isbntools tool to lookup isbn

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isbntools tool to lookup isbn
https://github.com/xlcnd/isbntools

Take a look at this tool https://github.com/xlcnd/isbntools. From the command line you can enter commands like this isbn_meta 978032153496 and get metadata about books from WorldCatalogue, Google Books, isbndb.com, OpenLibrary, ... and it is very easy to build more providers with a few lines of python!

You can access ISBN ranges (isbn_mask ISBN) and editions isbn_editions ISBN and with this info query more specific databases.

• docs: https://isbntools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html

• python examples: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/searching ... th-python/

• Python meta Examples: https://python.hotexamples.com/examples ... mples.html

ISBNTools Practical Example Use Case – Open Access to Database with ISBN (books, etc.) https://zuberbuehler-associates.ch/blog/?p=5497

ISBN Tools – Wiki superior to Goob (Google) and Openl (OpenLibrary) – Using a Python Script to Query Open ISBN Databases: https://zuberbuehler-associates.ch/blog/?p=5324

https://pypi.org/project/isbnlib/
https://github.com/xlcnd/isbntools/blob ... s/devs.rst

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install

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apt install python-pip
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install isbntools

test:

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isbntools

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example isbn : 0812517725

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# isbn_meta 0812517725

Type:      BOOK
Title:     The Great Hunt - Book Two Of 'The Wheel Of Time'
Author:    Robert Jordan
ISBN:      9780812517729
Year:      1991
Publisher: Tor Fantasy

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# uses the OpenLibrary.org api (no key is needed)
isbn_meta 0812517725 openl

# goob uses the Google Books service (no key is needed) is the default option
isbn_meta 0812517725
isbn_meta 0812517725 goob

isbn_meta 0812517725 wiki

# output format json
isbn_meta 0812517725 goob json