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Some very rough code to automatically submit an item from Amazon to Iowa City Public Library's "Suggestions For Our Collection" page: http://www.icpl.org/catalog/suggestions.php
var formAction = "http://www.icpl.org/catalog/suggestions.php",
formTmpl;
formTmpl =
'<form method="post" action="' + formAction + '" id="icplInjectForm" target="_blank">' +
'<input name="author" id="icpl-author"/>' +
'<input name="title" id="icpl-title"/>' +
'<input name="publisher" id="icpl-publisher"/>' +
'<input name="copyright" id="icpl-copyright"/>' +
'<input name="cost" id="icpl-cost"/>' +
'<input name="isbn" id="icpl-isbn"/>' +
'<input name="where" id="icpl-where"/>' +
'<input type="submit" value="SUBMIT THIS SUGGESTION"/>' +
'</form>'
;
/*
author
span.author
a
"Ylvis"
span.contribution
"(Author)"
*/
function getAuthor() {
return $('.author a').text()
}
/*
title
#title
Constellation Games
<span ...>...</span>
*/
function getTitle() {
var $titleEl = $("h1#title"),
contents = $titleEl.contents(),
title;
contents.each(function() {
if(this.nodeType == 3) {
title = this.textContent.trim()
if(title.length) { return false } // break
}
})
return title
}
/*
publisher, copyright
#productDetailsTable li
<b>Publisher:</b>
Candlemark & Gleam (April 17, 2012)
*/
function getPublisherAndDate() {
var $publisherLiEl = $("#productDetailsTable li").has("b:contains('Publisher:')"),
contents = $publisherLiEl.contents(),
matchExp = /(.+?)(?:\s\(([^(]+)\))?$/,
publisherAndDate, matches;
contents.each(function() {
if(this.nodeType == 3) {
publisherAndDate = this.textContent.trim()
if(publisherAndDate.length) { return false } // break
}
})
if(publisherAndDate.length === 0) { return }
matches = matchExp.exec(publisherAndDate)
return { publisher: matches[1], date: matches[2] }
}
/*
cost
#buybox span.offer-price
"$10.92"
*/
function getPrice() {
return $("#buybox span.offer-price").text().trim()
}
/*
isbn
#productDetailsTable
li
<b>ISBN-13:</b>
"978-1936460236"
li
<b>ISBN-10:</b>
"9999999999"
*/
function getISBN() {
var $isbnLiEl = $("#productDetailsTable li").has("b:contains('ISBN-10'), b:contains('ISBN-13')"),
contents = $isbnLiEl.contents(),
isbn;
contents.each(function() {
if(this.nodeType == 3) {
isbn = this.textContent.trim()
if(title.length) { return false } // break
}
})
return isbn
}
function createForm() {
var $form = $("#icplInjectForm");
if($form.length === 0) {
$form = $(formTmpl).appendTo('body');
}
return $form
}
function populateForm($form, values) {
$form = $($form)
Object.keys(values).forEach(function(key) {
$form.find("#icpl-" + key).val( values[key] )
})
}
function getValues() {
var publisherAndDate = getPublisherAndDate();
return {
author: getAuthor(),
title: getTitle(),
publisher: publisherAndDate.publisher,
copyright: publisherAndDate.date,
cost: getPrice(),
isbn: getISBN(),
where: window.location.href,
format: "no",
placehold: "yes"
}
}
function goIcpl() {
var $form = createForm(),
values = getValues();
populateForm($form, values);
$form.submit()
}
/*
name
addressStreet
addressCity
addressState: IA
addressZip
phone
email
barcode // library card number
*/
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