joaodath / kan_alexandria

Kan_Alexandria is Python 3.5+ library for searching book details using Google Books API. It's based on the original Kan module but optimized for consumption of more data and returns the data in a more usable format (Python dicts).

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Kan_Alexandria is Python 3.5+ library for searching book details using Google Books API. It's based on the original Kan module but optimized for consumption of more data and returns the data in a more usable format (Python dicts).

Installation

Install from PyPi

$ pip install kan-alexandria

Usage

# Print Out Help Instructions
$ kan_alexandria -h

Usage: kan_alexandria [-h] [-v] [--title name] [--author name] [--max n]
           [--subject topic] [--language code]
           {title,isbn,author} ...

Kan helps you find the book

positional arguments:
  {title,isbn,author}  Search by
    title              Book title
    isbn               ISBN code
    author             Book author

optional arguments:
  -h, --help           show this help message and exit
  -v, --version        show program's version number and exit
  --title name         Title of the book
  --author name        Name of the author
  --max n              Maximum results to get per query: default=10, max=40
  --subject topic      Specify subject matter by category
  --language code      Restrict the search results to those with a certain
                       language code

Simplest way is to search for book by title. By default, you'll get the top 3 matches.

$ kan_alexandria title 'Fifty Shades'

Title: Fifty Shades of Grey
Author: E L James
ISBN_13: 9781448149452

Title: Fifty Shades Darker
Author: E. L. James
ISBN_10: 0385537689

Title: Fifty Shades Freed
Author: E L James
ISBN: N/A

Search more generally and tweak your search parameters.

$ kan_alexandria --language ko --max 5 author 'J. K. Rowling' --top

Title: 해리포터와마법사의돌
Author: J. K. Rowling, 김혜원
OTHER: OCLC:226262132

Title: 해리포터와혼혈왕자
Author: J. K. Rowling, 최인자
OTHER: OCLC:226262119

Title: 해리포터와비밀의방
Author: J. K. Rowling, 김혜원
OTHER: OCLC:226262164

Title: 해리포터와불의잔
Author: 조앤 K. 롤링, 김혜원
ISBN_10: 8983920955

Title: 해리포터와죽음의성물
Author: J. K. Rowling, 최인자
ISBN_10: 898392067X