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Here is a suggestion for an enhancement of the
amazon search.
It always bothered me that it only searches in the
.com shop, while I want to search in the .de shop most of the time. So in the
past I just modified the source of the search directly, which just isn't
really satisfactory.
Well, to make long story short, I have added an
option to the amazon search which is called /domain and it takes as an argument
a specific amazon domain to search in.
Currently, the following domains can be specified:
com de uk jp ca fr where com is the default, so
if you use the search as before, it should behave exactly the
same.
Anyway, with this switch, I was able to make a
handy alias like:
amazde|amaz %s /domain:de
No more editing of the source code :)
I have noticed, however, that the other domains don't really support the
mode-parameters (dvd, vhs, ...) like the com-domain, so the other switches will
probably only make sense for .com
I have also taken the liberty of refactoring the
search to remove some code duplication :)
Find it attached
Thanks,
Wolfgang |
<search function="amaz">
<name>amazon.com</name>
<description>
Search specific stores on amazon.com. Searches all stores by default.<br/>
<div class="helpboxDescLabels">Switches:</div>
<table class="helpboxDescTable">
<tr><td>/domain:extension</td><td> - </td><td>Search in specific country by domain-extension. Possible values: com de uk jp ca fr (com is the default)</td></tr>
<tr><td>/books</td><td> - </td><td>Books</td></tr>
<tr><td>/music</td><td> - </td><td>Popular Music</td></tr>
<tr><td>/mp3</td><td> - </td><td>Music Downloads</td></tr>
<tr><td>/classical</td><td> - </td><td>Classical Music</td></tr>
<tr><td>/dvd</td><td> - </td><td>DVDs</td></tr>
<tr><td>/vhs</td><td> - </td><td>VHS Tapes</td></tr>
<tr><td>/movies</td><td> - </td><td>Local Movie Showtimes</td></tr>
<tr><td>/restaurants</td><td> - </td><td>Restaurants</td></tr>
<tr><td>/toys</td><td> - </td><td>Toys</td></tr>
<tr><td>/baby</td><td> - </td><td>Baby Products</td></tr>
<tr><td>/computers</td><td> - </td><td>PC Hardware</td></tr>
<tr><td>/software</td><td> - </td><td>PC Software</td></tr>
<tr><td>/games</td><td> - </td><td>Video Games</td></tr>
<tr><td>/electronics</td><td> - </td><td>Electronics</td></tr>
<tr><td>/cellular</td><td> - </td><td>Cellular Phones</td></tr>
<tr><td>/photography</td><td> - </td><td>Camera & Photography</td></tr>
<tr><td>/tools</td><td> - </td><td>Tools & Hardware</td></tr>
<tr><td>/magazines</td><td> - </td><td>Magazines</td></tr>
<tr><td>/garden</td><td> - </td><td>Outdoor Living</td></tr>
<tr><td>/kitchen</td><td> - </td><td>Kitchen</td></tr>
<tr><td>/travel</td><td> - </td><td>Travel</td></tr>
<tr><td>/outlet</td><td> - </td><td>Outlet</td></tr>
<tr><td>/auctions</td><td> - </td><td>Auctions</td></tr>
<tr><td>/zshops</td><td> - </td><td>zShops</td></tr>
<tr><td>/scientific</td><td> - </td><td>Sci. Supplies</td></tr>
<tr><td>/medical</td><td> - </td><td>Med. Supplies</td></tr>
<tr><td>/industrial</td><td> - </td><td>Indust. Supplies</td></tr>
<tr><td>/cars</td><td> - </td><td>Car Parts</td></tr>
<tr><td>/home</td><td> - </td><td>Home Furnishings</td></tr>
<tr><td>/lifestyle</td><td> - </td><td>Lifestyle</td></tr>
<tr><td>/pets</td><td> - </td><td>Pet Toys</td></tr>
<tr><td>/arts</td><td> - </td><td>Arts and Hobbies</td></tr>
</table>
<div class="helpboxDescLabels">Examples:</div>
<table class="helpboxDescTable">
<tr><td>amaz moxy fruvous /music</td></tr>
<tr><td>amaz harry potter /books</td></tr>
</table>
</description>
<category>Shopping</category>
<link>http://www.amazon.com/</link>
<contributor>Dan Sanderson, Ryan Edwards</contributor>
<form name="amazf"
action="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search";
method="get">
<input type="hidden" name="mode"/>
<input type="hidden" name="keyword"/>
<input type="hidden" name="tag" value="dqsd-20"/>
</form>
<script><![CDATA[
// Contains known amazon domains that are searchable
// If you add, make sure to keep the extra first and last blank in the string
var domains= " com de uk jp ca fr ";
function amaz(q)
{
var defaultDomain="com";
if( nullArgs("amaz", q) )
return false;
document.amazf.action = "http://www.amazon."+defaultDomain+"/exec/obidos/external-search";;
document.amazf.mode.value = "blended";
var args = parseArgs(q, "domain, books, music, classical-music, music-dd, mp3, dvd, video, vhs, movies, theatrical, restaurants, toys, baby, computers, pc-hardware, software, games, electronics, photography, tools, magazines, garden, kitchen, travel, cellular, wireless-phones, outlet, auctions, zshops, scientific, medical, industrial, cars, home, lifestyle, pets, arts");
if( q == "" )
openSearchWindow("http://www.amazon."+defaultDomain);
else if( args.switches.length >= 1 && args.switches.length <= 2)
{
for (var i = 0; i < args.switches.length; i++)
{
sw = args.switches[i];
switch(sw.name)
{
case "domain":
if (sw.value=="" || domains.match(" "+sw.value+" ") != " "+sw.value+" ")
{
nullArgs("amaz","?");
return false;
}
domain = sw.value;
if (domain == "uk" || domain == "jp")
domain = "co." + domain;
document.amazf.action = "http://www.amazon."+domain+"/exec/obidos/external-search";;
break;
case "movies":
document.amazf.mode.value = "theatrical"; break;
case "video":
document.amazf.mode.value = "vhs"; break;
case "mp3":
document.amazf.mode.value = "music-dd"; break;
case "computers":
document.amazf.mode.value = "pc-hardware"; break;
case "games":
document.amazf.mode.value = "videogames"; break;
case "photography":
document.amazf.mode.value = "photo"; break;
case "cellular":
document.amazf.mode.value = "wireless-phones"; break;
case "auctions":
document.amazf.mode.value = "auction-redirect"; break;
case "zshops":
document.amazf.mode.value = "fixed-price-redirect"; break;
case "scientific":
document.amazf.mode.value = "moc-scientific-supplies"; break;
case "medical":
document.amazf.mode.value = "moc-medical-supplies"; break;
case "industrial":
document.amazf.mode.value = "moc-industrial-supplies"; break;
case "cars":
document.amazf.mode.value = "moc-cars"; break;
case "home":
document.amazf.mode.value = "moc-home-furnishings"; break;
case "lifestyle":
document.amazf.mode.value = "moc-lifestyle"; break;
case "pets":
document.amazf.mode.value = "moc-pet-toys"; break;
case "arts":
document.amazf.mode.value = "moc-arts-hobby"; break;
default:
document.amazf.mode.value = args.switches[i].name;
}
}
}
else if (args.switches.length > 2)
{
nullArgs("amaz","?");
return false;
}
document.amazf.keyword.value = args.q;
submitForm(amazf);
}
]]></script>
<copyright>
Copyright (c) 2002 David Bau
Distributed under the terms of the
GNU Public License, Version 2 (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt)
</copyright>
</search>
