Automated LinkGenerator

Automated LinkGenerator creates LinkShare affiliate links for any product on a merchant's site that offers Individual Product Links from their Create Links menu. This new feature provides the same functionality as the "advanced user" option that allows an affiliate to browse a merchant's site for a particular product, without having to log into the Affiliate Interface to get your links.

For more details on using LinkShare's Automated LinkGenerator, click here to review the Guidelines. Once you are enabled, the Automated LinkGenerator will be located under the LinkShare Feed Synergy Services area of the Affiliate Interface.

To create an Automated LinkGenerator link, you will use a REST (Representational State Transfer) Web services to request links for a given merchant URL. You will then send a URL from the merchant's site to LinkShare using the specified link format (see the Automated LinkGenerator Help area). The URL can be sent through a browser, a tool like wget or curl, or an automated script. For each URL provided, LinkShare returns a click link. You can request up to 1,000 links within an hour.

Web services applications are accessible using SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) and REST. Web Services use HTTP with XML for communication. These are ubiquitous technologies and any device capable of using these technologies is able to both host and consume Web services. Web services concepts are simple to understand and with the addition of various tool-kits provide a low barrier to entry and easy software development.

If you are interested in being enabled for Automated LinkGenerator, please email us at linkgen_request@linkshare.com.