Classic ASP
Classic ASP
Fetch ISBN XML from isbndb.com and Parse
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Demonstrates sending a query to isbndb.com and parsing the XML response.Chilkat Classic ASP Downloads
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<%
success = 0
' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
' The access_key in this URL is a valid access key, but limited to 100 queries per day.
' If the key does not work, it may be that others were testing and exhausted the limit.
strXml = http.QuickGetStr("http://isbndb.com/api/books.xml?access_key=OV8L2Y9I&results=details&index1=isbn&value1=0443074348")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
set xml = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
success = xml.LoadXml(strXml)
' 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:
success = xml.FirstChild2()
success = xml.FirstChild2()
' Show the Title and AuthorsText:
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( xml.GetChildContent("Title")) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( xml.GetChildContent("AuthorsText")) & "</pre>"
' Show the publisher_id attribute of the PublisherText node:
' xml2 is a Chilkat.Xml
Set xml2 = xml.FindChild("PublisherText")
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( xml2.GetAttrValue("publisher_id")) & "</pre>"
' Save the XML to a file:
success = xml.SaveXml("book.xml")
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