isbndbjs

An SDK for retrieving data from ISBNDB

Features

• Get a particular book using its 10-Digit ISBN, 13-Digit ISBN, or its internal ISBNDB book_id
• Search books by title, author, ISBN number etc.

Install

npm install isbndbjs

Usage

First of all you will have to initialize the SDK using the API Key, which can be obtained after you create an account and then go to access keys manager.

var ISBNDB = require('isbndb')
ISBNDB.initialize("YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

Books API

If you know the ISBN number of a particular book, you can get the book directly, as illustrated

ISBNDB.Books.get("9780743294065", function(responseBody){
  // .... successful response callback
}, function(errorResponse){
  // .... error callback
})

// .... Or, you could use the promise implementation in the following manner. Promise based examples will be used from here on

ISBNDB.Books.get("9780743294065")
.then(function(bookData){
  // .... Play with book data here
}, function(errorObject){
  // .... Handle errors here
})

You can also get the data of the author of a book ISBNDB.Books.get("9780743294065") .then(function(bookData){ return bookData.getAuthor() }) .then(function(authorData){ // .... Play with author data here })

If you desire to search books written by Shakespeare, it can be done in the following manner.

ISBNDB.Books.search({query: 'William Shakespeare', type: 'author_name'})
.then(function(books){
  // .... A list of books published by William Shakespeare
}, function(errorObject){
  // .... Handle errors here
})

Authors API

If you know the author_id for any author, you can directly get the author data as below:

ISBNDB.Author.get('richards_rowland')
.then(function(authorData){
  // Play with author data
}, function(errorObject){
  // .... Handle errors here
})

You can also search for authors as shown below:

ISBNDB.Author.search('william')
.then(function(authors){
  // An array of authors
}, function(errorObject){
  // .... Handle errors here
})

Issues and Suggestions

Please report all the issues in the Github Issues Page, suggestions are also welcome. You can also mail me at rohit0981989[at]gmail[dot]com for the same.

Future Modifications

• Addition of Publishers API
• Addition of Categories API
• Addition of Subjects API