Hacking Amazon searches
December 8, 2005 3:27 PM
Amazon-fu. How do I get Amazon, a) to show e.g. 100 hits per page; b) show just author/title and not the other crap?
By default, Amazon displays 10 hits per page in a book search. You can increase that to 25 if you change the docid-ve&sz= parameter in the search result url. However, if you change it to more than 25, you still get 25 hits per page. In addition, I don't want to see user rating, other editions, jpg of cover, etc. Can I just get:
Franz Kafka: The Trial
James Joyce: Ulysses
etc. etc.
and nothing else.
Greasemonkey script? (though Greasemonkey scripts are having problem with Firefox 1.5)
Thanks.
By default, Amazon displays 10 hits per page in a book search. You can increase that to 25 if you change the docid-ve&sz= parameter in the search result url. However, if you change it to more than 25, you still get 25 hits per page. In addition, I don't want to see user rating, other editions, jpg of cover, etc. Can I just get:
Franz Kafka: The Trial
James Joyce: Ulysses
etc. etc.
and nothing else.
Greasemonkey script? (though Greasemonkey scripts are having problem with Firefox 1.5)
Thanks.
I thought Amazon Light 4 might work but I guess not... You might be able to talk to them though about adding the feature.
posted by pwb503 at 5:53 PM on December 8, 2005
posted by pwb503 at 5:53 PM on December 8, 2005
Have you tried emailing their webmaster to ask for help with this?
posted by caddis at 6:17 PM on December 8, 2005
posted by caddis at 6:17 PM on December 8, 2005
shothotbot, that is totally awesome! Thanks for the link - I'd never have know that existed.
posted by Dr. Wu at 8:51 PM on December 8, 2005
posted by Dr. Wu at 8:51 PM on December 8, 2005
Once again, you guys rock. Shothotbot, thanks a lot. That's great.
posted by TheRaven at 4:48 AM on December 9, 2005
posted by TheRaven at 4:48 AM on December 9, 2005
Shothotbot, or anybody, a question about that interface: That sortable, category-switchable design (the window where the book titles load on search) ... how was that created? A lot of javascript, I know, but is there any CMS that offers that? Or was that built custom for that site? I've been looking for a similar interface for some projects. If any of you know.
posted by Alt F4 at 5:22 AM on December 9, 2005
posted by Alt F4 at 5:22 AM on December 9, 2005
Man, that's amazing. Many thanks, shothotbot!
posted by languagehat at 6:31 AM on December 9, 2005
posted by languagehat at 6:31 AM on December 9, 2005
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posted by mmascolino at 4:44 PM on December 8, 2005