Random Vim Regex

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CampusBooks API

This will turn the tables at http://partners.campusbooks.com/api.php?pl_id=2496 into machine readable json

:%s/"/\"/g :%s/(\w+)\s(.)/{\r key: "\1",\r description: "\2"\r},/

From this:

isbn  The thirteen digit ISBN for this offer
merchant_id A numeric merchant ID (Note, this value may be signed)
merchant_name The Name of the merchant (looked up from the defined constants)
merchant_image  URL of the merchant logo

To this:

values = [
  {
    key: "isbn",
    description: "The thirteen digit ISBN for this offer"
  },
  {
    key: "merchant_id",
    description: "A numeric merchant ID (Note, this value may be signed)"
  },
  {
    key: "merchant_name",
    description: "The Name of the merchant (looked up from the defined constants)"
  },
  {
    key: "merchant_image",
    description: "URL of the merchant logo"
  }
]

Formatting XML in a JSON string

:%s/"/\"/g :%s/</&lt;/g :%s/>\n/>" +\r/ :%s/>/&gt;/g :%s/^/"/

From this:

<merchant>
    <merchant_id>108</merchant_id>
    <merchant_image>http://www.campusbooks.com/images/markets/firstclassbooks.gif</merchant_iamge>
    <name>First Class Books</name>
    <notes>Free shipping via USPS or FedEx. Books must be ....</notes>
    <prices>
        <price condition="new">13.55</price>
        <price condition="used">13.55</price>
        </prices>
    <link> http://partners.campusbooks.com/link.php?params=b3...</link>
</merchant>

To this:

example: "<pre><code>" +
  "&lt;merchant&gt;" +
  "    &lt;merchant_id&gt;108&lt;/merchant_id&gt;" +          "    &lt;merchant_image&gt;http://www.campusbooks.com/images/markets/firstclassbooks.gif&lt;/merchant_iamge&gt;" +          "    &lt;name&gt;First Class Books&lt;/name&gt;" +
  "    &lt;notes&gt;Free shipping via USPS or FedEx. Books must be ....&lt;/notes&gt;" +
  "    &lt;prices&gt;" +
  "        &lt;price condition=\"new\"&gt;13.55&lt;/price&gt;" +
  "        &lt;price condition=\"used\"&gt;13.55&lt;/price&gt;" +
  "        &lt;/prices&gt;" +
  "    &lt;link&gt; http://partners.campusbooks.com/link.php?params=b3...&lt;/link&gt;" +
  "&lt;/merchant&gt;" +
"</code></pre>"

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