scrapeisbn1

strleft {scrape -tokens ISBN: </td> -dirs 0 0 -url {url isbndb %s}} 10

Takes the keywords you specify, runs a keyword search on ISBNdb.com, and scrapes
the **first** ISBN number returned by the search. NB: Will only work on 
ten-digit ISBNs, and beware of titles with multiple editions. The ISBN 
can be piped to other commands like bsense. 

Example:
     scrapeisbn1 denton smith "soul searching"
will return 
     019518095X
the ISBN for Christain Smith and Melinda Denton, "Soul Searching" 
(the hardback edition).

For more on the search site, see 
http://yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=isbndb

My first experiment with scraping. 
By nathan period rein atsign gmail period com

208 uses - Created 2006-04-23 19:48:58 - Last used 2023-01-01 17:50:44

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