Cover image lookup via UPC
I've been trying to find out whether pulling cover images via Universal Product Code would be possible from Amazon and Google. I did some digging; we're doing this via Syndetics and Baker & Taylor already, so the groundwork is already partially laid: Bug 14607 : Make Baker & Taylor cover images accessible by UPC as well as ISBN URL : https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14607 Priority : P5 - low Assigned To : jweaver@bywatersolutions.com Urgency : enhancement Status : CLOSED Bug 15388 : Show Syndetics covers by UPC in search results URL : https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15388 Priority : P5 - low Assigned To : nick@bywatersolutions.com Urgency : enhancement Status : RESOLVED What little googling I've done for Amazon seems to indicate that they have the ability to look up items and their product images via UPC, although I'm not clear if that's available across all locales. I haven't looked at Google yet. I haven't see any bugs filed for this -- has anyone else done any research on using UPC lookup for Amazon or Google? --Barton
As far as I know, we don’t use UPCs for books in Australia. Looking at my bookshelf now to see if I have any American books. All the Australian, Canadian, and European books I have only use ISBN barcodes. Sorry for a total lack of help : ) David Cook Systems Librarian Prosentient Systems 72/330 Wattle St Ultimo, NSW 2007 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 Direct: 02 8005 0595 From: koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha-community.org [mailto:koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha-community.org] On Behalf Of Barton Chittenden Sent: Wednesday, 31 January 2018 11:19 AM To: Koha-devel <koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org> Subject: [Koha-devel] Cover image lookup via UPC I've been trying to find out whether pulling cover images via Universal Product Code would be possible from Amazon and Google. I did some digging; we're doing this via Syndetics and Baker & Taylor already, so the groundwork is already partially laid: Bug 14607 : Make Baker & Taylor cover images accessible by UPC as well as ISBN URL : https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14607 Priority : P5 - low Assigned To : jweaver@bywatersolutions.com <mailto:jweaver@bywatersolutions.com> Urgency : enhancement Status : CLOSED Bug 15388 : Show Syndetics covers by UPC in search results URL : https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15388 Priority : P5 - low Assigned To : nick@bywatersolutions.com <mailto:nick@bywatersolutions.com> Urgency : enhancement Status : RESOLVED What little googling I've done for Amazon seems to indicate that they have the ability to look up items and their product images via UPC, although I'm not clear if that's available across all locales. I haven't looked at Google yet. I haven't see any bugs filed for this -- has anyone else done any research on using UPC lookup for Amazon or Google? --Barton
El mié., 31 de ene. de 2018 1:48 a. m., David Cook <dcook@prosentient.com.au> escribió:
As far as I know, we don’t use UPCs for books in Australia.
Looking at my bookshelf now to see if I have any American books. All the Australian, Canadian, and European books I have only use ISBN barcodes.
Sorry for a total lack of help : )
Troll :-P -- Tomás Cohen Arazi Theke Solutions (https://theke.io <http://theke.io/>) ✆ +54 9351 3513384 GPG: B2F3C15F
I’m providing international data! :p David Cook Systems Librarian Prosentient Systems 72/330 Wattle St Ultimo, NSW 2007 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 Direct: 02 8005 0595 From: koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha-community.org [mailto:koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha-community.org] On Behalf Of Tomas Cohen Arazi Sent: Wednesday, 31 January 2018 11:35 PM To: koha-devel <koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org> Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] Cover image lookup via UPC El mié., 31 de ene. de 2018 1:48 a. m., David Cook <dcook@prosentient.com.au <mailto:dcook@prosentient.com.au> > escribió: As far as I know, we don’t use UPCs for books in Australia. Looking at my bookshelf now to see if I have any American books. All the Australian, Canadian, and European books I have only use ISBN barcodes. Sorry for a total lack of help : ) Troll :-P -- Tomás Cohen Arazi Theke Solutions (https://theke.io <http://theke.io/> ) ✆ +54 9351 3513384 GPG: B2F3C15F
David, Books might or might not be listed with a UPC in the U.S. I think the de-facto standard is to use EAN(ISBN-10 or ISBN-13), and *possibly* UPC as well. Things like mass market paperbacks are more likely to have UPC, a quality paperback book is less likely to have UPC. ... but magazines, CDs and DVDs most likely will have a UPC code. That's useful, because we don't have ISBN for CDs and DVDs. On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 5:14 PM, David Cook <dcook@prosentient.com.au> wrote:
I’m providing international data! :p
David Cook
Systems Librarian
Prosentient Systems
72/330 Wattle St
Ultimo, NSW 2007
Australia
Office: 02 9212 0899
Direct: 02 8005 0595
*From:* koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha-community.org [mailto: koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha-community.org] *On Behalf Of *Tomas Cohen Arazi *Sent:* Wednesday, 31 January 2018 11:35 PM *To:* koha-devel <koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org> *Subject:* Re: [Koha-devel] Cover image lookup via UPC
El mié., 31 de ene. de 2018 1:48 a. m., David Cook < dcook@prosentient.com.au> escribió:
As far as I know, we don’t use UPCs for books in Australia.
Looking at my bookshelf now to see if I have any American books. All the Australian, Canadian, and European books I have only use ISBN barcodes.
Sorry for a total lack of help : )
Troll :-P
--
Tomás Cohen Arazi
Theke Solutions (https://theke.io <http://theke.io/>) ✆ +54 9351 3513384 <+54%209%20351%20351-3384> GPG: B2F3C15F
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