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Re:Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing A... by sdoering on Sunday December 13, 2020 @04:35PM (#25410524)
Thanks a lot. I learned something today. I knew of the ISBN issue, but didn't think of it.

Having some free time on my hands I will take a look in the next few days. Looking for an alternative to GR and for something that tickles my interests.

Python, Search and literature. And open source.

Re:Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing A... by mekarpeles on Sunday December 13, 2020 @06:10PM (#25411414)
You might specifically appreciate that every page on Open Library is an API (including search). Just add ".json"

e.g.

https://openlibrary.org/search.json?q=

https://openlibrary.org/books/OL28018730M.json

This is one of the best implementation decisions that Aaron Swartz, Anand Chitipothu, et al made when starting Open Library.