jekyll_amazon_product_tag

Liquid tag to show amazon product previews (with locally cached images) in blog posts

Install gems

gem install vacuum hash_dot

Install plugin

Add jekyll_amazon_product_tag.rb to your _plugins folder.

Create local cache folder

1. Create a new products directory in your jekyll root path.
2. Add an empty products.yml file to it.

Product images will be downloaded to this folder

AWS credentials

Add your AWS credentials to your _config.yml

amazon_product:
  aws_access_key_id: 'ACCESS_KEY_ID'
  aws_secret_access_key: 'SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'
  associate_tag: 'ASSOCIATE_TAG'

Add Product previews to your posts

Liquid Tag:

{% amazon_product AMAZON_ID %}

If the URL is https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Object-Oriented-Design-Ruby-Addison-Wesley/dp/0321721330/ then 0321721330 will be the AMAZON_ID.