I’ve modified Greasemonkey scripts by Carrick Mundell (based on work by Jon Udell) and the Silkworm Threadster extension to work with MSU libraries catalog.
The first script checks whether a book you’re browsing on Amazon’s site is available in the MSU libraries. The second retrieves information from Amazon to insert into the MSU catalog page you’re browsing. You can see some pictures here:
The script t to lookup MSU status is here: amazonmsu.user.js
The script to insert information into the MSU catalog is here: amazonmagic.user.js
One warning, the amazonmagic script connects to the Amazon API via a gateway on my server. This was because it requires an Amazon API subscriber ID, which should be kept private. I’m not currently logging any requests, but this might change in the future. If you have privacy concerns, you can disable the script in Greasemonkey, or just not install it.
Hi Josh,
You should ask Michael for permission to create an Amazon API Subscriber ID for MSU Libraries as an institution. I did this with Google for the Google Maps API and that way I can toy with integrating Google Maps on CADL’s site without compromising any personal IDs I have with Google.
-S
Good idea. I’ll see if we can get keys for Amazon and Google.
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