globalbooksinprint.com is a leading source of bibliographic data. Most clients access the database via the web interface, however there is a TCP socket based API available apon request.

This library is a small convenience layer for querying the API and viewing the results in an object tree.

Installation

gem install gbip

Usage

require ‘gbip’

gbip = GBIP::POS.new(“username”, “password”) puts gbip.find(:first, “0732282721”).inspect puts gbip.find(:first, “0732282721”).to_yaml

Disclaimer

I am in no way affiliated with Bowker, the operators of globalbooksinprint.com. Please contact them with questions about the service and how to obtain an account.

Contact

Questions, comments and patches welcome. jimmy at deefa dot com