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#!/usr/bin/perl
############################################################
# artist artist_name
# Mike Schilli <mschilli1@aol.com>, 2003
############################################################

use strict;
use warnings;

use Net::Amazon;
use Net::Amazon::Request::Artist;

die "usage: $0 artist\n(use Zwan as an example)\n" unless defined $ARGV[0];

my $ua = Net::Amazon->new(
    associate_tag => $ENV{AMAZON_ASSOCIATE_TAG},
    token         => $ENV{AMAZON_TOKEN},
    secret_key    => $ENV{AMAZON_SECRET_KEY},
);

my $req = Net::Amazon::Request::Artist->new(
    artist  => $ARGV[0],
);

   # Response is of type Net::Amazon::Artist::Response
my $resp = $ua->request($req);

if($resp->is_success()) {
    print $resp->as_string, "\n";
} else {
    print $resp->message, "\n";
}