Template:ASIN/sandbox

ASIN {{{1}}}, {{{title}}} ({{{date}}})

This is the template sandbox page for Template:ASIN (diff).
See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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This template is used on approximately 5,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

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 (2,730): Articles in this category are likely to have ASIN templates that can be converted to:
- use {{ISBN}}
- or, if {{ASIN}} is in the |id= parameter of a citation template, to use |ISBN=

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

How to use

{{ASIN
| asin_id_from_Amazon
| country=
| title=
| date=
}}

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

Use this template to create a link (or list of links) to Amazon.com using an item's ASIN identifier.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ASIN	`1`	ASIN identifier Example B00086U61Y	String	required
Title	`title`	Title of the item Example Example Book Title	String	optional
Country code	`country`	country code to change the URL from .com to (e.g.) .co.uk Example uk	String	optional
Date	`date`	Date Example 2020-12-14	String	optional

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