Get Amazon Affiliate Links With Image From Python Using Amazon’s API.

Category: Flet

This script will show you how to build an Amazon affiliate link with image from the new API that generates HTML that can be inserted into a blog. I made this as an example for my wife. She ended up using a plugin in WordPress. It uses python-amazon-paapi to do all the heavy lifting. You can enter the ASIN in the var and run without Flet or, if you prefer a GUI and wish to use Flet, you can install it.

A good IDE for Python is PyCharm. It’s free and will automatically create a virtual environment. It’s below the 30 day trial of pro edition.

If you are not a programmer.

Install Python, copy the program below into a text editor like Notepad, save as get_affiliate_link.py

Be sure to fill in the API key, secret, your affiliate id, along with the asin for the product you want to display.

I did not put a lot of work into the HTML so change anything there you think will make it fit your design. Be sure not to remove anything starting with $ or ${} in the HTML.

To run, open the terminal or command prompt and run: python get_affiliate_link.py OR python3 get_affiliate_link.py

Code:

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from amazon_paapi import AmazonApi
from string import Template
try:
    import flet as ft
    term = False
except:
    term = True  # Flet not installed. Run without gui.
'''
Quick example to get Amazon affiliate data.

Best to create a Python virtual environment to keep
it all contained. PyCharm does this for you.

Install Amazon API module (https://pypi.org/project/python-amazon-paapi/):

pip install python-amazon-paapi --upgrade

Install flet (https://pypi.org/project/flet/), or not:

pip install flet --upgrade
'''

#  **** User configs:

access_key = "API Key"  # Enter your Amazon API key.
secret_key = "API Secret"  # Enter your Amazon API secret.
affiliate_tag = "affiliate-id"  # Enter your affiliate id.
country = "US"  # Country.
ASIN = "B074MN9DBB"  # Enter Product ASIN. Only used if Flet is not installed.

def get_item(asin):
    amazon = AmazonApi(access_key, secret_key, affiliate_tag, country)
    item = amazon.get_items(asin)[0]
    return item.to_dict()


def html(prod_url, prod_img, img_width, prod_title, div_pad=4, border_color="#000000;", background_color="#ffffff;"):
    div_width = img_width
    ad_html = Template('''
<div style="width: ${ad_width}px; background-color: ${bg_color}
    border: 1px solid ${bord_color} padding: ${div_padding}px; margin: 6px;">
      <div>
          <a href="$link" title="$link_title" target="_blank">
              <img src="$img_url" width="${img_width}px">
              <p font-size="9px">$title</p>
          </a>
      </div>
</div>
    ''')
    advert = ad_html.substitute(ad_width=div_width, title=prod_title,
                                link=prod_url, link_title=prod_title,
                                img_url=prod_img, img_width=img_width,
                                div_padding=div_pad, bord_color=border_color,
                                bg_color=background_color)
    return advert


if __name__ == '__main__':
    if term:

        #  Flet not installed.
        amz_data = get_item(ASIN)

        product_url = amz_data['detail_page_url']
        product_img_details = amz_data['images']['primary']['medium']
        product_img_url = product_img_details['url']
        product_img_width = product_img_details['width']
        product_title = amz_data['item_info']['title']['display_value']
        product_html = html(product_url, product_img_url, product_img_width, product_title)
        print(product_html)

    else:
        def main(page: ft.Page):
            page.title = "Amazon Affiliate Generator"
            try:
                page.window_width = 500
                page.window_height = 620
            except:
                pass # known issue in Flutter, with Wayland?

            def amz_data(e):
                tb.disabled = True
                amz_data = get_item(tb.value)

                product_url = amz_data['detail_page_url']
                product_img_details = amz_data['images']['primary']['medium']
                product_img_url = product_img_details['url']
                product_img_width = product_img_details['width']
                product_title = amz_data['item_info']['title']['display_value']
                product_html = html(product_url, product_img_url, product_img_width, product_title)
                to.value = product_html
                tb.disabled = False
                page.update()

            to = ft.TextField(multiline=True, width=500, height=500)
            tb = ft.TextField(label="ASIN", width=435)
            btn = ft.IconButton(ft.icons.ARROW_FORWARD, on_click=amz_data)

            top_row = ft.Row([tb, btn])
            top_textedit = ft.Container(content=top_row, alignment=ft.alignment.top_left)
            bottom_textedit = ft.Container(content=to, alignment=ft.alignment.top_left)
            page.add(top_textedit, bottom_textedit)

        ft.app(target=main)

Enjoy, and have fun learning!