that said if you are hoping to get reviews i had very low results. i was hoping they included reviews for things that might not have made the best sellers but most of what i tried in some sample searches came up blank. haven't bothers doing much with the historical best seller data otherwise. eby On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Gabriel Farrell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Looks like data.results is an array, so you'll have to loop through > it. If you just want the first result, you could get at the > book_details array with data.results[0].book_details. > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Nate Hill <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Anybody out there using the NY times best seller API to do stuff on their >> library websites? >> I can't figure out what's wrong with my code here. >> Data is returned as "null"; I can't seem to parse the response with jQuery. >> Any help would be supercool. >> I removed the API key - my code doesn't actually contain 'xxxx'. >> Here's the jQuery: >> >> jQuery(document).ready(function(){ >> $(function(){ >> //json request to new york times >> $.getJSON(' >> http://api.nytimes.com/svc/books/v2/lists/hardcover-fiction.json?&api-key=xxxx', >> >> function(data) { >> //loop through the results with the following >> function >> $.each(data.results.book_details, function(i,item){ >> //turn the title into a variable >> var bookTitle = item.title; >> $('#container').append('<p>'+bookTitle+'</p>'); >> >> }); >> }); >> }); >> }); >> >> >> Here's a snippet of the JSON response: >> >> { >> "status": "OK", >> "copyright": "Copyright (c) 2011 The New York Times Company. All Rights >> Reserved.", >> "num_results": 35, >> "last_modified": "2011-09-23T12:00:29-04:00", >> "results": [{ >> "list_name": "Hardcover Fiction", >> "display_name": "Hardcover Fiction", >> "updated": "WEEKLY", >> "bestsellers_date": "2011-09-17", >> "published_date": "2011-10-02", >> "rank": 1, >> "rank_last_week": 0, >> "weeks_on_list": 1, >> "asterisk": 0, >> "dagger": 0, >> "isbns": [{ >> "isbn10": "0399157786", >> "isbn13": "9780399157783" >> }], >> "book_details": [{ >> "title": "NEW YORK TO DALLAS", >> "description": "An escaped child molester pursues Lt. Eve >> Dallas; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.", >> "contributor": "by J. D. Robb", >> "author": "J D Robb", >> "contributor_note": "", >> "price": 27.95, >> "age_group": "", >> "publisher": "Putnam", >> "primary_isbn13": "9780399157783", >> "primary_isbn10": "0399157786" >> }], >> "reviews": [{ >> "book_review_link": "", >> "first_chapter_link": "", >> "sunday_review_link": "", >> "article_chapter_link": "" >> }] >> >> >> -- >> Nate Hill >> [log in to unmask] >> http://www.natehill.net >> >