=
socia
teID>/"><MTAmazonTitle></a></li></ul></p>
</MTAmazon>

It outputs exactly... nothing. In debug mode, I can see that the cache =
is
sought out and apparently written to just fine:

MT::App::CMS=3DHASH(0x83709b0) Searching ListMania 1N2TQFOFH8YTX in =
books
MT::App::CMS=3DHASH(0x83709b0) No cache for this query
MT::App::CMS=3DHASH(0x83709b0) Getting
http://xml-na.amznxslt.com/onca/xml2?t=3Dengage06-20&dev-t=3DD1ZQ8NNLAKEI=
UX&List
ManiaSearch=3D1N2TQFOFH8YTX&mode=3Dbooks&type=3Dlite&page=3D1&f=3Dxml
MT::App::CMS=3DHASH(0x83709b0) Saving cache to
/usr/local/www/data/engage/cache/amazon.engage0620liteListMania1N2TQFOFH8=
YTX
books.1.xml


The problem is, the cache file is all of 129 bytes and has a snippet of =
XML
that says "there are no exact matches for this search."

To me, that says my associateID, devtoken or listmania ID are wrong -- =
but
I've checked them over and over. Any thoughts? I created the listmania =
list
from within my normal (i.e., amazon customer) account, but the e-mail =
for
that account is identical to the one for my associateID. Any reason =
Amazon
might be thinking I shouldn't lift out the data? Any sort of time delay =
on
their XML services? (I just created the list a couple hours ago.)

Any help MUCH appreciated!

G.



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