Otis Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Hi all, I saw QuinTech's post and sample file to Molloy in the forum here, and I have a similar newbie question. I want to keep my book collection in FileMaker. I saw that amazon has tools for this, and their site can create an XML file for book data. I want to be able to type in my book's ISBN number and have FileMaker 7 pull all the data from amazon about my book so I don't have to enter the title, author, etc. Just as a test, I wanted to pull just 3 fields from the online XML data file Amazon produces. (I wanted to pull the "Author", "Binding" and "Title".) I am confused as to how to properly setup the XSL style sheet to pull just the field data I need. I was wondering if anyone could help. The XML file for a sample book (Plato's 'The Republic') is found via this HTTP link: http://webservices.amazon.com/onca/xml?S...nseGroup=Medium Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!! Regards, O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuinTech Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Hi, Otis. Take a look at Jay Welshofer's example in the FM XSLT Library with the name "Amzaon Web Service." That may help. I tested it with the sample data you posted, and it didn't work; i suspect it maybe something in the XML itself, since an XSLT i wrote also didn't work. I will take a look into it and tell you what i find out. In the meantime, take a look through that XSLT library. Lots of good stuff in there. HTH, Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 QuinTech, thanks the reply. I'll check it out, and hopefully learn a bit more and get it working. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 QuinTech, I checked out the example link, and even using it in its default format, I couldn't get it to work. I mean, I didn't even adjust anything on the sample file, just clicked the library.fp5 template file and nothing happens. Hmm.... I entered my Amazon Associates ID as well, as per the documentation, and still nothing. Were you able to get the example file working and properly pulling data from Amazon into the sample file? (Again, no customization, just using the example file and not adjusting anything.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuinTech Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 No, i tested it with the sample data you posted, and it didn't work; i suspect it maybe something in the XML itself, since an XSLT i wrote also didn't work. Maybe Amazon has changed its XML output since this XSLT was written? I meant to look into why it wasn't working over the weekend, but didn't have an opportunity. I'll try again this week, hopefully. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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