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3R1C · Apr 3, 2002, 04:41 PM

Im trying to figure out how the program "CDCoverTool 1.0B5 OSX" (available on version tracker) is getting its album covers.
I downloaded a packet-sniffer (MacSniffer) to aid in my quest. It has told me that CDCoverTool is getting its images from amazon.com. With the help of the sniffer I also found a url which will send a querry to amazon.com.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ex...tbuy-search-20

beastie+boys+licensed+to+ill is of course where one would type there specific search.

This url works fabulously in a browser. It however does not work in the terminal with curl.

Upon further sniffing, I found that the CDCoverTool was identifying itself as User-Agent "MinxFind" so I modified my curl command to do the same like this:

curl -A MinxFind "http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/?mode=music&keyword=beastie+boys+licensed+to+i ll&tag=cddb-txtbuy-search-20"

still no dice. Anyone have any ideas how I could get this to work?

btw. All of this is part of a program I am writing, hence the reason this post appears in 'developer'. If this post is misplaced, I appologise.

petard · Apr 5, 2002, 02:43 PM

Originally posted by 3R1C:
<STRONG>Im trying to figure out how the program "CDCoverTool 1.0B5 OSX" (available on version tracker) is getting its album covers.
I downloaded a packet-sniffer (MacSniffer) to aid in my quest. It has told me that CDCoverTool is getting its images from amazon.com. With the help of the sniffer I also found a url which will send a querry to amazon.com.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/ ?mode=music&keyword=beastie+boys+licensed+to+i ll&tag=cddb-txtbuy-search-20

beastie+boys+licensed+to+ill is of course where one would type there specific search.

This url works fabulously in a browser. It however does not work in the terminal with curl.

Upon further sniffing, I found that the CDCoverTool was identifying itself as User-Agent "MinxFind" so I modified my curl command to do the same like this:

curl -A MinxFind "http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/?mode=music&keyword=beastie+boys+licensed+to+i ll&tag=cddb-txtbuy-search-20"

still no dice. Anyone have any ideas how I could get this to work?

btw. All of this is part of a program I am writing, hence the reason this post appears in 'developer'. If this post is misplaced, I appologise.</STRONG>

It works for me... try enclosing your url in single quotes.