title: How can I get correct shipping cost and tax on a list of amazon items?
body: <p>I am looking for a method of correctly getting info (especially shipping and tax) given an input of an amazon wishlist (test case: <a href="http://amzn.com/w/2EHKBBH44AWPL" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://amzn.com/w/2EHKBBH44AWPL</a>)</p>
  
  <p>Ideally, I'd like to get the exact tax/shipping charges that would be seen in the checkout screen <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/YngCL.png" alt="checkout screen shot"></p>
  
  <p>Info needed:</p>
  
  <p>Item(s)</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Name</li>
  <li>ASIN</li>
  <li>Price</li>
  <li>Tax</li>
  <li>Shipping cost</li>
  <li>Is item fulfilled by Amazon (T/F)?</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>City/State of shipping address that wishlist is to be sent to.</p>
  
  <p>Current method:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>Parse the wishlist for ASIN/name/price/shipping address</p></li>
  <li><p>User Amazon Affiliate API to obtain ASIN/name/price</p></li>
  <li><p>Add items to cart and go to checkout to parse for tax/shipping</p></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Challenges:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>Amazon changes their markup to prevent parsing</p></li>
  <li><p>Tax varies depending on city</p></li>
  <li><p>Amazon Marketplace merchants do not have consistent tax/shipping charges</p></li>
  <li><p>Other problems</p></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I am using python but open to hearing any language or implementation method, regardless of elegance.</p>