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Amazon's MWS (Marketplace Web Service) is being deprecated and replaced by the newer AWS Selling Partner API (SP-API). For a more robust and secure integration, we recommend using our AWS Selling Partner (SP-API) Connector. As Amazon is phasing out MWS functionality and eventually plans to fully deprecate it.

Write data to Amazon MWS using SSIS (Import data)

In this section we will learn how to configure and use Amazon MWS Connector in the API Destination to write data to Amazon MWS.

Video tutorial

This video covers following and more so watch carefully. After watching this video follow the steps described in this article.

  • How to download SSIS PowerPack for Amazon MWS integration in SSIS
  • How to configure connection for Amazon MWS
  • How to write or lookup data to Amazon MWS
  • Features about SSIS API Destination
  • Using Amazon MWS Connector in SSIS

Step-by-step instructions

In upper section we learned how to read data, now in this section we will learn how to configure Amazon MWS in the API Source to POST data to the Amazon MWS.

  1. Read the data from the source, being any desired source component. In example we will use ZappySys Dummy Data Source component.

  2. From the SSIS Toolbox drag and drop API Destination (Predefined Templates) on the Data Flow Designer surface and connect source component with it, and double click to edit it.
    SSIS API Destination (Predefined Templates) - Drag and Drop

  3. Select New Connection to create a new connection:

    API Destination - Amazon MWS
    Amazon MWS (Marketplace Web Service) Connector can be used to integrated web service API that helps Amazon sellers to programmatically exchange data on listings, orders, payments, reports, and more.
    API Destination - New Connection

  4. Use a preinstalled Amazon MWS Connector from Popular Connector List or press Search Online radio button to download Amazon MWS Connector. Once downloaded simply use it in the configuration:

    Amazon MWS
    Amazon MWS Connector Selection

  5. Proceed with selecting the desired Authentication Type. Then select API Base URL (in most cases default one is the right one). Finally, fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed. You may press a link Steps to Configure which will help set certain parameters. More info is available in Authentication section.

     OAuth [OAuth]

    Please refer to below API reference (external site) link for OAuth [OAuth]

    https://zappysys.com/links/?url=http://docs.developer.amazonservices.com/en_US/dev_guide/DG_Registering.html

    Fill in all required parameters and set optional parameters if needed:

    AmazonmwsDSN
    Amazon MWS
    OAuth [OAuth]
    https://mws.amazonservices.com
    Required Parameters
    AWSAccessKeyId Fill-in the parameter...
    Secret Key Fill-in the parameter...
    SellerId Fill-in the parameter...
    ODBC DSN Oauth Connection Configuration

  6. Select the desired endpoint, change/pass the properties values, and go to the Mappings tab to map the columns.

    API Destination - Amazon MWS
    Amazon MWS (Marketplace Web Service) Connector can be used to integrated web service API that helps Amazon sellers to programmatically exchange data on listings, orders, payments, reports, and more.
    API Destination - Select Endpoint

  7. Finally, map the desired columns:

    API Destination - Amazon MWS
    Amazon MWS (Marketplace Web Service) Connector can be used to integrated web service API that helps Amazon sellers to programmatically exchange data on listings, orders, payments, reports, and more.
    API Destination - Columns Mapping

  8. That's it; we successfully configured the POST API Call. In a few clicks we configured the Amazon MWS API call using ZappySys Amazon MWS Connector

    Execute Package - Reading data from API Source and load into target