Dear Wikimedians, I have recently discovered that the venerable digital library Project Gutenberg does not offer a sitewide full-text search. While it is possible to search it using a site-limited search in a search engine (e.g. "site: gutenberg.org <search string>" in most search engines), it is not possible to do so regularly and programmatically (the search engines charge money for API access).
I have therefore created the Gutensearch API service <https://gutensearch.toolforge.org/>.[1] It is simply a RESTful search API searching ALL the texts in Project Gutenberg (I will be updating the database with new texts every few months), returning results in JSON. The API documentation is linked from the homepage <https://gutensearch.toolforge.org/docs/api>[2], as is the link for requesting a free API key <https://gutensearch.toolforge.org/api_key_requests/new>[3]. (API keys are implemented to control abuse.) If this is something that would be useful to one of your tools or applications, feel free to request a key. Be sure to specify the intended use, both for inspiration and to help identify your request as not spammy. If you know of people outside Wikimedia who might find this handy, feel free to forward this message onwards. Feedback welcome! Cheers, Asaf (volunteer capacity) [1] https://gutensearch.toolforge.org/ [2] https://gutensearch.toolforge.org/docs/api [3] https://gutensearch.toolforge.org/api_key_requests/new -- Asaf Bartov <[email protected]>
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