Find bibliographic data/metadata for books available in Canada:
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Please find below instructions on how to receive a user token to get started and the terms of use.
We want your feedback. So let us know what works and what doesn't work. Reach us at biblioshare@booknetcanada.ca.
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- Get a token from us (see below).
- Specify an ISBN-13/EAN as part of a URL. The query should look like this:
- https://www.biblioshare.org/BNCServices/BNCServices.asmx/ONIX?Token=string&EAN=string
- to pull from the ONIX3.0 dataset add 30 after ONIX and before the question mark.
- 3.0 example:
- https://www.biblioshare.org/BNCServices/BNCServices.asmx/ONIX30?Token=string&EAN=string
- Token = Your user token.
- EAN = The item you are looking for data for. Without hyphens. 13 digits, likely starting with 978, or perhaps 979.
- https://www.biblioshare.org/BNCServices/BNCServices.asmx/ONIX?Token=string&EAN=string
- This will deliver a full ONIX record from BiblioShare.
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- The message will either read "No Image Available," or "Invalid Login" (if your token is bad).
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Returns a list of all assets held in BiblioShare regarding an isbn including:
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- Not pound the servers. We would prefer that you cache the data if you expect a lot of traffic. If you are using an automated routine to get the data, please hit us no more than once every few seconds.
- Not use the API to harvest or index BNC BiblioShare data without our explicit written consent.
- Not sublicense or redistribute BNC BiblioShare data to any third parties.
- Not modify or change BNC BiblioShare data, including reviews, in any way without BNC consent. Content may be truncated for display purposes.
- Not use the BNC BiblioShare data as part of a commercial product without our explicit written consent. If you would like to include BiblioShare data in a commercial product, please contact us.
- Acknowledge that your user token can be suspended for any infraction of these terms.
- Acknowledge that these terms may be updated or amended at any time without prior notice, and that your continued use of the API constitutes your acceptance of the new terms.
- Attribution is not required, but we would like to be mentioned somewhere if possible: "Data provided by BNC BiblioShare."
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- We are logging things so that we can both troubleshoot errors and monitor usage.
- Please be careful using the services. This is 'beta' type stuff. We are using it in our products and will continue to do so, but we would recommend testing things and talking to us before building a big online portal using this service.
- Our focus is on the Canadian English language trade market.
- We "only" have about 4,500,000 ,000 unique unique bibliographic records and over 3over 3,275900,000 cover images at this time. But we are continually getting more, so if it is not there now it could be soon.