[Koha-bugs] [Bug 7187] Prioritize cover image sources such as Amazon, Google and add fail over i.e. if first source fails, go to next

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Fri Oct 11 15:57:46 CEST 2013


http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7187

Sebastian Hierl <s.hierl at aarome.org> changed:

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--- Comment #24 from Sebastian Hierl <s.hierl at aarome.org> ---
(In reply to Cab Vinton from comment #23)
As VuFind has been mentioned above, I thought I'd confirm that VuFind separates
its book covers functionality from the book previews API -- and that it can
search the various sources (Google Books, Amazon, Open Library, and Hathi
Trust) by ISBNS, LCCNs, and OCLC numbers:

https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/blob/master/themes/bootstrap/js/preview.js

Thus, not only the most recent publications that have ISBNs are
retrieved/linked to in the OPAC, but also those that have OCLC and LCCN #s,
thus numerous titles that are available in full text--which is the point of
such a feature, i.e. to link to the full text for immediate access.



> (In reply to comment #22)
> > The question is not whether you can retrieve a record on Amazon with a UPC,
> > but whether the Amazon cover image service works with UPC. It does not.
> 
> Hmmm... No doubt you're correct, Owen. Amazon's Product Advertising API
> seems to allow the use of a number of different identifiers, including ASINs:
> 
> http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSECommerceService/latest/DG/ItemLookup.
> html
> 
> Presumably Koha is using a different service.
> 
> Note that the LibGuides folks have added a separate option for users to
> specify a URL source for cover art for each record ...
> 
> http://guidefaq.com/a.php?qid=2200

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