This gem uses mechanize to scrape content from shelfari.com and simulate an API, because currently there is no official one. Given the nature of obtaining the data, things might break often, so use at your own risk.

Methods

book_by_id(id) #returns information about a book based on id
book_by_isbn(isbn) #returns information about a book based on isbn
user(username) #returns user details
now_reading(username) #returns the books the user is currently reading

Installation

gem install shelfari

Usage

require 'shelfari'

library = Shelfari.new

Get info about a book

myBook = library.book(5831441)

This returns the following JSON

{    
    "bookid": "5831441",
    "editionid": "7405802",
    "title": "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest",
    "author": "Stieg Larsson",
    "cover": "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41BHhplwx0L._SL236.jpg",
    "url": "http://www.shelfari.com/books/5831441/The-Girl-Who-Kicked-the-Hornets-Nest"
}

License

This library is distributed under the MIT license. Please see the LICENSE file.