This gem helps you search the Islington Library's catalogue for a book by the given author and title.
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'islington_library'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install islington_library
$ bin/console
irb(main):002:0> result = IslingtonLibrary.search(title: "21 Lessons for the 21st Century", author: "Yuval Noah Harari")
=> #<IslingtonLibrary::SearchResult:0x00007ff95dbd8950 @book=#<IslingtonLibrary::Book:0x00007ff95dbd89f0 @title="21 lessons for the 21st century", @author="Harari, Yuval N., author.", @year="2018", @link="http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/islington/items/885834", @isbn="1787330672">>
irb(main):003:0> result.book
=> #<IslingtonLibrary::Book:0x00007ff95e120a98 @title="21 lessons for the 21st century", @author="Harari, Yuval N., author.", @year="2018", @link="http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/islington/items/885834", @isbn="1787330672">
irb(main):004:0> result.book.link
=> "http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/islington/items/885834"
# Only book items are returned; non-book items such as DVDs are excluded
irb(main):005:0> IslingtonLibrary.search(title: "Gone Girl", author: "Gillian Flynn")
=> #<IslingtonLibrary::SearchResult:0x00007ff95db03ac0 @book=#<IslingtonLibrary::Book:0x00007ff95db03b88 @title="Gone girl", @author="Flynn, Gillian, 1971- author.", @year="2014", @link="http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/islington/items/831097", @isbn="1780228228">>
irb(main):006:0> IslingtonLibrary.search(title: "The Martian", author: "Andy Weir")
=> #<IslingtonLibrary::SearchResult:0x00007ff95dc26f88 @book=#<IslingtonLibrary::Book:0x00007ff95dc26fd8 @title="The Martian", @author="Weir, Andy, author.", @year="2015", @link="http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/islington/items/872958", @isbn="1785031139">>
# Different subtitles (due to different editions) of the same book are considered
irb(main):007:0> IslingtonLibrary.search(title: "Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society", author: "Cordelia Fine")
=> #<IslingtonLibrary::SearchResult:0x00007ff95dbcb3b8 @book=#<IslingtonLibrary::Book:0x00007ff95dbcb408 @title="Testosterone Rex: unmaking the myths of our gendered minds", @author="Fine, Cordelia, author.", @year="2018", @link="http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/islington/items/880059", @isbn="1785783181">>
irb(main):008:0> IslingtonLibrary.search(title: "Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of Our Gendered Minds", author: "Cordelia Fine")
=> #<IslingtonLibrary::SearchResult:0x00007ff95dad59b8 @book=#<IslingtonLibrary::Book:0x00007ff95dad5a30 @title="Testosterone Rex: unmaking the myths of our gendered minds", @author="Fine, Cordelia, author.", @year="2018", @link="http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/islington/items/880059", @isbn="1785783181">>
# No results
irb(main):009:0> IslingtonLibrary.search(title: "Some Book That Doesn't Exist", author: "Maloney Baloney")
=> #<IslingtonLibrary::SearchResult:0x00007ff95d943780 @book=nil>
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/maloneyl/islington_library.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.