<bump> Using the legacy JSON API I can get all of the followng. Will this be true for the modified Books API?
[OL_BOOK_KEY] Unique key used by Open Library to identify a book [OL_COVER_SMALL] Url of small-sized cover image [OL_COVER_MEDIUM] Url of medium-sized cover image [OL_COVER_LARGE] Url of large-sized cover image [OL_TITLEPREFIX] Title prefix [OL_TITLE] Title [OL_SUBTITLE] Subtitle [OL_AUTHORLIST] List of authors [OL_AUTHORFIRST] First author [OL_BYSTATEMENT] By statement [OL_CONTRIBUTIONLIST] List of contributors [OL_SERIESLIST] List of series [OL_SERIESFIRST] First series [OL_EDITION] Edition [OL_PUBLISHERLIST] List of publishers [OL_PUBLISHERFIRST] First publisher [OL_PUBLISHPLACELIST] List of publish places [OL_PUBLISHPLACEFIRST] First publish place [OL_PUBLISHDATE] Publish date [OL_COPYRIGHTDATE] Copyright date [OL_PAGINATION] Pagination [OL_SIZE] Size [OL_PAGES] Pages [OL_FORMAT] Format [OL_WEIGHT] Weight [OL_ISBN13LIST] List of 13 digit ISBNs [OL_ISBN13FIRST] First 13 digit ISBN [OL_ISBN10LIST] List of 10 digit ISBNs [OL_ISBN10FIRST] First 10 digit ISBN [OL_ISBN] 13 digit ISBN if available, else 10 digit ISBN, else blank [OL_SUBJECTLIST] List of subjects [OL_GENRELIST] List of genres [OL_URILIST] List of uris [OL_PURCHASEURLLIST] List of purchase urls [OL_DOWNLOADURLLIST] List of download urls [OL_DESCRIPTION] Description [OL_FIRSTSENTENCE] First sentence [OL_NOTES] Notes John Miedema wrote: > Hi Anand and Open Library folks. > > I recently discussed with Anand that I am writing the next version of > OpenBook and want to upgrade to the most appropriate Open Library APIs. > > Anand, you recommended that I use the Books API, a client-side method > using JavaScript. I indicated that I wanted to use a server-side method > so that the HTML is discoverable by search crawlers. You offered to make > a server-side version of the Books API. That sounds good. However, as I > look at the Books API documentation, I see that the details section > contains only a subset of the available data. OpenBook currently allows > users to display many data elements from Open Library that are missing > from the Books API details. > > Question 1. Will you be adding all data elements to details section of > the Books API? Maybe some are not "stable" enough for the API details. > If so, which ones? > > Question 2. Also, if I should be using the Books API, why does your > documentation say that the RESTful is best for linking to Open Library? > > Thanks, John > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ Ol-tech mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
