ScrapeAzon iFrame Data Not Showing In Setting

Hi, Kim.

Thanks for using ScrapeAZon. If you aren’t seeing any errors reported on the settings page and you aren’t seeing the test frame, it is possible that ScrapeAZon has not been able to contact the Amazon API.

As of version 1.0.8, you should see information on the Settings page about whether ScrapeAZon has detected active cURL support or get_file_contents support on your server. At least one of them must be enabled in order to use ScrapeAZon.

If cURL is supported and enabled on your server, ScrapeAZon should work as long as your API key and secret key are correct. If cURL is not enabled, but file_get_contents is supported and enabled, you will need to select the file_get_contents checkbox on the ScrapeAZon Settings page in order to use ScrapeAZon.

If neither cURL nor file_get_contents is enabled on your server, you won’t be able to use ScrapeAZon on your site at all.

Thanks and please let me know if this helps or if I can be of further assistance.

James

Hi James,

Thanks for the prompt response.

Both cURL and file_get_contents are enabled on the setting page. I am getting a message when I look at the source.
<!– ScrapeAZon is not properly configured. –>

I opened up my AWS account to check my credentials and also open up Amazon.com to get my affiliate id. I made sure to copy and paste not to make any mistakes.

I am using an Amazon Theme do you think that could be an issue?

Anything I should check. I am not using any additiona 3rd party Amazon plugins. I do a Manuel post to pull all my amazon information. No bots I mean.

Thank you for your help…

Kim

Hi, Kim.

Ok, the error you are receiving typically indicates that there is a problem with one of the three API fields. Make sure you have the 20-character access key in the AWS Access Key ID field. Make sure you have the 40-character secret key in the AWS Secret Key field. You also must have an affiliate ID in the Amazon.com Associate ID field.

It could be that you have an extra space before or after your access key/secret key, or you could have the keys in the wrong fields. Check for extra spaces first. If there are no extra spaces, make sure the shorter key (access key) is in the first field and the longer key (secret key) is in the second field. The access key should be 20 characters exactly. The secret key should be 40 characters exactly.

If everything looks correct and you still aren’t getting results, contact me by using the form at https://www.timetides.com/contact and we’ll troubleshoot a little more in-depth by e-mail because I’ll probably need some further information from you to continue.

Thanks and let me know how it goes.

James

Hi James,

I have completed all the checks you mentioned above.

I am still not seeing any data on the setting tab. The secrets key always disappear when I hit save.

I have tired both cURL and file_get_contents and my status is green stating Available and Enabled.

I appreciate your help. I have sent a separate email using the link in the previous email.

Kim

Hi James,

Issue resolved. I created another AWS & Secret key in amazon web services and I now get my iFrame in the setting panel.

After I entered my new Amazon Credentials I immediately got my iFrame Reviews on my post page as well in the setting panel.

Now how do I change the dimension of the iframe to fit the page?

Here is how the iFrame look in the post now

Post Page Iframe example

Thank you so much for you concern and support.

Kim Murray
P.S. I am also sending this email to link contact page above. James Can’t express how much I appreciate your help on this.

Hi, Kim.

Great news on the secret key issue.

On the iframe dimensions, there are two ways you can go.

1. use the “width” and “height” parameters in the shortcode
2. edit your theme’s CSS to specify the iframe’s width and height

If you want to do it on a per-shortcode basis, you would issue a shortcode similar to this:

[scrapeazon asin=”0000000000″ width=”500″ height=”500″]

That would create a 500px by 500px ScrapeAZon iframe for that specific shortcode. You can ONLY specify pixel dimensions in the shortcode for now. If you want to use percentages instead of pixels, you’ll need to edit your theme’s CSS to include something like this:

.scrapeazon-reviews {
width: 100%;
height: 500px;
}

The above CSS should set the iframe to be 100% of the width of the container it’s in (or the full page width if it’s not in another container) and 500 pixels high.

Hope that helps. Thanks for using ScrapeAZon!

James