[Novalug] Re: ISBN -> Title

[Angelo Bertolli]

gregory pryzby wrote:
> On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 06:21:15PM -0400, gregory pryzby wrote:
>   
>> I went through the library today and wrote down all the ISBNs
>> (10-digit, silly me didn't know that 13-digit is the new standard). 
>>
>> I thought. hey, there has to be a script to take the ISBN and kick out
>> the title, author, etc. A VERY quick google didn't turn up anything. 
>>
>> So, before I write something, I thought I would ask if anyone has
>> something or can find a script that does it already.
>>
>> 1-56592-132-1 is an example to use
>>     
>
> I know I can use the web, google, bn. amazon, etc and craft a URL to
> get http back to parse. 
>
> I didn't know if anyone had written it yet.... looks like there isn't
> a script, so I will put one together.
>   

You don't have to parse stuff.  Amazon.com has web services you can 
use:  http://aws.amazon.com/

I wish more sites offered web services.

Angelo

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