Searching Books with Python

In this article, we are going to write python scripts for searching books using isbntools modules. isbntools module able to search for books by their name or ISBN( International Standard Book Number) and return all the information about the book.

Installation: Run the following pip command:

pip install isbntools

Importing the module:

Python3

from isbntools.app import *

1. Use isbn_from_words() function to get the ISBN for a book.

Syntax: isbn_from_words(str) 

Parameter: book name

Returns: ISBN of the book.

Python3

get_isbn = isbn_from_words("Half Girlfriend")
print(get_isbn)

Output:

9788129135728

2. Get the information of a book by its ISBN.

Syntax: registry.bibformatters[identifiers](meta(isbn))

Parameter: ISB Number of the book

Returns: the meta information of the book

Notes: Identifiers can be used to print different types of format (bibtex, csl, opf, msword, endnote, refworks, json).

Python3

print(registry.bibformatters['labels'](meta("9788129135728")))

Output:

3. If you want to print the object without identifiers then you will all object in a specific location.

Python3

print(registry.bibformatters)

Output:

4. Get information in JSON format:

Python3

print(registry.bibformatters['json'](meta("9788129135728")))

Output:

5. Get information in MS Word format:

Python3

print(registry.bibformatters['msword'](meta("9788129135728")))

Output: