README

Give Bookscanner a barcode or ISBN number, look it up via the OpenLibrary api (http://openlibrary.org/), and then return you a nice PHP array with relevant details.

Works with 10-digit or 13-digit ISBNs. It will happily take input from a text field that has been populated by a standard handheld barcode scanner. It will clean it up a little, validate the ISBN with its checksum, and then send a request to the excellent OpenLibrary API via cURL. It will parse the response, and it will return you a PHP array with all the available information.

For fields with more that one element, e.g., a book with several authors, the field will be returned as a comma-separated string.

Install

Via Composer

$ composer require imonroe/bookscanner

Usage

$isbn_data = imonroe\bookscanner\Bookscanner::get_isbn_data($isbn_string); // from a text input, presumably a scanned barcode

$isbn = $isbn_data['isbn'];  // formatted ISBN number
$info_url = $isbn_data['info_url'];  // OpenLibrary URL to information page
$title = $isbn_data['title'];  // The title of the work
$subjects = $isbn_data['subjects']; // A string of subjects, separated by commas
$publisher = $isbn_data['publisher'];  // The publisher of the work
$author = $isbn_data['author']; // The author. If there are multiple, this will be a comma-delimited string
$publication_date = $isbn_data['publication_date'];  // The date the work was published
$number_of_pages =$isbn_data['number_of_pages'];  // Number of pages
$physical_format =$isbn_data['physical_format'];  // A string describing the physical format
$thumbnail_url = $isbn_data['thumbnail_url'];  // A URL to OpenLibrary's cover thumbnail.

Change log

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Testing

$ composer test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING and CONDUCT for details.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email ian@ianmonroe.com instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

imonroe / bookscanner

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