https://github.com/mathewkeeling/bookreport

Book Report Program
https://github.com/mathewkeeling/bookreport

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Book Report Program

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mathewkeeling/bookreport
• Owner: MathewKeeling
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2022-09-13T02:41:08.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-09-13T02:44:58.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-02-25T05:23:44.138Z (11 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 108 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
### Library Catalogging Software

![BookReport](./frontend/bookreport/resources/BookReport.png)

## Technical Details

- Home Library Database

    - Add books to library database by ISBN or other UID.

    - Retrieve Metadata about the books you are reading

- Web GUI to...

    - Edit Attributes of books

        - Favorites

        - Priority to Read

        - Notes about the book

        - Links to resources about the book

            - Publisher's website

            - Author's Website

            - Related Social Media

    - Show your library in an aesthetically pleasing manner

        - Internally facing catalog:

            - Private Notes

            - All books in catalog

            - More

    - Web application that is external facing

        - Curated aspects of your library that you select.

        - It's pretty vain, but that's why I want this application too. To be displayed as a widget on my blog.

## Initial Goals

- [ ] Create a basic web application that allows you to view the books in your catalog.

    - Plaintext webpage is fine.

    - Probably find something on Bootstrap

    

## Completed Goals

- [X] Decide on and implement a way to move books that have failed to a failed cache.

- [X] Handle the exceptions thrown when a retrieved book doesn't have an entry on OpenLibrary.

- [X] Create a SQL Database using Docker

- [X] Create a flat database that contains book information

- [X] Find / implement a free book metadata api

## Components used:

### Other bits

- Pure.css

- Bootstrap

### DB

- MySQL

### Python Libraries Used:

- CSV

- NumPy

- Pandas

- PyMySQL

- requests