74 lines
2.8 KiB
Python
74 lines
2.8 KiB
Python
from urllib2 import urlopen
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from json import load,dumps
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""" Library Book Type Description:
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The book is a dictionary of the form { string : a, ... }
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Keys:
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required: (ideally)
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title - Book/Article title
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publishers - string containing semi-colon separated list eg. "UW Press; CSC, inc."
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authors - as above. each name is of the form "First Initials. Last" eg. "Calum T. Dalek; Conan T.B. Ladan"
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optional:
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subtitle - string
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edition - integer
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isbn - integer (it's preferred to use the isbn-13 rather than isbn-10)
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lccn - integer: library of congress catalogue number
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publish date - string of date (to make things easier to code/catalogue (won't be stored)
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publish year - int (this kind of thing will have to be confirmed by cataloguer)
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publish month - int
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publish locations - like publishers
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pages - integer - just the number of pages
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pagination - string eg. "xviii, 1327-1850"
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weight - string (purely for interest's sake eg. "3lb." or "3 pounds"
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categories - list of strings?
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"""
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# look up data from openlibrary.org using isbn
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def openLibrary(ISBN):
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isbn = str(ISBN)
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jsondata = urlopen("http://openlibrary.org/api/books?format=json&jscmd=data&bibkeys=ISBN:"+isbn)
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openBook = load(jsondata)
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if "ISBN:"+isbn not in openBook:
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return {'isbn':isbn,'title':'Book not found'}
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openBook = openBook["ISBN:"+isbn]
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# create my custom dict for books with the info we want.
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book = {"isbn" : isbn}
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book["title"]=openBook["title"]
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book["authors"]=""
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if "authors" in openBook:
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for v in openBook["authors"]:
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book['authors'] += "; " + v['name']
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book['authors'] = book['authors'][2:]
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book["publishers"]=""
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if "publishers" in openBook:
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for v in openBook["publishers"]:
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book["publishers"] += "; " + v['name']
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book['publishers'] = book['publishers'][2:]
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if "publish_places" in openBook:
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book["publish locations"]=""
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for v in openBook["publish_places"]:
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book["publish locations"] += "; " + v['name']
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book['publish locations'] = book['publish locations'][2:]
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# for lccn, there maybe be multiple values in the query. I'm just taking the first, but the full list may be useful
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if "lccn" in openBook['identifiers']:
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book["lccn"]=int(openBook['identifiers']['lccn'][0])
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if "publish_date" in openBook:
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book['publish date']=openBook['publish_date']
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#code to pull out year and month (hopefully)
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if "number_of_pages" in openBook:
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book["pages"]=openBook["number_of_pages"]
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if "pagination" in openBook:
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book["pagination"]=openBook["pagination"]
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if "weight" in openBook:
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book["weight"]=openBook["weight"]
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if "subtitle" in openBook:
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book["subtitle"]=openBook["subtitle"]
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return book
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book = openLibrary(9780865479104)
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print dumps(book,indent=2)
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