get photo(cover of book) of book with isbn

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hi dears,
i get detail of book with this code from isbndb.com,

C#

string url = @"http://isbndb.com/api/books.xml?access_key=5X5U83P4&results=" + cboresulttype.Text + "&index1=" + Cbosearchtype.Text + "&value1=";
   HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
                req.Timeout = 20000;
                HttpWebResponse res = (HttpWebResponse)req.GetResponse();
                StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(res.GetResponseStream());
                string txt = sr.ReadToEnd();
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now i want get the photo(cover of book) of book??
how i can???

Posted 17-Sep-12 23:56pm

hanis29268

Updated 18-Sep-12 0:09am

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Manfred Rudolf Bihy 18-Sep-12 6:13am

And what exactly is inside the string txt after you've read it from the response stream?
It might be quite important to know that!

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Manfred Rudolf Bihy · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-18T00:27:00

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You just have to read this and please do yourself a favor and read it all: How to find a cover image for a book with an ISBN[^].

In case you've ignored my above advice a short summary: "isbndb.com does not have the functionality you want.". The site recommends you to use Open Library Covers API[^], which is quite simple to use.

Room 329 wrote:

ISBNdb.com doesn't actually provide the cover image. They have an useful API for finding out more information about a given ISBN, but not the cover image.

Regards,

— Manfred

Posted 18-Sep-12 0:27am

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

Updated 18-Sep-12 0:30am

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[no name] 18-Sep-12 6:46am

you are right,
it's correct.
now i want show this photo on my application form(c# 2010),
how i can???
for detail of book,isbndb.com send A xml file for me and i can separate field such as tittle and publisher and ETC.
so for get cover of book, how i must to do??

Manfred Rudolf Bihy 18-Sep-12 6:59am

You find everything on the site I linked to.
You can read I hope? Which part did you not understand. Go to the site I linked to and search for the words:
"The URL pattern to access book covers is:"

Just read the few lines below that and you'll know everything there is to access the pictures.
Give it a try! :)

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