Template:ASIN/doc

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When to use

This is "an identifier of last resort". Almost any other identifier, such as {{ISBN}}, {{doi}}, {{OCLC}}, {{LCCN}}, etc., is a better choice and should be used instead of this one.

If the ASIN begins with a number, it is a standard ISBN; please use {{ISBN|xxxxxxxxxx}} and remove {{ASIN|xxxxxxxxxx}}, as this will allow us to link to other sites as well as Amazon.

Maintenance categories

• Category:Articles using Template:ASIN with an all-numeric value (0): Articles in this category are likely to have ASIN templates that can be converted to:
  • use {{ISBN}}
  • or, if {{ASIN}} is in the <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|id= parameter of a citation template, to use <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|ISBN=

After conversion, always check the resulting link to ensure that it links to the intended item.

How to use

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> ASIN [https://www.amazon.com/dp/asin_id_from_Amazon asin_id_from_Amazon ]</syntaxhighlight>

The usage structure above is written for easy reading. You must not have linebreaks or spaces between the parameters.

Examples

• {{ASIN|B00086U61Y}}

ASIN B00086U61Y

(note it uses amazon.com by default)

• Add country=uk/de/fr/etc., in order to use their local Amazon sites (the template adds .co or .com before the country code as needed, so only the country code itself needs to be specified):
  • {{ASIN|B000F8S4A0|country=uk}}

  ASIN B000F8S4A0

  (note this time it uses amazon.co.uk)

  • {{ASIN|B00M262M1A|country=fr}}

  ASIN B00M262M1A

  (note this time it uses amazon.fr)

• And here's an item with a supplied title:

{{ASIN|B00086U61Y|title=Item's Title}}

ASIN B00086U61Y, Item's Title

• Here's an item with a supplied date:

{{ASIN|B00086U61Y|date=2000-12-24}}

ASIN B00086U61Y (2000-12-24)

• Here's an item with a supplied title and date:

{{ASIN| B00086U61Y|title=Item's Title|date=2000-12-24}}

ASIN B00086U61Y, Item's Title (2000-12-24)

• Here's an item from the UK with a supplied title and date:

{{ASIN|B00086U61Y|country=uk|title=Item's Title|date=2000-12-24}}

ASIN B00086U61Y, Item's Title (2000-12-24)

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:ASIN in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for ASIN

<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "label": "ASIN", "description": "ASIN identifier", "example": "B00086U61Y", "type": "string", "required": true }, "title": { "label": "Title", "description": "Title of the item", "example": "Example Book Title", "type": "string" }, "country": { "label": "Country code", "description": "country code to change the URL from .com to (e.g.) .co.uk", "example": "uk", "type": "string" }, "date": { "label": "Date", "description": "Date", "example": "2020-12-14", "type": "string" } }, "description": "Use this template to create a link (or list of links) to Amazon.com using an item's ASIN identifier." } </templatedata>