the line "iframe.location.href = link;" should be
"iframe.location.href = linkToBookDetails;".

On Aug 15, 10:30 am, ghagerer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I like the iFrame method for that.
>
> At first, after you have searched for something on amazon.com, you
> have to create an invisible iFrame somewhere in the document. One can
> find howtos for that on the web. Let's call the iFrame iframe.
>
> Then I would probably suggest something similar to the following code:
>
> oneResult=document.getElementById("result_"+0);
>
> while(oneResult != null) {
>   linkToBookDetails = oneResult.lastChild.firstChild.getAttribute
> ("href");
>   iframe.location.href = link;
>   publisher = parseThePublisher(); // parse it out of iframe.document
>   // here you can add the publisher to the main-document
>   oneResult=document.getElementById("result_"+i);
>   i++;
>
> }
>
> I would parse the publisher with the XPath: /html/body/div[3]/table[2]/
> tbody/tr/td/div/ul/li[3]. Probably that's the easiest way. If you
> don't know how to deal with that look 
> tohttps://developer.mozilla.org/en/Introduction_to_using_XPath_in_JavaS....
> Maybe that helps ^^.
>
> Regards,
> Gerhard
>
> On Aug 15, 5:19 am, Giant <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I am attempting to write a script on my own, but it is not coming out
> > so well. My idea is a simple one (I think). I work for a publications
> > company and often use amazon to check publication information on a
> > given book. Normally, when you search for an ISBN number it returns a
> > single listing (maybe more) with limited information about the book.
> > In order to find out who publishes the book I need to click on the
> > title and scroll down to the "Product Details" section. All I would
> > like to do is copy the publisher name to the results page. How would
> > one go about accomplishing this?
>
> > Thanks in advance!
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