From 5d09498ccb3374467f39512f44e3aa44b15fa7d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Ashby Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 20:41:12 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] more info on the google books API --- readme.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index 404287a..1c5eef0 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ expects the following columns, but easily updated: 2. follow the instructions at , and save the resulting json file to `.credentials/client_secret.json`. 3. run `npm install`. 4. run `npm start`. + +the google books API is somewhat spotty; searching for a title at https://books.google.com/ will sometimes pull up a book and provide the ISBN they know it by. It also doesn't have comprehensive coverage of various editions of titles, and doesn't return image URLs or format information.