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A federated search API for finding image thumbnails for book covers.
https://github.com/e-e-e/bookcovers

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A federated search API for finding image thumbnails for book covers.

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# bookcovers

A federated search API for finding image thumbnails for book covers.

Performs a combined search of _Amazon_, _Google Books_ and _Open Library_ to find thumbnails corresponding to isbn numbers.

_bookcovers_ is node library and cli tool. It currently does not work in browser environments.

## Install

```
npm i -g bookcovers
```

## Example Usage

As a library within a node application:

```js
const bookcovers = require("bookcovers");

bookcovers
.withIsbn("9781570273148")
.then(results => ...);
```

As a cli:

```bash
bookcovers ;
# logs out book cover data in the form " "
```

Specify which service to use:

```bash
bookcovers --type amazon;
# only searches Amazon
```

## API

#### bookcovers.withIsbn(isbn: string, options?: { ... });

Returns a promise that resolves to an object containing urls from each of the sources.

```js
{
amazon: {
'1x': 'https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51z2HY7kn4L._AC_UY218_ML3_.jpg',
'1.5x': 'https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51z2HY7kn4L._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg',
'2x': 'https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51z2HY7kn4L._AC_UY436_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg',
'2.2935x':'https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51z2HY7kn4L._AC_UY500_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg'
},
google: {
smallThumbnail: 'http://books.google.com/books/content?id=wDVV6y-8YHEC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api',
thumbnail: 'http://books.google.com/books/content?id=wDVV6y-8YHEC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api'
},
openLibrary: {
small: 'http://ia801606.us.archive.org/zipview.php?zip=/26/items/olcovers36/olcovers36-S.zip&file=369091-S.jpg',
medium: 'http://ia801606.us.archive.org/zipview.php?zip=/26/items/olcovers36/olcovers36-M.zip&file=369091-M.jpg',
large: 'http://ia801606.us.archive.org/zipview.php?zip=/26/items/olcovers36/olcovers36-L.zip&file=369091-L.jpg'
}
}
```

### Options
- `type` - Specify a service: `'amazon' | 'google' | 'openLibrary'`. Default: `null` (all).
- `amazon` - Specify additional options for puppeteer amazon scraper
- `google` - Specify additional options for request google scraper
- `openLibrary` - Specify additional options for request open library scraper