@datafire/isbndb v4.0.0

@datafire/isbndb

Client library for ISBNdb API

Installation and Usage

npm install --save @datafire/isbndb

let isbndb = require('@datafire/isbndb').create({
  api_key: ""
});

.then(data => {
  console.log(data);
});

Description

Definition of ISBNdb.com API

Actions

author.name.get

Returns the name and a list of books by the author.

isbndb.author.name.get({
  "name": ""
}, context)

Input

• input object
  • name required string: The name of an author in the Author's database
  • page string: The number of page to retrieve, please note the API will not return more than 10,000 results no matter how you paginate them
  • pageSize string: How many items should be returned per page, maximum of 1,000

Output

• output Author

authors.query.get

This returns a list of authors whos name matches the given query

isbndb.authors.query.get({
  "query": ""
}, context)

Input

• input object
  • pageSize string: How many items should be returned per page, maximum of 1,000
  • query required string: A string to search for in the Author’s database
  • page string: The number of page to retrieve, please note the API will not return more than 10,000 results no matter how you paginate them

Output

• output AuthorQueryResults

book.isbn.get

Returns the book details

isbndb.book.isbn.get({
  "isbn": ""
}, context)

Input

• input object
  • isbn required string: an ISBN 10 or ISBN 13 in the Books database

Output

• output Book

books.query.get

This returns a list of books that match the query

isbndb.books.query.get({
  "query": ""
}, context)

Input

• input object
  • query required string: A string to search for in the Book’s database
  • page string: The number of page to retrieve, please note the API will not return more than 10,000 results no matter how you paginate them
  • author string: Filters the query results by author
  • pageSize string: How many items should be returned per page, maximum of 1,000

Output

Output schema unknown

publisher.name.get

Returns details and a list of books by the publisher.

isbndb.publisher.name.get({
  "name": ""
}, context)

Input

• input object
  • name required string: The name of a publisher in the Publisher's database
  • page string: The number of page to retrieve, please note the API will not return more than 10,000 results no matter how you paginate them
  • pageSize string: How many items should be returned per page, maximum of 1,000

Output

• output Publisher

publishers.query.get

This returns a list of publishers that match the given query

isbndb.publishers.query.get({
  "query": ""
}, context)

Input

• input object
  • pageSize string: How many items should be returned per page, maximum of 1,000
  • query required string: A string to search for in the Publisher’s database
  • page string: The number of page to retrieve, please note the API will not return more than 10,000 results no matter how you paginate them

Output

Output schema unknown

search.get

Uses a free query string compatible with ElasticSearch 6 to search in any of the ISBNDB's databases

isbndb.search.get({}, context)

Input

• input object
  • q string: A query string compatible with ElasticSearch 6

Output

Output schema unknown

stats.get

Returns a status object about the ISBNDB database.

isbndb.stats.get(null, context)

Input

This action has no parameters

Output

Output schema unknown

subject.name.get

Returns details and a list of books with subject.

isbndb.subject.name.get({
  "name": ""
}, context)

Input

• input object
  • name required string: A subject in the Subject's database

Output

• output Subject

subjects.query.get

This returns a list of subjects that match the given query

isbndb.subjects.query.get({
  "query": ""
}, context)

Input

• input object
  • pageSize string: How many items should be returned per page, maximum of 1,000
  • query required string: A string to search for in the Subject’s database
  • page string: The number of page to retrieve, please note the API will not return more than 10,000 results no matter how you paginate them

Output

Output schema unknown

Definitions

Author

• Author object: Describes the name of an author and the books written by that author in the database
  • author string
  • books array
    • items Book

AuthorQueryResults

• AuthorQueryResults object: Describes the results of a query in the author's database
  • authors array
    • items string
  • total integer

Book

• Book object: Describes a book in the book's database
  • authors array
    • items string
  • date_published string
  • dewey_decimal string
  • dimensions string
  • edition string
  • excerpt string
  • format string
  • isbn string
  • isbn13 string
  • language string
  • overview string
  • pages integer
  • publisher string
  • reviews array
    • items string
  • subjects array
    • items string
  • synopsys string
  • title string
  • title_long string

Publisher

• Publisher object
  • books array
    • items object
      • isbn string
  • name string

Subject

• Subject object
  • parent string
  • subject string