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Source code for bookfind.vbs

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  1. Option Explicit
  2.  
  3. Dim arrWebPageTitle
  4. Dim blnTd
  5. Dim colMatches, objRE
  6. Dim strAuthor, strBookTitle, strISBN, strWebPageTitle
  7.  
  8.  
  9. With WScript.Arguments
  10. 	If .UnNamed.Count <> 1 Then Syntax
  11. 	If .Named.Count    > 1 Then Syntax
  12. 	If .Named.Count    = 1 And Not .Named.Exists( "TD" ) Then Syntax
  13. 	blnTd = ( .Named.Count = 1 )
  14. End With
  15.  
  16. strISBN         = WScript.Arguments.UnNamed( 0 )
  17. strBookTitle    = "Not found"
  18. strAuthor       = "Unknown"
  19. strWebPageTitle = TitleFromHTML( "https://www.amazon.com/dp/" & strISBN & "/" )
  20. strWebPageTitle = Replace( strWebPageTitle, "Amazon.com: ", "" )
  21. strWebPageTitle = Replace( strWebPageTitle, ": Books", "" )
  22. strWebPageTitle = Trim( strWebPageTitle )
  23. arrWebPageTitle = Split( strWebPageTitle, ":" )
  24. If UBound( arrWebPageTitle ) > 0 Then
  25. 	strBookTitle   = Trim( arrWebPageTitle(0) )
  26. 	strAuthor      = Trim( arrWebPageTitle(1) )
  27. 	Set objRE      = New RegExp
  28. 	objRE.Pattern  = "^[^\(]+"
  29. 	Set colMatches = objRE.Execute( strBookTitle )
  30. 	If colMatches.Count = 1 Then strBookTitle = colMatches(0).Value
  31. 	Set colMatches = Nothing
  32. 	Set objRE      = Nothing
  33. End If
  34.  
  35. If blnTd Then
  36. 	WScript.Echo strISBN & vbTab & strBookTitle & vbTab & strAuthor & vbCrLf
  37. Else
  38. 	WScript.Echo vbCrLf & "Title  : " & strBookTitle & vbCrLf & "Author : " & strAuthor & vbCrLf & "ISBN   : " & strISBN
  39. End If
  40.  
  41.  
  42. Sub IETerminate( )
  43. 	Dim colItems, objItem, objWMIService
  44. 	On Error Resume Next
  45. 	Set objWMIService = GetObject( "winmgmts://./root/CIMV2" )
  46. 	Set colItems      = objWMIService.ExecQuery( "SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE Name = 'iexplore.exe'" )
  47. 	If colItems.Count > 0 Then
  48. 		For Each objItem In colItems
  49. 			objItem.Terminate
  50. 		Next
  51. 	End If
  52. 	Set colItems      = Nothing
  53. 	Set objWMIService = Nothing
  54. 	On Error GoTo 0
  55. End Sub
  56.  
  57.  
  58. Function IsIEActive( )
  59. 	Dim blnActive, colItems, objWMIService
  60. 	blnActive = False
  61. 	On Error Resume Next
  62. 	Set objWMIService = GetObject( "winmgmts://./root/CIMV2" )
  63. 	Set colItems      = objWMIService.ExecQuery( "SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE Name = 'iexplore.exe'" )
  64. 	blnActive = ( colItems.Count > 0 )
  65. 	Set colItems      = Nothing
  66. 	Set objWMIService = Nothing
  67. 	IsIEActive = blnActive
  68. 	On Error GoTo 0
  69. End Function
  70.  
  71.  
  72. Function TitleFromHTML( strURL )
  73. 	Dim blnIEActive, objIE
  74. 	blnIEActive = IsIEActive ' Check if this will be the only IE running
  75. 	On Error Resume Next
  76. 	Set objIE = Nothing
  77. 	Set objIE = CreateObject( "InternetExplorer.Application" )
  78. 	If Err.number Then
  79. 		Err.Clear
  80. 		Set objIE = CreateObject( "InternetExplorer.Application" )
  81. 	End If
  82. 	If Err.number Then
  83. 		TitleFromHTML = "Not found by Unknown: Unknown: Amazon.com: Books"
  84. 	Else
  85. 	 	objIE.Navigate strURL
  86. 		Do Until objIE.ReadyState = 4
  87. 			WScript.Sleep 1
  88. 		Loop
  89. 		TitleFromHTML = objIE.Document.Title
  90. 		objIE.Quit
  91. 	End If
  92. 	Set objIE = Nothing
  93. 	On Error GoTo 0
  94. 	If Not blnIEActive Then IETerminate ' If this was the only IE running, terminate all IE processes
  95. End Function
  96.  
  97.  
  98. Sub Syntax
  99. 	Dim strMsg
  100. 	strMsg = strMsg _
  101. 	       & vbCrLf _
  102. 	       & "BookFind.vbs,  Version 1.12" _
  103. 	       & vbCrLf _
  104. 	       & "Display book title and author name for the specified ISBN number." _
  105. 	       & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
  106. 	       & "Usage:  CSCRIPT  //NOLOGO  BOOKFIND.VBS  isbn  [ /TD ]" _
  107. 	       & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
  108. 	       & "Where:  ""isbn"" is the ISBN (or ASIN) of the book to search for" _
  109. 	       & vbCrLf _
  110. 	       & "        /TD    changes the output format to tab delimited" _
  111. 	       & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
  112. 	       & "Note:   This script uses Amazon's web site to look up author and title."  _
  113. 	       & vbCrLf _
  114. 	       & "        To be precise, the data is extracted from the title of the page"  _
  115. 	       & vbCrLf _
  116. 	       & "        with URL ""https://www.amazon.com/dp/"" followed by the ISBN." _
  117. 	       & vbCrLf _
  118. 	       & "        That means this script will fail if Amazon changes the URLs." _
  119. 	       & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
  120. 	       & "Written by Rob van der Woude" _
  121. 	       & vbCrLf _
  122. 	       & "https://www.robvanderwoude.com"
  123. 	Wscript.Echo( strMsg )
  124. 	Wscript.Quit( 1 )
  125. End Sub
  126.  

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