[icpl] first pass of looking up info for library purchase requests

icpl_requests.rb

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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'excon'
+require 'formatador'
+require 'json'
+require 'time'
+
+KEY = File.read(File.expand_path('~/.google'))
+# http://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=flowers&projection=lite&key=yourAPIKey
+
+def search(query)
+  connection = Excon.new('https://www.googleapis.com')
+  response = connection.request(
+    :method => :get,
+    :path   => 'books/v1/volumes',
+    :query  => {
+      :key        => KEY,
+      :q          => query
+    }
+  )
+  JSON.parse(response.body)
+end
+
+Formatador.display_line
+Formatador.display('query? ')
+query = STDIN.gets
+Formatador.display_line
+
+results = search(query)['items'].map do |book|
+  book = book['volumeInfo']
+  published = Time.parse(book['publishedDate']) rescue nil
+  data = {
+    :authors    => book['authors'].join(', '),
+    :cost       => '?',
+    :isbn_13    => book['industryIdentifiers'].sort_by {|identifier| identifier['type']}.last['identifier'],
+    :published  => published && published.strftime('%B %e %Y'),
+    :publisher  => book['publisher'],
+    :title      => [book['title'], book['subtitle']].compact.join(': ')
+  }
+  data
+end
+
+require 'pp'
+pp results
+
+Formatador.display_line