Hacking Amazon’s Image Tags
May 25th, 2005 | by Mike G |http://aaugh.com/imageabuse.html
Amazon.com has a massive library of product images, putting out the same book cover (say) in a variety of sizes and formats. By experimentation, Nat Gertler found that they don’t actually have all the sizes and formats stored. Instead, they have a system that generates each requested image. The details of size and format are built into the image’s URL.
If you want, you can create URLs that generate odd and unlikely Amazon images. The proper combination of product choice and added elements and effects could create an interesting visual. What you see here is Nat’s best understanding of things based on trial and error.
