Hi rfay,

We have discussed this before and I am not sure if it is an Amazon Store capability or an Amazon module issue.

Since Amazon module can store test if a product is in Amazon I thought it would also disable the item if it was not available any longer
(or the very least unpublish the item in a way)

I note the example I showed you, which shows an error if the module is no longer available

http://www.mychemistrytutor.com/amazon_store/item/B000LPS9ZM

this item it still listed with Amazon module here

http://www.mychemistrytutor.com/store

so even after a cron and cleared cache the item is still listed

ideally is there a way for the item to be delisted if it is detected that it is no longer available in Amazon

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Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

@bjraines, in this case you have a view of amazon items, in which you have chosen the items. You've created the nodes; They happen to point at amazon_store, but amazon_store is not involved in the creation of the nodes you've made.

I do agree this might be an issue with Amazon module, or a fundamental flaw in the idea of creating a node based on an ASIN. (That's what's going on here)

If you want to pursue it, please take it up with a bug in Amazon Module.

Probably the correct thing is a feature request, requesting that items no longer in Amazon be unpublished or something. It's conceivable that this could be done by cron.

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Another possiblity that could be done from Amazon Store is to give a friendlier message when you hit the actual item. But that won't deal with the fact that you're showing an item which is not available.

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Thanks rfay,

It seems to me that the capability should be there in Amazon as it does have the ability to check for available items on Amazon. I have opened a request there. I did it as support asking if it was possible. If I do not get a response in 2 weeks I will open a feature request.

I understand the developer is a pretty busy developer. I note the updates he has done with the API thought so hopefully they can take a look.
It is beyond my skill level to figure this out.

I do agree though as an interim fix that instead of showing the error message as above, a "this item is no longer found in this store" page would be incredibly useful!

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Title: Unpublish Amazon item if no longer available » Show friendly error message if user lands on amazon_store/item/XXX and it is no longer available from Amazon.com
Category: support » feature
Status: Closed (works as designed) » Active
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Status: Active » Fixed

I just added code that checks for validity of the ASIN and Amazon object before using it. Now you get a *relatively* friendly message on landing on an invalid ASIN.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.