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Query CD/DVD DB from ISBN Number

I would like to query a CD / DVD DB by the ISBN number in the internet. Any Ideas?

Here's more details. I have 300+ DVD's, I also have a Barcode reader...

I want to scan the ISBN number and lookup the title, and other details to efficiently put them in a DB. I do not want to use
commercial apps to do this, I would rather use open source or write myself...

Thanks.
Aug 17 '05 #1
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"Christopher Story" <ke****@spam-eater-remove-me-msn.com> wrote in message news:OS*****************@fe06.lga...
I would like to query a CD / DVD DB by the ISBN number in the internet. Any Ideas?

Here's more details. I have 300+ DVD's, I also have a Barcode reader...

I want to scan the ISBN number and lookup the title, and other details to efficiently put them in a DB. I do not want to use
commercial apps to do this, I would rather use open source or write myself...

Thanks.


I mean UPC code on the DVD.... ISBN is a book Code.....terrible oversight.

chris
Aug 17 '05 #2
Christopher Story schrieb:

I want to scan the ISBN number and lookup the title, and other details to efficiently put them in a DB. I do not want to use
commercial apps to do this, I would rather use open source or write myself...

I mean UPC code on the DVD.... ISBN is a book Code.....terrible oversight.


1. UPCcode: http://www.upcdatabase.com/ which was quite obvious
(no, I don't know how good it is)
2. Barcodereader -> PHP
write a cli app where your barcode reader is the keyboard
(readline is the hint)
3. search your UPC in the database from 1.
and put it in your database
4. ready (and much faster than viewing 4010884529654 - oh this is a EAN
which isn't listed in UPC ;-) )
5. What was your PHP related question again?
Jo


Aug 17 '05 #3
> 5. What was your PHP related question again?

How can I submit a PHP / POST or GET to a website on the internet to return a simple, comma delimited line of text of title, etc.

I got all the other stuff done... just cant query the internet to get new DVD titles.

Chris.
Aug 17 '05 #4
On 2005-08-17, Christopher Story <ke****@spam-eater-remove-me-msn.com> wrote:
5. What was your PHP related question again?


How can I submit a PHP / POST or GET to a website on the internet to return a simple, comma delimited line of text of title, etc.

I got all the other stuff done... just cant query the internet to get new DVD titles.


curl, snoopy, simpletest webbrowser, ...
file_get_contents, file, .. (using the http(s) wrapper functions)
--
Met vriendelijke groeten,
Tim Van Wassenhove <http://timvw.madoka.be>
Aug 18 '05 #5
> curl, snoopy, simpletest webbrowser, ...
file_get_contents, file, .. (using the http(s) wrapper functions)


Im not sure what you mean...

thanks for the response

chris
Aug 18 '05 #6

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