ISBN Lookup

Find book titles and authors by ISBN. Supports mass search to look up multiple ISBNs at once.

Usage

1. Clone the repository or download the ZIP file and extract it to a local directory.
2. Install the required dependencies by running npm install.
3. Optional: Define a .env file with an ISBNDB_API_KEY variable.
4. Run npm start to start the web app
   • Or use the CLI version by running node cli.js <input file> where <input file> is a txt or xlsx file containing a list of ISBNs (output will be generated as an xlsx).

APIs Used

The following APIs are checked (results are sorted by descending order of title length, and UI shows the top result):

1. ISBNdb (if an API key is available in the ISBNDB_API_KEY environment variable)
2. Google Books
3. Open Library