The Amazon Inventory Management (AIM) API provides a secure and automated method to upload inventory and manage orders on Amazon.com Marketplace, zShops and Seller Central. This guide provides a detailed description of this API.

Amazon Inventory Management API provides a secure and automated method to upload inventory and manage orders on Amazon.com Marketplace, or on Seller Central for upgraded accounts. Sellers can use the API to execute the following operations:
• Upload Inventory
• Generate and download Order Reports
• Issue Bulk Refunds
• Generate and download Open Listings Reports
• Query status of uploads and reports
These APIs can be accessed by using HTTPS POST requests and the results are returned as XML responses.

The APIs are available via a standard HTTPS interface and utilize the underlying SSL protocol for secure transmission of data. The identity of the seller will be verified using the HTTP Basic Authentication Scheme. The seller will provide his or her e-mail address and password in the HTTPS header, encoded using base64. For example, the user name “Aladdin” and password “open sesame” would be combined as “Aladdin:open sesame”
– which is equivalent to QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ== when encoded in base-64 [7 bit]. This is provided as an HTTP header that looks like the following:
Authorization: Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==

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