gisbn GEM 
It fetches book's information by ISBN number based on Google Book API.
- Easy to get all information by ISBN
- Structure data
You don't have to call manually Google API with ISBN number. This gem will do everything for you.
Version
0.0.1
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'alexandrite'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as globally:
gem install alexandrite
Examples
book = Gisbn::Book.new "0262033844", "AIzaSyDKepjfaVBRcgsnPALw5s2UNyfOk-1FHUU", "ca"
book.title
#=> "Introduction to Algorithms"
book.description
#=> "A new edition of the essential text and professional reference, with substantial newmaterial on such topics as vEB trees, multithreaded algorithms, dynamic programming, and edge-baseflow."
book.publisher
#=> "MIT Press"
book.published_date
#=> <Date: 2001-02-03 ...>
book.isbn_10
#=> 0262033844
book.isbn_13
#=> 9780262033848
book.thumbnail
#=> http://books.google.com/books/content?id=i-bUBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
book.preview
#=> http://books.google.ca/books?id=i-bUBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:0262033844&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api
book.gisbn.isbn = 9780321573513
book.fetch.title => "Algorithms"
Methods
title >> Returns Book's title as string
description >> Returns the description of book as string
isbn(isbn_number) >> Set new isbn
fetch >> Call to Google Book API and process book information on provided ISBN
authors >> Return authors' name as comma separated as string
authors_as_array >> Return authors' name as ruby array. If no book is associated with ISBN number,
then it return empty array
publisher >> Return publisher name as string
isbn_10 >> Return 10 digit ISBN numbers as string
isbn_13 >> Return 13 digit ISBN numbers as string
categories >> Return category names as comma separated as string
categories_as_array >> Return category names as ruby array. If no book is associated with ISBN number,
then it return empty array
thumbnail_small >> Return the link of small thumnail
thumbnail >> Return the link of standard thumnail
preview_link >> Return the link for previewing the book
page_count >> Return page count as integer
published_date >> Return the published date as Ruby object
Development
Want to contribute? Great!
- Fork it ( https://github.com/eftakhairul/gisbn/fork )
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create a new Pull Request
Author
Contributors
License
MIT