using amazon to search for / return item info

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i am looking for some simple examples of ruby using a wsdl like amazon for item search recommended books are welcome also

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i am looking for some simple examples of ruby using a wsdl like amazon for item search recommended books are welcome also

http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSECommerceService/latest/DG/

And the ruby-aaws gem. There's examples in the gem.

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just getting started with some simple searches and im getting a HTTP response code 400

i have the .amazonrc file setup and url path looks pretty accurate with my associate key not really sure how to debug why url and amazon dont get along

any ideas?

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added $DEBUG = TRUE to application controller now see the error with more detail

Warning! Failed to sign request. No OpenSSL support for SHA256 digest.

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i updated to ruby 1.9 / rails 2.3.5 and can now talk to amazon

yay!