#994518 ITP: libxml-amazon-perl -- Perl extension for getting information from Amazon websites

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
gregor herrmann
Date:
2025-11-29 16:49:22 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#994518#5
Date:
2021-09-17 00:52:52 UTC
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* Package name    : libxml-amazon-perl
  Version         : 0.14
  Upstream Author : Shlomi Fish <shlomif@cpan.org>
* URL             : https://metacpan.org/release/XML-Amazon
* License         : Artistic or GPL-1+
  Programming Lang: Perl
  Description     : Perl extension for getting information from Amazon websites

XML::Amazon provides a simple way to get information from Amazon. The
XML::Amazon module can connect to the US, JP, UK, FR, DE and CA sites.

The package will be maintained under the umbrella of the Debian Perl Group.
#994518#12
Date:
2021-09-19 14:29:30 UTC
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I had hoped that XML::Amazon would be a replacement for Net::Amazon
[0] but apparently it suffers from the same problem as the latter
(trying to use the disabled old Amazon API).

Unless this gets fixed it makes no sense to package it …


Cheers,
gregor


[0] #990159 and #990042