11 Aug 2022
Looking for an API
Google Books
No Python library identified.
Might need to come back to it for low-level integration.
17 Feb 2023 seems like this can retrieve book cover & information from ISBN number with a simple request (no authentication required):
https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=isbn:140022652X
{
"kind": "books#volumes",
"totalItems": 1,
"items": [
{
"kind": "books#volume",
"id": "HouRzQEACAAJ",
"etag": "JyDWqsS3jCQ",
"selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes/HouRzQEACAAJ",
"volumeInfo": {
"title": "Technology Quotient",
"authors": [
"Tony Hughes",
"Justin Michael"
],
"publishedDate": "2021-06-22",
"description": "Follows the narrative arc of a multifaceted approach to understanding any/all automation systems that are popular today and will be valid toward 2030.",
"industryIdentifiers": [
{
"type": "ISBN_10",
"identifier": "140022652X"
},
{
"type": "ISBN_13",
"identifier": "9781400226528"
}
],
"readingModes": {
"text": false,
"image": false
},
"pageCount": 256,
"printType": "BOOK",
"categories": [
"Business & Economics"
],
"maturityRating": "NOT_MATURE",
"allowAnonLogging": false,
"contentVersion": "preview-1.0.0",
"panelizationSummary": {
"containsEpubBubbles": false,
"containsImageBubbles": false
},
"imageLinks": {
"smallThumbnail": "http://books.google.com/books/content?id=HouRzQEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api",
"thumbnail": "http://books.google.com/books/content?id=HouRzQEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api"
},
"language": "en",
"previewLink": "http://books.google.de/books?id=HouRzQEACAAJ&dq=isbn:140022652X&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api",
"infoLink": "http://books.google.de/books?id=HouRzQEACAAJ&dq=isbn:140022652X&hl=&source=gbs_api",
"canonicalVolumeLink": "https://books.google.com/books/about/Technology_Quotient.html?hl=&id=HouRzQEACAAJ"
},
"saleInfo": {
"country": "DE",
"saleability": "NOT_FOR_SALE",
"isEbook": false
},
"accessInfo": {
"country": "DE",
"viewability": "NO_PAGES",
"embeddable": false,
"publicDomain": false,
"textToSpeechPermission": "ALLOWED",
"epub": {
"isAvailable": false
},
"pdf": {
"isAvailable": false
},
"webReaderLink": "http://play.google.com/books/reader?id=HouRzQEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api",
"accessViewStatus": "NONE",
"quoteSharingAllowed": false
},
"searchInfo": {
"textSnippet": "Become Superhuman In How You Work With Technology: Learn how to upskill your technology quotient (TQ) by understanding how the most powerful sales technologies operate and can be configured for maximum benefit."
}
}
]
}
GoodReads
API discontinued in Dec '20: https://www.goodreads.com/api/documentation
OpenLibrary
27 Feb 2023

ISBN
isbntools
isbntools provides several useful methods and functions to validate, clean, transform, hyphenate and get metadata for ISBN strings.
https://github.com/xlcnd/isbntools
isbnplus
ISBNdb
Paid-for: $10/month minimum.
ISBNfind.org
Barely any result.
Worldcat
https://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/content/affiliate/default.jsp
Amazon
https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/catalog-items-api-v2022-04-01-reference