Use a third-party API to get book metadata

[jd7h]

Whenever a new book is added to the system, the user should get the option of querying a third party API for the metadata of the book. Possibilities: bol.com, GoodReads, Amazon?

[jd7h]

It seems the GoodReads public API is DOA. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18536888-is-the-public-api-maintained-at-all

[jd7h]

The Bol.com open API seems a good option for most Dutch books and some books in other languages. https://partnerblog.bol.com/documentatie/open-api/

[jd7h]

• LibraryThing has multiple API's available, including one for book covers.
• WorldCat has an API that is only usable by qualifying institutions (i.e. universities).
• Open Library is an initiative from the Internet Archive which has an API that offers basic book info in Json format.

[jd7h]

Importing covers has been fixed in commit 71142be

[jd7h]

1. create a search/add new page
2. query openlibrary for books (json)
   2.5 error handling
3. generate a page with possible hits from the json query
4. user selects a hit, Book object is created and saved to database