datademofun / goodreads-nyt-api-explorer

IN PROGRESS: Exploring and mashing together the Goodreads and New York Times Bestsellers API data

Todo

Changing ISBN numbers to goodreads IDs

NYTimes API

http://developer.nytimes.com/apps/mykeys

http://developer.nytimes.com/docs/read/best_sellers_api#h2-examples

Best sellers list

HTML URL: http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2015-01-01/combined-print-and-e-book-fiction/list.html

API_URL: http://api.nytimes.com/svc/books/v3/lists/2015-01-01/combined-print-and-e-book-fiction.json?api-key=NYTIMES_DEV_KEY

Goodreads API

Show book

HTML URL: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4671

endpoint: /book/show.xml sample: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show.xml?id=4671&key=YOUR_DEV_KEY

key	sample value	description
id	4671	Goodreads book ID
key	YOUR_DEV_KEY	your developer key

Review counts

endpoint: /book/review_counts.json

sample: https://www.goodreads.com/book/review_counts.json?isbns=9780441172719,9780140449181

key	sample value	description
isbns	9780441172719,9780140449181