API that allows for Full Text Search on any Book based on isbn to get the number of results of a word or phrase

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• Get details of books published in a date frame

  I need to get certain data of all books published from 2015-2018 on Amazon.

  Using front-end search limits me to 400 pages per category. I read that using their product advertising API is the easiest way to get all the data needed.
  I tried reading their documentation, but I can't figure it out.

  Does anyone know how to do this?
• How to get page with list of all authors on Amazon

  I need to get a page with a list of ALL authors in certain genres. (ie like finding all sellers in certain category)

  Here are examples: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/other/ref=sr_sa_p_lbr_one_browse-bin?rh=n%3A133140011%2Cn%3A%21133143011%2Cn%3A7078878011%2Cn%3A154606011%2Cn%3A668010011&bbn=7078878011&sort=featured-rank&pickerToList=lbr_one_browse-bin&ie=UTF8&qid=1480374583

  https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/other/?rh=n%3A283155%2Cn%3A%211000%2Cn%3A17&pickerToList=lbr_one_browse-bin

  How can I find these pages for ALL genres I want? Is there some advanced search page I can use?

  Thanks!
• Why do I get different tags/elements results when searching different books on Amazon Product Advertising API?

  Has anyone experienced different xml tag/element results when using amazon's API? If yes, how can I get the information I want if it is different from book to book?

  Case: I am trying to get the number of pages of the books that I am looking up. For the most part, it works okay with the following xml fetch:

  $base->Items->Item->ItemAttributes->NumberOfPages
  

  However, when I searched book with ISBN 0743234804, I would need to query the following to get the page number:

   $base->Items->Item[1]->ItemAttributes->NumberOfPages
  

  This is quite unreliable, especially if there are other cases. How do you go about this problem?

  ** Updated the question - changed the query that would produce the correct page information **
• Retrieve data from Google Books Api

  I'm new to Android and using web APIs, and I'm writing an Android App that scans a barcode from a book and then search its ISBN in Google Books API.

  I have this url after the barcode scan: https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=isbn:9788432250651&AIzaSyCpYez5556X4UzPV6rF4kkspj9DsCs_Q_c

  And the next code:

  private class GetBookInfo extends AsyncTask <View, Void, Integer> {
  
          @Override
          protected Integer doInBackground(View... urls) {
              // make Call to the url
              makeCall("https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?" +
                      "q=isbn:" + ean_content + "&AIzaSyCpYez5556X4UzPV6rF4kkspj9DsCs_Q_c");
  
              //print the call in the console
              System.out.println("https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?" +
                      "q=isbn:" + ean_content + "&AIzaSyCpYez5556X4UzPV6rF4kkspj9DsCs_Q_c");
  
              return null;
          }
  
  
          @Override
          protected void onPreExecute() {
              // we can start a progress bar here
          }
  
          @Override
          protected void onPostExecute(Integer result) {
  
              String ruta = save_cover(getApplicationContext(), title, book_cover);
  
              Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, Spreadsheets.class);
  //            intent.putExtra(title,title);
  //            intent.putExtra(author,authors);
  //            intent.putExtra(date,date);
  //            intent.putExtra(category,categories);
  //            intent.putExtra(description,description);
              //finish();
              startActivity(intent);
              finish();
  
          }
      }
  
      public void makeCall(String stringURL) {
  
          URL url = null;
          BufferedInputStream is = null;
          JsonReader jsonReader;
  
          try {
              url = new URL(stringURL);
          } catch (Exception ex) {
              System.out.println("Malformed URL");
          }
  
          try {
              if (url != null) {
                  HttpsURLConnection urlConnection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
                  is = new BufferedInputStream(urlConnection.getInputStream());
              }
          } catch (IOException ioe) {
              System.out.println("IOException");
          }
  
          if (is != null) {
              try {
                  jsonReader = new JsonReader(new InputStreamReader(is, "UTF-8"));
                  jsonReader.beginObject();
                  while (jsonReader.hasNext()) {
                      String name = jsonReader.nextName();
  
                      if (name.equals("title")) {
                          title = jsonReader.nextString();
                      }
                      else if (name.equals("authors")) {
                          authors = jsonReader.nextString();
                      }
                      else if (name.equals("publishedDate")) {
                         date = jsonReader.nextString();
                      }
                      else if (name.equals("categories")) {
                          categories = jsonReader.nextString();
                      }
                      else if (name.equals("description")) {
                          description = jsonReader.nextString();
                      }
  //                    else if (name.equals("averageRating")) {
  //                        rating = jsonReader.nextString();
  //                    }
                      else if (name.equals("thumbnail")) {
                          image = jsonReader.nextString();
                          book_cover = download_cover(image);
                      }
                      else {
                          jsonReader.skipValue();
                      }
                  }
                  jsonReader.endObject();
              }
  
              catch (Exception e) {
                  System.out.println("Exception");
              }
  
          }
      }
  

  This isn't retrieving anything from the API. I would appreciate your help, thank you!
• ListView not getting populated from the Adapter

  This app is used to fetch the books as JSON using Google Books API and on research I found that the JSON data is loading fine and the Book Title, Author is parsed correctly and I tested that using toasts. But the listView is not showing up even from setting the listView with the adapter. What must be the error? The app also doesn't crash making it little difficult to troubleshoot. Thanks in advance!

  Main Activity

  package com.praveent.booklisting;
  
  import android.content.Context;
  import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
  import android.net.NetworkInfo;
  import android.net.Uri;
  import android.os.AsyncTask;
  import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.view.View;
  import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
  import android.widget.Button;
  import android.widget.EditText;
  import android.widget.ListView;
  import android.widget.Toast;
  
  import org.json.JSONArray;
  import org.json.JSONException;
  import org.json.JSONObject;
  
  import java.io.BufferedReader;
  import java.io.IOException;
  import java.io.InputStream;
  import java.io.InputStreamReader;
  import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
  import java.net.MalformedURLException;
  import java.net.URL;
  import java.util.ArrayList;
  import java.util.Scanner;
  
  public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
  
      public String rootUrl = "https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes";
      public String queryParameter = "q";
      Button search_button;
      EditText search_string;
      ListView listView;
  
      @Override
      protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
          listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list_view);
          search_button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.search_button);
          search_string = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.search_string);
          search_button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
              @Override
              public void onClick(View view) {
                  String query = search_string.getText().toString();
                  ConnectivityManager connectivityManager
                          = (ConnectivityManager) getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
                  NetworkInfo activeNetworkInfo = connectivityManager.getActiveNetworkInfo();
                  if(activeNetworkInfo != null && activeNetworkInfo.isConnected()){
                      new BackgroundTask().execute(query);
                  }
                  else{
                      Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Please switch on the internet!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                  }
              }
          });
  
      }
  
      public void populate(BookAdapter adapter){
          listView.setAdapter(adapter);
      }
  
      public class BackgroundTask extends AsyncTask<String, JSONArray, String> {
  
          @Override
          protected String doInBackground(String... strings) {
              String query = strings[0];
              URL url = null;
              Uri uri = Uri.parse(rootUrl).buildUpon().appendQueryParameter(queryParameter, query).build();
              try {
                  url = new URL(uri.toString());
              } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                  e.printStackTrace();
              }
              String data = null;
              try {
                  HttpURLConnection urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
                  InputStream in = urlConnection.getInputStream();
                  Scanner scanner = new Scanner(in);
                  scanner.useDelimiter("\\A");
                  if(scanner.hasNext()){
                      data = scanner.next();
                  }
              } catch (IOException e1) {
                  e1.printStackTrace();
              }
              return data;
          }
  
          @Override
          protected void onPostExecute(String s) {
              super.onPostExecute(s);
              BookAdapter bookAdapter;
              JSONObject jsonObject = null;
              JSONArray jsonArray = null;
              JSONObject jsonArrayObject = null;
              JSONObject volumeInfo = null;
              JSONArray authorInfo = null;
              JSONObject imageInfo = null;
              String imageUrl = null;
              String bookTitle = null;
              String bookAuthor = null;
              try {
                  jsonObject = new JSONObject(s);
                  jsonArray = jsonObject.getJSONArray("items");
                  ArrayList<Book> books= new ArrayList<Book>();
                  for(int i = 0; i <= jsonArray.length(); i++){
                      jsonArrayObject = jsonArray.getJSONObject(i);
                      volumeInfo = jsonArrayObject.getJSONObject("volumeInfo");
                      bookTitle = volumeInfo.getString("title");
                      authorInfo = volumeInfo.getJSONArray("authors");
                      bookAuthor = " ";
                      if (authorInfo != null){
                          bookAuthor = authorInfo.getString(0);
                      }
                      //imageInfo = volumeInfo.getJSONObject("imageLinks");
                      //imageUrl = imageInfo.getString("smallThumbnail");
                      books.add(new Book(bookTitle, bookAuthor));
                      Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, bookAuthor, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                  }
                  bookAdapter = new BookAdapter(MainActivity.this, books);
                  populate(bookAdapter);
              } catch (JSONException e) {
                  e.printStackTrace();
              }
          }
      }
  }
  

  Book Adapter

  package com.praveent.booklisting;
  
  import android.content.Context;
  import android.view.LayoutInflater;
  import android.view.View;
  import android.view.ViewGroup;
  import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
  import android.widget.ImageView;
  import android.widget.TextView;
  import com.squareup.picasso.Picasso;
  import java.util.ArrayList;
  
  public class BookAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<Book>{
  
      Context c = null;
      public BookAdapter(Context context, ArrayList<Book> books) {
          super(context, 0, books);
          c = context;
      }
      @Override
      public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
          View listItemView = convertView;
          if (listItemView == null) {
              listItemView = LayoutInflater.from(getContext()).inflate(
                      R.layout.list_item, parent, false);
          }
          Book currentBook = getItem(position);
          TextView bookTextView = (TextView) listItemView.findViewById(R.id.book_name);
          bookTextView.setText(currentBook.getBookName());
          TextView authorTextView = (TextView) listItemView.findViewById(R.id.book_author);
          authorTextView.setText(currentBook.getAuthorName());
          //ImageView coverImageView = (ImageView) listItemView.findViewById(R.id.cover_image);
          //Picasso.with(c).load(currentBook.getImageURL()).into(coverImageView);
          return listItemView;
      }
  }
  

  Book Class

  package com.praveent.booklisting;
  
  public class Book {
  
      private String bookName;
      private String authorName;
      private String imageURL;
  
      public Book(String name, String author){
          bookName = name;
          authorName = author;
          //imageURL = url;
      }
  
      public String getBookName() {
          return bookName;
      }
  
      public String getAuthorName() {
          return authorName;
      }
  
      public String getImageURL() {
          return imageURL;
      }
  }
  

  activity_main.xml

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
      xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
      android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:orientation="vertical"
      android:layout_height="match_parent"
      tools:context="com.praveent.booklisting.MainActivity">
  
      <EditText
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:padding="16dp"
          android:id="@+id/search_string"
          android:textAlignment="center"
          android:gravity="center"
          android:hint="@string/search_hint"/>
  
      <Button
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:id="@+id/search_button"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:text="@string/search_button" />
      <ListView
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:id="@+id/list_view"
          android:layout_height="fill_parent">
      </ListView>
  
  </LinearLayout>
  

  list_item.xml

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_width="match_parent"
      android:padding="8dp"
      android:layout_height="wrap_content">
  
      <ImageView
          android:layout_width="100dp"
          android:layout_height="100dp"
          android:id="@+id/cover_image"/>
  
      <LinearLayout
          android:layout_width="match_parent"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
          android:layout_gravity="center"
          android:orientation="vertical">
  
          <TextView
              android:id="@+id/book_name"
              android:layout_width="match_parent"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:textColor="#000"
              android:textSize="18sp"
              android:textStyle="bold" />
  
          <TextView
              android:layout_width="match_parent"
              android:layout_height="wrap_content"
              android:textSize="16sp"
              android:textColor="#000"
              android:id="@+id/book_author"/>
      </LinearLayout>
  
  </LinearLayout>
  
• How do i add a scope to my Oauth accesToken

  I need to add the scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/books to my Oauth 2.0 accessToken. When I call https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/tokeninfo?access_token=myValidAccessToken I can see that two scopes are associated with my token:

      {
       "issued_to": "matching ClientID",
       "audience": "matching ClientID",
       "user_id": "myUserID",
       "scope": "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile",
       "expires_in": 3580,
       "email": "myEmail",
       "verified_email": true,
       "access_type": "offline"
      } 
  

  It should also have the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/books in the scope string. I login with 'Google/SignIn' and use Firebase. My tokens and ID's refresh as they should.

  The error i get when make a request to https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/mylibrary/bookshelves/7/volumes?access_token=\(accessToken) :

  {
      error =     {
          code = 403;
          errors =         (
                          {
                  domain = global;
                  message = "Insufficient Permission";
                  reason = insufficientPermissions;
              }
          );
          message = "Insufficient Permission";
      };
  }