Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api
On a second thought, IIIF won't work for my situation either, though it offers much more flexible manipulation on an individual base. My situation is: I have a loop to list many books, wanting a book cover image for each book. Kelly -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Keith Jenkins Sent: 2013年12月4日 13:50 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api So, any bets on which book cover image provider will be the first to implement IIIF? http://www-sul.stanford.edu/iiif/image-api/1.1/ Keith On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: > Open Library book covers come in S, M and L - > > https://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/covers > > Of course, if what you want isn't exactly one of those... > > kc > > > On 12/4/13 9:34 AM, Kaile Zhu wrote: >> >> A while ago, we had a discussion about book cover APIs. I tried some >> of those mentioned and found they are working to some degree, but >> none of them would offer the size I want. The flexibility of the size is >> just not there. >> The size I am looking for is like this: >> http://img1.imagesbn.com/p/9780316227940_p0_v2_s114x166.JPG >> >> Anybody has found a way of implementing book cover api to your >> specifications successfully and is willing to share that with me? >> Off-line if you want. Much appreciation. Thanks. >> >> Kelly Zhu >> 405-974-5957 >> kz...@uco.edu >> >> **Bronze+Blue=Green** The University of Central Oklahoma is Bronze, >> Blue, and Green! Please print this e-mail only if absolutely necessary! >> >> **CONFIDENTIALITY** This e-mail (including any attachments) may >> contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information. Any >> unauthorized disclosure or use of this information is prohibited. > > > -- > Karen Coyle > kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet > > **Bronze+Blue=Green** The University of Central Oklahoma is Bronze, Blue, and Green! Please print this e-mail only if absolutely necessary! **CONFIDENTIALITY** This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information. Any unauthorized disclosure or use of this information is prohibited.
Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api
Google Books API returns a JSON object that contains links to three or four different image sizes. Also, regarding CSS, browsers seem to scale the height down proportionally when you use CSS to modify the width. As a side note about Google Books, the cover images seem to only be available via HTTP, while organizational policy at many institutions requires HTTPS. This causes issues in newer browsers that don't allow HTTP content on an HTTPS site. Does anyone know of a workaround other than saving all the images server-side? Josh Welker -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Amy Drayer Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 12:02 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api Dear Kelly et al: I agree to a certain degree with Jonathan that you can use CSS to resize the images if alternate sizes are not available. However, I would not recommend changing the ratio or increasing the size of the original image. With Retina displays (Apple), in order to keep any kind of non-pixelated cover art, you need an original graphic nearly twice the size you plan to display (depending on image quality), and then you could use CSS to scale it down correctly (that's one method and probably the easiest with the images coming from another source). Syndetics and Content Cafe both offer three sizes of covers, but I am unfamiliar with APIs that offer size options. GoodReads seems like it might, but I haven't tried it. In peace, Amy M. Drayer Senior IT Specialist In peace, Amy M. Drayer, MLIS Senior IT Specialist, Web Developer amost...@gmail.com http://www.puzumaki.com On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Galen Charlton wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Jonathan Rochkind > wrote: > > > I don't know of any free book cover api that resizes images for you > > to your specifications, they all only offer images at certain sizes. > > I don't know about the commercial services like syndectics etc. > > > As a data point, the last time I checked, Syndetics offers a choice of > "small", "medium", or "large" but doesn't offer on-the-fly scaling to > user-supplied dimensions. > > Regards, > > Galen > -- > Galen Charlton > Manager of Implementation > Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts > email: g...@esilibrary.com > direct: +1 770-709-5581 > cell: +1 404-984-4366 > skype: gmcharlt > web:http://www.esilibrary.com/ > Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & > http://evergreen-ils.org >
Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api
Yes, this seems to be the solution. But who will be the first to provide book cover using that technology? Right now, I almost determine that I have to select, crop, resize every single book cover image for my needs. - Kelly -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Keith Jenkins Sent: 2013年12月4日 13:50 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api So, any bets on which book cover image provider will be the first to implement IIIF? http://www-sul.stanford.edu/iiif/image-api/1.1/ Keith On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: > Open Library book covers come in S, M and L - > > https://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/covers > > Of course, if what you want isn't exactly one of those... > > kc > > > On 12/4/13 9:34 AM, Kaile Zhu wrote: >> >> A while ago, we had a discussion about book cover APIs. I tried some >> of those mentioned and found they are working to some degree, but >> none of them would offer the size I want. The flexibility of the size is >> just not there. >> The size I am looking for is like this: >> http://img1.imagesbn.com/p/9780316227940_p0_v2_s114x166.JPG >> >> Anybody has found a way of implementing book cover api to your >> specifications successfully and is willing to share that with me? >> Off-line if you want. Much appreciation. Thanks. >> >> Kelly Zhu >> 405-974-5957 >> kz...@uco.edu >> >> **Bronze+Blue=Green** The University of Central Oklahoma is Bronze, >> Blue, and Green! Please print this e-mail only if absolutely necessary! >> >> **CONFIDENTIALITY** This e-mail (including any attachments) may >> contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information. Any >> unauthorized disclosure or use of this information is prohibited. > > > -- > Karen Coyle > kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet > > **Bronze+Blue=Green** The University of Central Oklahoma is Bronze, Blue, and Green! Please print this e-mail only if absolutely necessary! **CONFIDENTIALITY** This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information. Any unauthorized disclosure or use of this information is prohibited.
Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api
So, any bets on which book cover image provider will be the first to implement IIIF? http://www-sul.stanford.edu/iiif/image-api/1.1/ Keith On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: > Open Library book covers come in S, M and L - > > https://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/covers > > Of course, if what you want isn't exactly one of those... > > kc > > > On 12/4/13 9:34 AM, Kaile Zhu wrote: >> >> A while ago, we had a discussion about book cover APIs. I tried some of >> those mentioned and found they are working to some degree, but none of them >> would offer the size I want. The flexibility of the size is just not there. >> The size I am looking for is like this: >> http://img1.imagesbn.com/p/9780316227940_p0_v2_s114x166.JPG >> >> Anybody has found a way of implementing book cover api to your >> specifications successfully and is willing to share that with me? Off-line >> if you want. Much appreciation. Thanks. >> >> Kelly Zhu >> 405-974-5957 >> kz...@uco.edu >> >> **Bronze+Blue=Green** The University of Central Oklahoma is Bronze, Blue, >> and Green! Please print this e-mail only if absolutely necessary! >> >> **CONFIDENTIALITY** This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain >> confidential, proprietary and privileged information. Any unauthorized >> disclosure or use of this information is prohibited. > > > -- > Karen Coyle > kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet > >
Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api
Open Library book covers come in S, M and L - https://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/covers Of course, if what you want isn't exactly one of those... kc On 12/4/13 9:34 AM, Kaile Zhu wrote: A while ago, we had a discussion about book cover APIs. I tried some of those mentioned and found they are working to some degree, but none of them would offer the size I want. The flexibility of the size is just not there. The size I am looking for is like this: http://img1.imagesbn.com/p/9780316227940_p0_v2_s114x166.JPG Anybody has found a way of implementing book cover api to your specifications successfully and is willing to share that with me? Off-line if you want. Much appreciation. Thanks. Kelly Zhu 405-974-5957 kz...@uco.edu **Bronze+Blue=Green** The University of Central Oklahoma is Bronze, Blue, and Green! Please print this e-mail only if absolutely necessary! **CONFIDENTIALITY** This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information. Any unauthorized disclosure or use of this information is prohibited. -- Karen Coyle kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet
Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api
Both the Simple and Complex* Google Book APIs let you request essentially a small / medium / large version of the cover in the request itself. I also just kind of want to weigh in with others and recommend finding an API that lets you request different image sizes or otherwise consider redesigning where these book covers appear if fitting that design means the image is going to get stretched out of proportion or look pixelated. Layout ultimately takes second-seat to the quality of the content itself, and users ultimately don't care about your design unless it's hindering their experience, then you'll hear a-plenty. * I don't really know what the non-simple version is called officially, so hey - "complex" :) // Michael Schofield The web for libraries your thing? I write about it here at www.ns4lib.com -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Keith Jenkins Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 1:16 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api I was a bit surprised that these techniques from 2005 still work... http://aaugh.com/imageabuse.html Basically, Amazon cover images can be manipulated via the URL. Of course, you'll probably want to check Amazon's terms of use. Keith
Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api
I was a bit surprised that these techniques from 2005 still work... http://aaugh.com/imageabuse.html Basically, Amazon cover images can be manipulated via the URL. Of course, you'll probably want to check Amazon's terms of use. Keith
Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api
Dear Kelly et al: I agree to a certain degree with Jonathan that you can use CSS to resize the images if alternate sizes are not available. However, I would not recommend changing the ratio or increasing the size of the original image. With Retina displays (Apple), in order to keep any kind of non-pixelated cover art, you need an original graphic nearly twice the size you plan to display (depending on image quality), and then you could use CSS to scale it down correctly (that's one method and probably the easiest with the images coming from another source). Syndetics and Content Cafe both offer three sizes of covers, but I am unfamiliar with APIs that offer size options. GoodReads seems like it might, but I haven't tried it. In peace, Amy M. Drayer Senior IT Specialist In peace, Amy M. Drayer, MLIS Senior IT Specialist, Web Developer amost...@gmail.com http://www.puzumaki.com On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Galen Charlton wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Jonathan Rochkind > wrote: > > > I don't know of any free book cover api that resizes images for you to > > your specifications, they all only offer images at certain sizes. I don't > > know about the commercial services like syndectics etc. > > > As a data point, the last time I checked, Syndetics offers a choice of > "small", "medium", or "large" but doesn't offer on-the-fly scaling to > user-supplied dimensions. > > Regards, > > Galen > -- > Galen Charlton > Manager of Implementation > Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts > email: g...@esilibrary.com > direct: +1 770-709-5581 > cell: +1 404-984-4366 > skype: gmcharlt > web:http://www.esilibrary.com/ > Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & > http://evergreen-ils.org >
Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api
Hi, On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > I don't know of any free book cover api that resizes images for you to > your specifications, they all only offer images at certain sizes. I don't > know about the commercial services like syndectics etc. As a data point, the last time I checked, Syndetics offers a choice of "small", "medium", or "large" but doesn't offer on-the-fly scaling to user-supplied dimensions. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Manager of Implementation Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts email: g...@esilibrary.com direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web:http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & http://evergreen-ils.org
[CODE4LIB] book cover api
A while ago, we had a discussion about book cover APIs. I tried some of those mentioned and found they are working to some degree, but none of them would offer the size I want. The flexibility of the size is just not there. The size I am looking for is like this: http://img1.imagesbn.com/p/9780316227940_p0_v2_s114x166.JPG Anybody has found a way of implementing book cover api to your specifications successfully and is willing to share that with me? Off-line if you want. Much appreciation. Thanks. Kelly Zhu 405-974-5957 kz...@uco.edu **Bronze+Blue=Green** The University of Central Oklahoma is Bronze, Blue, and Green! Please print this e-mail only if absolutely necessary! **CONFIDENTIALITY** This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information. Any unauthorized disclosure or use of this information is prohibited.
Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api
If the size you want is just a bit smaller than a size offered by a service, you can simply deliver it in an HTML img tag that has it's size set to what you want (with CSS is the best way), and it'll be more or less fine. You could also software on your end to resize the images to be somewhat smaller or larger than what you get from the service. Resizing to be larger may involve loss of image quality. I don't know of any free book cover api that resizes images for you to your specifications, they all only offer images at certain sizes. I don't know about the commercial services like syndectics etc. On 12/4/13 12:34 PM, Kaile Zhu wrote: A while ago, we had a discussion about book cover APIs. I tried some of those mentioned and found they are working to some degree, but none of them would offer the size I want. The flexibility of the size is just not there. The size I am looking for is like this: http://img1.imagesbn.com/p/9780316227940_p0_v2_s114x166.JPG Anybody has found a way of implementing book cover api to your specifications successfully and is willing to share that with me? Off-line if you want. Much appreciation. Thanks. Kelly Zhu 405-974-5957 kz...@uco.edu **Bronze+Blue=Green** The University of Central Oklahoma is Bronze, Blue, and Green! Please print this e-mail only if absolutely necessary! **CONFIDENTIALITY** This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information. Any unauthorized disclosure or use of this information is prohibited.
