[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Covers and ISBNs

[Ian Bays]

Hi Gordona,
(dev list copied in case we need to submit a patch) - I have just seen 
Dan's latest post so will contribute it properly:-)
So in case you want it before it goes through the process here it is.

Using documentation from Business::ISBN:
Changes are to:

/openils/lib/perl5/OpenILS/WWW/AddedContent$ diff Amazon.pm Amazon_safe.pm
9d8
< use Business::ISBN;
70,81d68
< #    open( my $diag, '>>/tmp/diagISBN.log' );
< #    print $diag "before: $key\n";
< #    print $diag "length: " . length($key) . "\n";
<     if (length($key) == 13) {
<       my $isbn = Business::ISBN->new( $key );
<       $isbn = $isbn->as_isbn10 if $isbn->type eq 'ISBN13';
<       if (defined $isbn) {
<           $key = $isbn->as_string([]);
<       }
<     }
< #    print $diag "after : $key\n";
< #    close ($diag);

So the subroutine (without diagnostic comments) is:

# returns the HTTP response object from the URL fetch
sub fetch_response {
     my( $self, $page, $key ) = @_;
     my $uname = $self->userid;
     if (length($key) == 13) {
         my $isbn = Business::ISBN->new( $key );
         $isbn = $isbn->as_isbn10 if $isbn->type eq 'ISBN13';
         if (defined $isbn) {
             $key = $isbn->as_string([]);
         }
     }
     my $url = $self->base_url . "$key.01.$page";
     return $AC->get_url($url);
}

This of course assumes you are using Amazon content.  I think we had to 
restart caching to make it work.

Good luck.

Ian

On 07/10/2011 15:18, Gordana Vitez wrote:
> Hi Ian,
> I would be interested to know how you got this to work.
> Thanks!
> Gordana
> Gordana Vitez
> Library Services & Systems Coordinator
> NC Libraries and Learning Commons
> Niagara College
> 300 Woodlawn Rd
> Welland Ontario
> L3C 7L3
> Phone: (905) 735 2211 ext 7404
> Fax: (905) 736 6021
> gvitez at niagaracollege.ca
>
>
> >>> Ian Bays <ian.bays at ptfs-europe.com> 10/7/2011 5:52 AM >>>
> Hi Ben, Brian et al,
>
> We came across this when trying to show images from Amazon.  We know 
> from experience that Amazon mostly only responds to 10-digit ISBNs as 
> the Amazon ID matched the 10-digit ISBN.  Amazon's line has always 
> been that they provide images keyed on their Amazon ID.
>
> When loading data there are 10-digit and 13-digit ISBNs often in no 
> particular order.  So we found the script in Evergreen that forms the 
> URL for the image from Amazon and test if the ISBN is 13-digits, and 
> if so convert it using Business::ISBN perl module to be a 10-digit 
> ISBN.  So no messing with the data in bib at all.  Seems to work well.
>
> On our system the script to change is:
> /openils/lib/perl5/OpenILS/WWW/AddedContent/Amazon.pm
>
> We're happy to share - it's just a few lines.  Maybe this should be on 
> the DEV list?
>
> Also we noticed that if your ISBNs have hyphens in them then the ISBN 
> only comes through as the digits up to the first hyphen (in our case 
> usually "0").  We do get lots of cataloguers who believe ISBNs should 
> have hyphens.  So we are weighing up removing hyphens in data 
> conversion versus finding the code that writes the ISBN field and 
> getting it to skip/ignore hyphens.  Should make it look real pretty!
>
> All the best.
>
> Ian
>
> On 06/10/2011 18:56, Ben Shum wrote:
>> Hi Brian,
>>
>> As far as I know, the first ISBN entry of a record will always be 
>> used to retrieve added content images.  I'm not familiar with any 
>> workarounds other than editing the records to order the information 
>> in them accordingly, but maybe someone is working on this?  
>> Otherwise, I think that'd be a useful feature to have in the future.
>>
>> -- Ben
>>
>> On 10/6/2011 1:17 PM, Brian Greene wrote:
>>> In many cases covers won't display in our OPAC if the 13-digit ISBN 
>>> is above the 10-digit ISBN in the bib record. If I switch the order 
>>> of the ISBNs so that the 10-digit one is first then the cover 
>>> displays. This is the case most of the time, although I have come 
>>> across instances where the 13-digit ISBN displays the cover 
>>> properly. Does anyone know of a fix for this? Is there a setting we 
>>> can change to use a second ISBN if the first one doesn't retrieve a 
>>> cover? We're running 2.1.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Brian Greene, Library Director
>>> Columbia Gorge Community College
>>> The Dalles, Oregon 97058
>>> (541) 506-6080 | www.cgcc.cc.or.us <http://www.cgcc.cc.or.us/>
>>
>> -- 
>> Benjamin Shum
>> Open Source Software Coordinator
>> Bibliomation, Inc.
>> 32 Crest Road
>> Middlebury, CT 06762
>> 203-577-4070, ext. 113
>
> -- 
> Ian Bays
> Director of Projects
> PTFS Europe
> mobile: +44 (0) 7774995297
> phone: +44 (0) 800 756 6803
> skype: ian.bays
> email:ian.bays at ptfs-europe.com

-- 
Ian Bays
Director of Projects
PTFS Europe
mobile: +44 (0) 7774995297
phone: +44 (0) 800 756 6803
skype: ian.bays
email: ian.bays at ptfs-europe.com

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