Function get_openlibrary_data

web_programming/search_books_by_isbn.py:19–37

Given an 'isbn/0140328726', return book data from Open Library as a Python dict. Given an '/authors/OL34184A', return authors data as a Python dict. This code must work for olids with or without a leading slash ('/'). # Comment out doctests if they take too long or have results tha

(olid: str = "isbn/0140328726")

def get_openlibrary_data(olid: str = "isbn/0140328726") -> dict:
    """
    Given an 'isbn/0140328726', return book data from Open Library as a Python dict.
    Given an '/authors/OL34184A', return authors data as a Python dict.
    This code must work for olids with or without a leading slash ('/').

    # Comment out doctests if they take too long or have results that may change
    # >>> get_openlibrary_data(olid='isbn/0140328726')  # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
    {'publishers': ['Puffin'], 'number_of_pages': 96, 'isbn_10': ['0140328726'], ...
    # >>> get_openlibrary_data(olid='/authors/OL7353617A')  # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
    {'name': 'Adrian Brisku', 'created': {'type': '/type/datetime', ...
    """
    new_olid = olid.strip().strip("/")  # Remove leading/trailing whitespace & slashes
    if new_olid.count("/") != 1:
        msg = f"{olid} is not a valid Open Library olid"
        raise ValueError(msg)
    return httpx.get(
        f"https://openlibrary.org/{new_olid}.json", timeout=10, follow_redirects=True
    ).json()


def summarize_book(ol_book_data: dict) -> dict: