mroci / zero-isbn

node.js modules that validates an ISBN, parse lang group and fetch some metadata from Google Books and OpenLibrary

zero-isbn

node.js modules that validates an ISBN, parse lang group and fetch some metadata from Google Books and OpenLibrary

isValidIsbn(isbn)

return true if the string is a valid ISBN10 or ISBN13.

detectLang13(isbn)

return the country code of the corresponding ISBN13. return 'none' if it's a ISBN10 or Invalid ISBN.

fetchMetadata(isbn, callback(err, book))

check if it's a valid ISBN, parse lang code and query Google's Book and OpenLibrary's API to retrieve metadata.

err: 
     null if the book was found
     the error type otherwise
book: 
      book = {
     'title' : 'none',
     'authors' : 'none',
     'publisher' : 'none',
     'date' : 'none',
     'pages' : 'none',
     'lang' : 'none',
     'thumbnail' : 'none',
     'isbn' : 'none'
      };

Always defined, field could be setted with 'none' value or corresponding metadata