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Fetch ISBN XML from isbndb.com and ParseDemonstrates sending a query to isbndb.com and parsing the XML response. Dim fso, outFile Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True) set xml0 = CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml") ' The Chilkat XML component/class is freeware. Set xml = xml0.HttpGet("http://isbndb.com/api/books.xml?access_key=XXXXX&results=details&index1=isbn&value1=0443074348") If (xml Is Nothing ) Then MsgBox xml0.LastErrorText WScript.Quit End If ' The XML returned for this URL is the following: ' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> ' <ISBNdb server_time="2007-10-25T14:07:25Z"> ' <BookList total_results="1" page_size="10" page_number="1" shown_results="1"> ' <BookData book_id="diagnostic_histopathology_of_tumors_2_volume_set_with_cd_rom" isbn="0443074348"> ' <Title>Diagnostic Histopathology of Tumors: 2-Volume Set with CD-ROMs</Title> ' <TitleLong>Diagnostic Histopathology of Tumors: 2-Volume Set with CD-ROMs (Diagnostic Histopathology of Tumors (Fletcher))</TitleLong> ' <AuthorsText>Christopher D. M. Fletcher (Editor)</AuthorsText> ' <PublisherText publisher_id="churchill_livingstone">Churchill Livingstone</PublisherText> ' <Details dewey_decimal="616" physical_description_text="2166 pages" language="" edition_info="Hardcover; 2007-03-13" dewey_decimal_normalized="616" lcc_number="" change_time="2006-12-13T14:53:42Z" price_time="2007-10-25T01:12:13Z" /> ' </BookData> ' </BookList> ' </ISBNdb> ' First, navigate to the BookData node: xml.FirstChild2 xml.FirstChild2 ' Show the Title and AuthorsText: outFile.WriteLine(xml.GetChildContent("Title")) outFile.WriteLine(xml.GetChildContent("AuthorsText")) ' Show the publisher_id attribute of the PublisherText node: Set xml2 = xml.FindChild("PublisherText") outFile.WriteLine(xml2.GetAttrValue("publisher_id")) ' Save the XML to a file: xml.SaveXml "book.xml" outFile.Close |
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