Comment on Bot written to buy random things each month from AmazonComments−zdgman13yHow is he actually completing the amazon purchase solely via a bot? I know there is no API to automagically buy an item from Amazon.Would love to see a write up of how this is accomplished.EDIT: Noticed he is using PhantomJS and running the process through a browser. Very interesting.−jastr13yApparently http://zinc.io does provide an API for placing orders on Amazon.−zdgman13yLearn something new everyday on HN! Didn't know this existed and I am wondering how they actually achieve this via Amazon but that's their secret sauce.
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How is he actually completing the amazon purchase solely via a bot? I know there is no API to automagically buy an item from Amazon.
Would love to see a write up of how this is accomplished.
EDIT: Noticed he is using PhantomJS and running the process through a browser. Very interesting.
Apparently http://zinc.io does provide an API for placing orders on Amazon.
Learn something new everyday on HN! Didn't know this existed and I am wondering how they actually achieve this via Amazon but that's their secret sauce.