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Fetch ISBN XML from isbndb.com and Parse

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Demonstrates sending a query to isbndb.com and parsing the XML response. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

; This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
; See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$oHttp = ObjCreate("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.
Local $strXml = $oHttp.QuickGetStr("http://isbndb.com/api/books.xml?access_key=OV8L2Y9I&results=details&index1=isbn&value1=0443074348")
If ($oHttp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oXml = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Xml")
$bSuccess = $oXml.LoadXml($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:
$bSuccess = $oXml.FirstChild2()
$bSuccess = $oXml.FirstChild2()

; Show the Title and AuthorsText:
ConsoleWrite($oXml.GetChildContent("Title") & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite($oXml.GetChildContent("AuthorsText") & @CRLF)

; Show the publisher_id attribute of the PublisherText node:
Local $oXml2
$oXml2 = $oXml.FindChild("PublisherText")
ConsoleWrite($oXml2.GetAttrValue("publisher_id") & @CRLF)

; Save the XML to a file:
$bSuccess = $oXml.SaveXml("book.xml")