I could definitely see this is the base for a more comprehensive openlibrary package, if Ross is interested in taking it in that direction. I'd try to contribute some functionality, though my node.js experience is limited.
John On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Karen Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > Great, Ross. Would there be a use case to have a similar program that > takes a different identifier as input, e.g. LCCN? I'm thinking about how > one might reach those books that never had an ISBN.... > > kc > > On 3/8/13 7:06 PM, Ross Singer wrote: > > Since we're announcing things :) > > > > I've also made a node.js client for the 'editions' service, based on > > xISBN. [*] > > > > Basically, you give it an ISBN and it gives you the editions associated > > with the relevant work(s). > > > > -Ross. > > * https://github.com/talis/node-openlibrary-editions > > > > On Friday, March 8, 2013, John Shutt wrote: > > > > Hey y'all, > > > > Over the past week, Jay Fajardo and I have been doing a lot of work > > on the openlibrary gem <https://github.com/jayfajardo/openlibrary>. > > We've added a shiny new client for the REST API > > <http://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/restful_api>, which can: > > > > * Find books and authors by their OLIDs > > * Get the revision history of any object > > * Get an array of recent changes to Open Library > > * Create Ruby pseudo-objects to easily grab OL object data > > * Log in to Open Library programmatically > > > > There's still more to add, like broader support for the Query API, > > but we're near the point where people can write advanced crawlers > > and bots in Ruby. If any of your friends and loved ones are Rubyists > > and want to contribute to Open Library, point them toward this > project! > > > > Speaking of bots, how does one become a member of the API usergroup > > <http://openlibrary.org/usergroup/api>? Does the bot have to be > > written and get its code vetted before it can make PUT requests? > > > > John Shutt > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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] > > > > -- > Karen Coyle > [email protected] http://kcoyle.net > ph: 1-510-540-7596 > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet > _______________________________________________ > 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] >
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