bump minimum python version to 3.9

Author: sergioteula

.github/workflows/check.yml

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version:
-          ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14", "3.15"]
+          ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14", "3.15"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -74,4 +74,4 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-uv-py${{ matrix.python-version }}-
 
       - name: Run tests
-        run: uv run --python "${{ matrix.python-version }}" pytest -rs --no-cov -p no:faulthandler
+        run: uv run --python "${{ matrix.python-version }}" pytest -rs --no-cov

Makefile

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export UID:=$(shell id -u)
 export GID:=$(shell id -g)
 
-export PYTHON_TAGS = 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15
+export PYTHON_TAGS = 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15
 
 setup:
 	@uv run pre-commit install

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ API](https://webservices.amazon.com/paapi5/documentation/quick-start/using-sdk.h
 This module allows interacting with Amazon using the official API in an easier way.
 
 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/python-amazon-paapi?color=%231182C2&label=PyPI)](https://pypi.org/project/python-amazon-paapi/)
-[![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/Python->3.8-%23FFD140)](https://www.python.org/)
+[![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/Python->3.9-%23FFD140)](https://www.python.org/)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-%23e83633)](https://github.com/sergioteula/python-amazon-paapi/blob/master/LICENSE)
 [![Amazon API](https://img.shields.io/badge/Amazon%20API-5.0-%23FD9B15)](https://webservices.amazon.com/paapi5/documentation/)
 [![PyPI - Downloads](https://img.shields.io/pypi/dm/python-amazon-paapi?label=Installs)](https://pypi.org/project/python-amazon-paapi/)

amazon_paapi/helpers/requests.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import inspect
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, List, NoReturn, cast
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, NoReturn, cast
 
 from amazon_paapi.errors import (
     AssociateValidationError,
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def get_items_response(amazon_api: AmazonApi, request: GetItemsRequest) -> list[
         msg = "No items have been found"
         raise ItemsNotFound(msg)
 
-    return cast("List[Item]", response.items_result.items)
+    return cast("list[Item]", response.items_result.items)
 
 
 def get_search_items_request(
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def get_browse_nodes_response(
         msg = "No browse nodes have been found"
         raise ItemsNotFound(msg)
 
-    return cast("List[BrowseNode]", response.browse_nodes_result.browse_nodes)
+    return cast("list[BrowseNode]", response.browse_nodes_result.browse_nodes)
 
 
 def _get_request_resources(resource_class: type[object]) -> list[str]:

pyproject.toml

@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ name = "python-amazon-paapi"
 version = "5.1.0"
 description = "Amazon Product Advertising API 5.0 wrapper for Python"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = [{ name = "Sergio Abad", email = "sergio.abad@bytelix.com" }]
 keywords = ["amazon", "paapi", "product-advertising-api", "affiliate", "api"]
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ packages = ["amazon_paapi"]
 dev = ["pre-commit>=2.21.0", "pytest>=7.4.4", "pytest-cov>=4.1.0"]
 
 [tool.ruff]
-target-version = "py38"
+target-version = "py39"
 cache-dir = ".cache/ruff"
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]