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Guides you can reuse for Amazon Ads API, SP-API integrations, dayparting automations, and more.

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Amazon Ads API setup + automation patterns

Amazon Marketing Stream Setup: Hourly Ad Data via Firehose in Python

Amazon Ads API

13 min read

Amazon Marketing Stream Setup: Hourly Ad Data via Firehose in Python

Stop polling the Reports API. Amazon Marketing Stream pushes hourly Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, and Sponsored Display data directly into your AWS infrastructure — no cron jobs, no throttling. Here's the full setup: Firehose stream, IAM roles, the subscription API call, and what the data looks like when it lands.

Amazon SP-API Restricted Data Token (RDT) — How to Pull Buyer PII Legally

Amazon SP-API

11 min read

Amazon SP-API Restricted Data Token (RDT) — How to Pull Buyer PII Legally

Your getOrders call returns the buyer name as null. That's not a bug — it's PII protection. Here's the full Restricted Data Token flow: roles, app-level gates, the dataElements gotcha, and a working Python demo that pulls real buyer name + shipping address.

How to Get Amazon Ads API Access (Direct Advertiser) — Step-by-Step

Amazon Ads API

9 min read

How to Get Amazon Ads API Access (Direct Advertiser) — Step-by-Step

Amazon’s setup isn’t hard, but it’s scattered across systems. This guide walks you from LWA → approval → tokens → a working Profiles API call.

How to Get Amazon SP-API Access (Seller Central) — Step-by-Step

Amazon SP-API

6 min read

How to Get Amazon SP-API Access (Seller Central) — Step-by-Step

SP-API setup is way simpler than Ads API. This guide shows you where to create the app client, pick roles, grab Client ID/Secret, and generate the refresh token.

How to Build an Hourly Amazon Vendor RRA Pipeline (SP-API → GCP → BigQuery)

Amazon Vendor / RRA

10 min read

How to Build an Hourly Amazon Vendor RRA Pipeline (SP-API → GCP → BigQuery)

A complete guide to pulling Amazon Vendor Retail Reporting Analytics (RRA) data hourly using SP-API, scheduling on GCP, storing in BigQuery, and visualizing in Looker Studio or custom dashboards.

How to Build Hourly Automated Bidding with Amazon Marketing Stream (AMS → BigQuery → Ads API)

Amazon AMS / Automation

12 min read

How to Build Hourly Automated Bidding with Amazon Marketing Stream (AMS → BigQuery → Ads API)

A complete guide to pulling hourly conversion data from Amazon Marketing Stream (AMS), storing it in BigQuery, and automatically adjusting bids via Amazon Ads API based on real-time performance.

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