felipeborges / python-openlibrary

Python wrapper for the OpenLibrary API.

#Python OpenLibrary#

A Python wrapper for the OpenLibrary API.

This library provides a pure Python interface for the OpenLibrary API. OpenLibrary is an online project of the non-profit Internet Archive which intends to create "one web page for every book ever publised".

OpenLibrary.org

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##Building##

###Dependencies###

• simplejson: http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/simplejson

###From Source:###

Download the latest python-openlibrary:

https://github.com/felipeborges/python-openlibrary

Unpack it and run:

$ sudo python setup.py build
$ sudo python setup.py install

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##Using##

###Documentation###

$ pydoc openlibrary.Publisher
$ pydoc openlibrary.Author
$ pydoc openlibrary.Book

###Example###

To create an instance of the openlibrary.Api class:

>>> import openlibrary
>>> api = openlibrary.Api()

To get a Book by its ISBN number:

>>> book = api.get_book("0451526538")
'The adventures of Tom Sawyer'

To get a Book by its OLID (Open Library ID):

>>> book = api.get_book("OL123M", "OLID")
'Stories of Indian life.'

To get the Authors of this given Book:

>>> authors = book.get_authors()
>>> print [author.get_name() for author in authors]

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License

    Copyright 2011 Felipe Borges <[e-mail]>

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
    MA 02110-1301, USA.