WorkAPI.md

WorkAPI

This is the documentation page related to Work pages on Open Library that begin with the URL prefix "/works". You will find here all the operations you can do on works through the Work struct.

In it's simplest form, GetWork will fetch all the data and returns a filled* Work struct. And from the struct you can make other calls to get Editions, Authors, and Covers etc.

* filling the struct requires using the Load() method; When using GetWork(), Load() is called.

List of methods

Methods	Args	Returns
GetWork	WorkId	(w Work, err error)
(w *Work) Load
(w *Work) Key		string, error
(w *Work) Desc		string, error
(w *Work) Subjects		string, error
(w *Work) Title		string, error
(w *Work) KeyAuthors		[]string, error
(w *Work) KeyCovers		[]string, error
---	---	--
(w Work) FirstCoverKey		string
(w Work) Cover	size	URL of cover
(w Work) Authors		[]Authors, err
(w Work) Editions		[]Book, err

WorkAPI Examples

    work, err:= gol.GetWork("OL45583W")
    // Output:
    // Work, error
    
    // To get fields
    title, err := work.Title()
    
    cover := work.Cover("L") // Get a large cover of the work
    // Output:
    // http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5917705-L.jpg 
    
    authors, err := work.Authors() // Get the list of authors that contributed to the work.
    // Output:
    // []Authors, error

    editions, err := work.Editions() // Get the list of editions liked to the work.
    // Output:
    // []Book, error