The Amazon module allows libraries to deliver amazon content to the opac

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+package C4::Amazon;
+# Copyright 2004-2005 Joshua Ferraro (jmf at kados dot org)
+#
+# This file is part of Koha.
+#
+# Koha is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+# terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+#
+# Koha is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+# Koha; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,
+# Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA
+#
+# This module dynamically pulls amazon content into Koha.  It does not
+# store the data in Koha's database.  You'll need to get a developer's key
+# as well as an associate's tag to use it.
+# FIXME: need to write up more docs.
+#
+
+use strict;
+require Exporter;
+
+use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT);
+
+$VERSION = 0.01;
+
+@ISA = qw(Exporter);
+
+@EXPORT = qw(
+  &get_amazon_details
+);
+
+sub get_amazon_details {
+
+my ( $isbn ) = @_;
+
+# insert your dev key here
+my $dev_key='';
+
+# insert your associates tag here
+my $af_tag='';
+
+my $asin=$isbn;
+
+# old way from command line: shift @ARGV or die "Usage:perl amazon_http.ol <asin>\n";
+
+#my $url = "http://xml.amazon.com/onca/xml3?t=" . $af_tag .
+#      "&dev-t=" . $dev_key .
+#      "&type=heavy&f=xml&" .
+#      "AsinSearch=" . $asin;
+my $url = "http://xml.amazon.com/onca/xml3?t=$dev_key&dev-t=$af_tag&type=heavy&f=xml&AsinSearch=" . $asin;
+
+#Here's an example asin for the book "Cryptonomicon"
+#0596005423";
+
+use XML::Simple;
+use LWP::Simple;
+my $content = get($url);
+die "could not regrieve $url" unless $content;
+
+my $xmlsimple = XML::Simple->new();
+my $response = $xmlsimple->XMLin($content,
+  forcearray => [ qw(Details Product AvgCustomerRating CustomerReview) ],
+);
+return $response;
+#foreach my $result (@{$response->{Details}}){
+#      my $product_description = $result->{ProductDescription};
+#      my $image = $result->{ImageUrlMedium};
+#      my $price = $result->{ListPrice};
+#      my $reviews = $result->{
+#      return $result;
+#}
+}