RSS 2.0In updating Grocist today I needed to know how to link to key shopping sites to search for each item on my grocery list.
Apparently none of these websites has ever thought that anyone would want to link to them 
so they didn’t offer any help anywhere.
Here are the URL syntaxes I’m using to link to these sites which I discovered by trial and error. I don’t claim they’re correct or that they won’t change but they work for right now:
Google:
http://www.google.com/search?q=Your%Search%Term
Shopping.com:
http://www.shopping.com/xFS?KW=Your%Search%Term
Yahoo Shopping:
http://shopping.yahoo.com/search?p=Your%Search%Term
Froogle:
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=Your%Search%Term
Amazon:
(Still can’t figure this one out, any advice is appriciated)
And finally here are those links in action. Try them out!
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| Item | Shop | Size | Notes | Manufactuer | Date Added | Need | |
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| Vivarin Caffeine Alertness Aids | (Y|S|F|G) (Gupc|Yupc) | 24 Caplets 200mg each | None | 2006-05-27 15:06:24 | 1 | ||
| Celestial Seasonings 5 Herb Teas - Fruit Sampler | (Y|S|F|G) (Gupc|Yupc) | 20 Bags 1.4 oz | Celestial Seasonings Inc | 2006-05-05 21:54:14 | 1 |
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Here are my search terms:
- how to link to amazon search
- url syntax search amazon
- froogle api
Tags: Shopping, UPC, API, Search, URL, URL Search, URL Syntax, Grocist
Posted by Greg Pinero (Primary Searcher) in Other, Web Services