ISBN -> bookdata Lookup to fill in a database

database ms-access isbn asp.net-web-api
Lyndon White picture Lyndon White · Mar 16, 2010 · Viewed 9.1k times · Source

Ok, I wanting to database a small library.

I've only had limited experience with databases, and none with querying from a webserver.

I'm going to want to retrieve information like title, Publisher, maybe author, description the simplest way I can think of dooing this is looking them up via the ISBN.

I've come across isbndb.com before, but the API for accessing it seems rather complex.

I'm wondering how I should go about doing this.

Answer

HansUp picture HansUp · Mar 16, 2010

The ISBNdb.com API looks simple. The following request should retrieve the information you want ... just substitute your access key for "YourKey" and the ISBN for "YourISBN".

https://isbndb.com/api/books.xml?access_key=YourKey&results=texts&index1=isbn&value1=YourISBN

The response is XML which contains information about the single book whose ISBN you submitted.

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