Hi all, Improved search attached. Should've included this the first time around...
Dave.
<search function="abe"> <name>abe</name> <category>Shopping</category> <contributor>David Golding</contributor> <link>http://dogbert.abebooks.com/abe/IList</link> <email>rot13 [EMAIL PROTECTED]</email> <description> Search for used books at abebooks.com<br/> <div class="helpboxDescLabels">Switches:</div> <table class="helpboxDescTable"> <tr><td>/author</td> <td> - </td> <td>Search for author's name</td></tr> <tr><td>/title</td> <td> - </td> <td>Search for book's title</td></tr> <tr><td>/isbn</td> <td> - </td> <td>Search by ISBN</td></tr> <tr><td>/keywords</td><td> - </td> <td>Search by keywords (most general search)</td></tr> <tr><td>/location</td><td> - </td> <td>Restrict results to a geographical location (three-letter ISO country code, or 2-letter US-state code)</td></tr> <tr><td>/uk</td> <td> - </td> <td>Restrict results to books in the United Kingdom (shortcut for "/location gbr")</td></tr> <tr><td>/tweak</td> <td> - </td> <td>Don't go to results - go to the Advanced Search page to tweak the search options</td></tr> </table> <div class="helpboxDescLabels">Important!</div> <table class="helpboxDescTable"> <tr><td>Use spaces to separate switches from their their values. Do NOT use a colon. It works like this so you can specify multi-word names and titles. For example:</td></tr> </table> <table class="helpboxDescTable"> <tr><td> </td> <td> </td> <td>use</td> <td>abe /a adams /t guide galaxy</td></tr> <tr><td> </td> <td> </td> <td>NOT</td> <td>abe /a:adams /t:guide galaxy</td></tr> </table> <div class="helpboxDescLabels">Note</div> <table class="helpboxDescTable"> <tr><td>The default ("reading copy") search options are as follows (if you want a different search type, use /tweak):</td></tr> <tr><td>Sort by lowest price, any location, any binding, any edition, don't care about it being signed, don't care about dustjacket, no minimum price, no maximum price, 50 results per page, Boolean searching off</td></tr> </table> <div class="helpboxDescLabels">Examples:</div> <table class="helpboxDescTable"> <tr><td>abe /author heidegger /title "being and time"</td></tr> <tr><td>abe /a adams /t guide galaxy /uk</td></tr> <tr><td>abe /k blacksmithing /a andrews /l or</td></tr> <tr><td>abe /i 0931988292</td></tr> <tr><td>abe /a levinas /l fra /tw</td></tr> </table> </description> <form name="abef" method="post" action="http://dogbert.abebooks.com/abe/BookSearch";> <!-- <comment> Including a <comment> tag without the HTML comment string will make the tag's value text appear in the blank form that is displayed before the website returns content </comment> --> <comment>Searching abebooks.com...</comment> <!-- <comment> Defaults for these fields are set in abe() below to make sure we don't inherit previous search values </comment> --> <input type="hidden" name="ph" value="" /> <!-- <comment>Page handler? 2=go to results, ?other=go to advanced search page with fields filled as per POST data</comment> --> <input type="hidden" name="an" value="" /> <!-- <comment>Author</comment> --> <input type="hidden" name="tn" value="" /> <!-- <comment>Title</comment> --> <input type="hidden" name="pn" value="" /> <!-- <comment>Publisher</comment> --> <input type="hidden" name="kn" value="" /> <!-- <comment>Keywords</comment> --> <input type="hidden" name="isbn" value="" /> <!-- <comment>ISBN</comment> --> <input type="hidden" name="cty" value="" /> <!-- <comment>Three-letter ISO country code, or two-letter US-state code</comment> --> <input type="hidden" name="bi" value="" /> <!-- <comment>Type of binding. ""=any, "H"=hardcover, "S"=softcover)</comment> --> <input type="hidden" name="fe" value="" /> <!-- <comment>First edition</comment> --> <input type="hidden" name="sgnd" value="" /> <!-- <comment>Signed</comment> --> <input type="hidden" name="dj" value="" /> <!-- <comment>Dustjacket</comment> --> <input type="hidden" name="prl" value="" /> <!-- <comment>Minimum price</comment> --> <input type="hidden" name="prh" value="" /> <!-- <comment>Maximum price</comment> --> <input type="hidden" name="ds" value="" /> <!-- <comment>Results per page. 10, 30 or 50</comment> --> <input type="hidden" name="bx" value="" /> <!-- <comment>Boolean searching</comment> --> <input type="hidden" name="sortby" value="" /> <!-- <comment>Sort criteria: 0=newest, 1=highest price, 2=lowest price, 4=author z-a, 5=author a-z, 6=title z-a, 7=title a-z </comment> --> </form> <script><![CDATA[ function abe(q) { if( nullArgs("abe", q) ) return; // default search options document.abef.ph.value = "2"; // take me directly to search results document.abef.bi.value = "off"; // any binding document.abef.fe.value = "off"; // don't care about first edition document.abef.sgnd.value = "off"; // don't care about signed document.abef.dj.value = "off"; // don't care about dust-jacked document.abef.prl.value = ""; // no minimum price document.abef.prh.value = ""; // no maximum price document.abef.ds.value = "50"; // fifty results per page document.abef.bx.value = "off"; // boolean searching off document.abef.sortby.value = "2"; // sort by lowest price // clear search terms from last time document.abef.an.value = ""; // author document.abef.tn.value = ""; // title document.abef.pn.value = ""; // publisher document.abef.kn.value = ""; // keywords document.abef.isbn.value = ""; // isbn document.abef.cty.value = ""; // location var args = parseArgsEx(q, "author, title, isbn, keywords, location, uk, tweak", true); var cSwitches = args.switches.length; if ( cSwitches > 0 ) { for ( var i=0; i<cSwitches; i++ ) { var val = args.switches[i].value; switch( args.switches[i].name ) { case "author": document.abef.an.value = val; break; case "title": document.abef.tn.value = val; break; case "isbn": document.abef.isbn.value = val; break; case "keywords": document.abef.kn.value = val; break; case "location": // user needs to specify three-letter ISO country code (GBR, USA, FRA, DEU, etc.) // or two-letter US-state code (FL, WA, NY, etc.) document.abef.cty.value = val; break; case "uk": // shortcut because i live in the UK // this is the funcionality i've wanted for years :) // i will also be aliasing (e.g) "abeu" to "abe %s /location gbr", but having it // switchable like this means i don't have to go back to the start of the search // text if i forget and write "abe" at the beginning - i can just slap a "/uk" on the end document.abef.cty.value = "GBR"; break; case "tweak": // user wants to go to the "advanced search" page to tweak the search further, // rather than go directly to the results document.abef.ph.value = 1; break; default: // switch unrecognised, so default to appending to keyword query. // this should only trigger if you add a new switch's case handler here // but forget to add it to parseArgEx's expectedSwitches parameter above document.abef.kn.value += val + " "; break; } } } else { // no switches, so default to keyword query document.abef.kn.value = q; } submitForm(abef); } ]]></script> <copyright> The following applies if this file is included and distributed with Dave's Quick Search Deskbar: Copyright (c) 2002 David Bau; Distributed under the terms of the GNU Public License, Version 2 (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt) </copyright> <created_by> This search file was initially created on 04/16/04 at 00:05:40 by Dave's Quick Search Deskbar Search Wizard version 1.0.1 , Copyright (c) 2002 Glenn Carr; Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 </created_by> </search>
