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Openlib
This is a tiny client to the Open Library's Books API. If this client doesn't meet your needs, try the other Openlibrary client.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'openlib'
And then execute:
$ bundle install
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install openlib
Usage
> book = Openlib::Book.new(id: '9780316030571')
> book.title
=> "Cryptonomicon"
> book.authors
=> ["Neal Stephenson"]
> book.subjects
=> ["Fiction", "World War, 1939-1945", "World War, 1939-1945 in fiction", "Data encryption (Computer science)", "Cryptography", "Literature", "Science Fiction", "Long Now Manual for Civilization", "Code and cipher stories"]
Openlibrary
For more information on Openlibrary, check their Developer center and the Books API documentation.
Openlibrary has a GitHub repository.
Development
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/dkam/openlib.
License
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.