bin-files/isbn2bibtex.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# Copyright FlintFam Systems Management, 2013.
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import sys
import urllib
import urllib2
import json
import random
import re

accesskey = "W9V9X9VN"
jsonreq = "http://isbndb.com/api/v2/json/" + accesskey + "/books/?i=combined&q="

qstring = ""
for arg in sys.argv:
    qstring = qstring + " " + arg

query = urllib.quote_plus(qstring)
queryURL = jsonreq + query
jsondata = urllib2.urlopen(queryURL).read()
data = json.loads(jsondata)

for book in data['data']:
    if book['author_data']:
        authorid = book['author_data'][0]['id']
        authorlast = re.split('_', authorid)
        rand = random.randint(0, 3000)
        bibtexkey = authorlast[0] + str(rand)
        authoritem = ""
        first = 1
        for author in book['author_data']:
            authorname = author['name']
            if first == 0:
                authoritem = authoritem + " and  " + authorname
            else:
                authoritem = authorname
                first = 0
        titleitem = book['title_latin']
        publisher = book['publisher_name']
        entry = "@Book{" + bibtexkey + ",\nauthor = \"{" + authoritem + "}\",\ntitle = \"{" + titleitem + "}\",\npublisher = \"{" + publisher + "}\"\n}\n\n"
        print(entry)