ISBN search - Api - at the beginning

[Davide]

Im at the beginning.
I'm trying to search a book in the general catalog of GR by ISBN
I'd like to have the result in xml mode
I've also a developer key but I don't know how to use it (and if it's necessary to do this)
For the moment I've done simply this request:
http://www.goodreads.com/search?q=881...
If I can obtain it in XML I've already solver my problem!
Thank You

[Ettore]

Davide, you have to use your developer key and specify the format to receive XML. Go to this page:

http://www.goodreads.com/api/keys

then copy your key and append it to your request. So, for example:

http://www.goodreads.com/search?q=8811667739&format=xml&key=YOUR_KEY_VALUE

[Davide]

Thank you.

But what I obtain doesn't seem XML

true 1 1 1 Goodreads 0.00 10 1417331 1975 38 3 4.08 9701992 Scritti Corsari 37893 Pier Paolo Pasolini http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocov... http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocov...

[Michael]

That looks like the values only. What http client are you using?

[Davide]

not a traditional one!

I'm using the WebViewer of FileMaker Pro 11 but it uses the engine of the default MacOS X browser (Safari). I'm on Lion.

With the googlebooks api I've not this problem...

[Michael]

That looked like safari! In safari when you request an xml document it often shows all the values and not the nodes. To see the real xml you can view source.

I'd recommend using wget/curl or something lower level for testing the api. I usually do that or just use firefox instead.