Access keys invalid?

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Originally reported by Anonymous

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Hello,

I'm unsure what is causing this - I've tried it with several different several access keys from Amazon. I am signed up for the Product Advertising. The config file is named amazon-product-api.cfg and is located in the folder C:\Users<my username>

The contents of the configuration file are as follows:

[Credentials]
access_key =
secret_key =
associate_tag =

Obviously, there aren't actually x's in the config file itself, just placeholders to get the point across

When I execute the sample script, it will return the following error:

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raise _e(errors[e.code])
amazonproduct.errors.InvalidClientTokenId: InvalidClientTokenId: The AWS Access Key Id you provided does not exist in our records.

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Have any of you encountered this before? Any ideas on resolving this?

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• Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/basti/python-amazon-product-api/issue/66

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Original comment by David . (Bitbucket: david__, GitHub: Unknown)

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I am currently encountering the same issue. Try removing the <> brackets and any blank spaces at the beggining and end of the keys.
Also try running a script

#!python
 from amazon.api import AmazonAPI
 amazon = AmazonAPI(AMAZON_ACCESS_KEY, AMAZON_SECRET_KEY, AMAZON_ASSOC_TAG)

replacing the keys as standard to see if it runs from there. There is also a time delay on creating keys and them beginning to work, not long but a small few minute delay.

EDIT: Just fixed mine.
Your file should be named .amazon-product-api , no need for .cfg according to the documentation.
The File should read line by line too. so:

#!Text
[Credentials]
access_key=AKIAxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
secret_key=eZa3yvxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
associate_tag=p07xxx-xx

Hopefully that helps.
I realise I am commenting fairly long after you posted, better late than never.

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Original comment by David Schlesinger (Bitbucket: david_schlesinger, GitHub: Unknown)

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I seem to be running into the same issue. I've got an active Amazon associates account set up to use the API, of the form "shXXXXXXXXXXX-20"; I created a new IAM user with a new access key pair, I've created a .amazon-product-api file which looks like

[Credentials]
access_key=AKIXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
secret_key=2ezxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
associate_tag=shuxxxxxxxxxx-20

However when I try to do a simple test, I get an error that there's no AWS access key in their records. I'm sure I'm missing something boneheaded here, but I've been butting my head against this for a while now.

>>> from amazonproduct import API
>>> api = API(locale='us')
>>> for book in api.item_search('Books', Isbn='9780399161131'):
...     print '%s: "%s"' % (book.ItemAttributes.Author, book.ItemAttributes.Title)
... 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Users/mcfate/Projects/pyglean/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/amazonproduct/api.py", line 529, in item_search
    return paginator(self.call, **operators)
  File "/Users/mcfate/Projects/pyglean/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/amazonproduct/processors/__init__.py", line 88, in __init__
    self.page(kwargs.get(self.counter, 1))
  File "/Users/mcfate/Projects/pyglean/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/amazonproduct/processors/__init__.py", line 121, in page
    root = self.fun(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
  File "/Users/mcfate/Projects/pyglean/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/amazonproduct/api.py", line 334, in call
    return self._parse(e.fp)
  File "/Users/mcfate/Projects/pyglean/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/amazonproduct/api.py", line 277, in _parse
    raise _e(errors[e.code])
amazonproduct.errors.InvalidClientTokenId: InvalidClientTokenId: The AWS Access Key Id you provided does not exist in our records.
>>>

Any guidance or suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.

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Original comment by Josh M. (Bitbucket: macdonjo, GitHub: macdonjo)

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Did anyone get it to work? I'm not sure if strings should be in quotes. It uses the Python library, ConfigParser: https://docs.python.org/2/library/configparser.html

I wrote a question here about the format that you guys might find helpful: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37127587/what-format-should-the-file-for-configparser-be

I read the source code for the API class and looked at the constructor. It is:

#!python

def __init__(self, access_key_id=None, secret_access_key=None, locale=None,
             associate_tag=None, processor='amazonproduct.processors.objectify',
             cfg=None):

So I simply did as the first David said, but the associate ID is not 3rd, it's forth in the constructor, and that worked.