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A PHP client library for the Open Library API.

This library aims to facilitate the use of existing Open Library for READ-ONLY. It DOES NOT provide methods that requires authentication (create or edit works for example).

• Installation
• Usage
• Testing

Installation

To install the package, use composer:

composer require remig26/php-openlibrary

Usage

<?php

use PhpOpenlibrary\OpenLibrary;

$api = new OpenLibrary();
$books = $api->searchBook("Name of a book");

$author = $api->findAuthor("OL234664A"); // Author's OLID
$authorsBooks = $api->booksForAuthor("OL234664A");

// Advanced search
$books = $api->searchBook("title:The,place:New York")

Testing

To run test cases (from the php-openlibrary directory):

./vendor/bin/pest