Script to export editions from http://openlibrary.org/people/krisneg/lists/OL11238L/Civil_War_Regiments

OL11238L.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
import json
import urllib

def jsonget(url):
    text = urllib.urlopen(url).read()
    return json.loads(text)

def get_edition(key):
    url = "http://openlibrary.org" + key + ".json"
    return jsonget(url)

def edtions_of_work(key):
    url = "http://openlibrary.org" + key + "/editions.json?limit=1000"
    return jsonget(url)['entries']

def editions_of_list(url):
    editions = []
    seeds = jsonget(url + "/seeds.json")['entries']
    for seed in seeds:
        if seed['type'] == 'work':
            editions.extend(edtions_of_work(seed['url']))
        elif seed['type'] == 'edition':
            editions.append(get_edition(seed['url']))
    return editions
             
def main():
    url = "http://openlibrary.org/people/krisneg/lists/OL11238L"
    print json.dumps(editions_of_list(url), indent=2)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()