Connect to the AWS Selling Partner API

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This article explains how to connect to the AWS Selling Partner API to fetch object records created or updated during a specified time frame.

For the version of this article pertaining to the previous Nexla UI, click here.

Contents:

1. Create a Selling Partner API Integration Application
2. Begin Adding the AWS Selling Partner API as a Data Source
3. Input Your Credential
4. Select the Desired Fetching Parameters
5. Confirmation

1. Create a Selling Partner API Integration Application

1. Create the Selling Partner API integration application within your Seller Partner account. Instructions for creating this application can be found in this video from Amazon Seller University.

   Important: Ensure that you copy the LWA Application Refresh Token for use in subsequent steps in this guide.
   

2. Begin Adding the AWS Selling Partner API as a Data Source

1. Log into Nexla with your provided credentials.
   
   

   If you need credentials, contact [e-mail].
   
   

2. Navigate to the Integrate section by selecting  from the platform menu on the left side of the screen. 
   
   
3. Click  at the top of the Integrate toolbar on the left.
   
   
   
   
4. Select , and click in the upper right corner of the screen to begin adding the AWS Selling Partner API data source.
   
   

3. Input Your Credential

1. Select "Add a New Credential".
   
   
   
   
2. Enter the name of the credential in the "Credential Name" field.
   
   
   
   
3. Optional: Enter a description of the credential in the "Credential Description" field.
   
   
   
   
4. In the "SP LWA Application ID" field, enter the Application ID for the SP-API self-authorization integration application created in Section 1.
   
   
   
   
5. In the "SP LWA Application Client Secret" field, enter the Client Secret for the SP-API self-authorization integration application.
   
   
   
   
6. Paste the LWS Application Refresh Token generated for the SP-API self-authorization integration application in Section 1 into the "SP Application Refresh Token" field.
   
   
   
   
7. Click .
   
   

4. Select the Desired Fetching Parameters

1. Select the object type for which Nexla should retrieve created or modified records using the credential entered in Section 3 from the Object to Fetch dropdown menu.
   
   
   
   
2. Enter the number of past days from which Nexla should look for created or modified records when fetching data using this connector in the Day Ago for Selecting Records Created/Modified After field.
   
   
   
   

   Nexla will search for records from the indicated number of past days every time it fetches records according to the specified schedule.

3. Select the frequency with which Nexla should search for created or modified records from the Fetch Data dropdown menu.
   
   
   
   
4. Optional: To specify the exact time at which Nexla should fetch data with the selected frequency, check the box next to "Set Time", and select the desired time using the dropdown menus that appear.
   
   
   
   
5. Click in the upper right corner of the screen.

5. Confirmation

1. The confirmation page indicates that the AWS Selling Partner API data source has been successfully created.
   
   
   
   
2. Optional: Edit the name of the data source by hovering over it and entering the desired text.
   
   
   
   
3. Optional: Add a description of the data source by hovering over below the source name and entering the desired text.
   
   
4. To return to My Data Sources, click in the upper right corner of the screen.
   
   To view the newly created data source, click .
   
   To view datasets detected from the newly added source, click .