This script uses metadata from the Google Books API to create new books on Open Library.
This has only been tested against python3
Install all Python Dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
And follow these instructions to create a Google API key + enable usage of the Google Books API.
$ ./google_books_search.py --google_api_key <API key> --query "life of pi"
$ ./google_books_search.py --google_api_key <API key> --query 0547416113
$ ./google_books_search.py --google_api_key <API key> --query "life of pi"
Google Books found 1619 results for this query. Here are the first 10:
0: 'Life of Pi' by Yann Martel - ISBN 0547416113
1: 'Life of Pi' by Yann Martel - ISBN 0151008116
2: 'Life Of Pi Illustrated' by Yann Martel - ISBN 0857869035
3: 'The High Mountains of Portugal' by Yann Martel - ISBN 0812997182
4: 'The Making of Life of Pi' by Jean-Christophe Castelli - ISBN 006211414X
5: 'Life of Pi 101 Amazingly True Facts You Didnt Know' by G Whiz - ISBN 1310919933
6: 'Beatrice And Virgil may10' by Martel - ISBN 0670084514
7: 'The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios' by Yann Martel - ISBN 0156032457
8: 'Life of Pi Mit 1 AudioCD Level 4 A2B1' by Yann Martel - ISBN 3852729289
Which of these would you like to upload? 0
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./google_books_search.py", line 110, in <module>
main()
File "./google_books_search.py", line 106, in main
_upload_ol_book(ol_books[chosen_index])
File "./google_books_search.py", line 62, in _upload_ol_book
raise ValueError("It looks like this book already exists on Open Library. "
ValueError: It looks like this book already exists on Open Library. This script doesn't yet support updating existing books -- sorry!$ ./google_books_search.py --google_api_key <API key> --query "anatomy of a metahuman"
Google Books found 2804 results for this query. Here are the first 10:
0: 'DC Comics Anatomy of a Metahuman' by S.D. Perry - ISBN 1608875016
1: 'Constantine The Hellblazer Vol 1 Going Down' by Ming Doyle - ISBN 1401266762
2: 'On a Sunbeam' by Tillie Walden - ISBN 1250178134
3: 'Modern Masters Volume 17 Lee Weeks' by Tom Field - ISBN 1893905942
4: 'Steppin Out' by Dan DiDio - ISBN 1401283373
5: 'Heroes in the Night' by Tea Krulos - ISBN 1613747780
6: 'The Once and Future Queen' by Adam P. Knave - ISBN 1506702503
7: 'Wonder Woman Who Is Wonder Woman New Edition' by Allan Heinberg - ISBN 1401272339
8: 'Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five Vol 1' by Brian Buccellato - ISBN 1401275613
Which of these would you like to upload? 0
Upload of OL26468269M successful!If you search using an ISBN, and the results from the Google Books API is unambiguous, the script will skip the multiple-choice step:
$ ./google_books_search.py --google_api_key <API key> --query 0525522123
Upload of OL26468270M successful!