| 0 |
Our Covers API provides a programmatic method to access the book covers and author photos available in the Open Library Covers Repository. |
0 |
Our Covers API provides a programmatic method to access the book covers and author photos available in the Open Library Covers Repository. |
| 1 |
|
1 |
|
| 2 |
<h2>Guidelines for Cover Use</h2> |
2 |
<h2>Guidelines for Cover Use</h2> |
| 3 |
|
3 |
|
| 4 |
1. Please, **do not crawl our cover API**. If you do, we may decide to block your crawl. Our covers are available for download in bulk on archive.org ([example][1]), but, it's a bit of a jungle in there, and is updated regularly. |
4 |
1. Please, **do not crawl our cover API**. If you do, we may decide to block your crawl. Our covers are available for download in bulk on archive.org ([example][1]), but, it's a bit of a jungle in there, and is updated regularly. |
| 5 |
2. If you want to display covers on public-facing pages, please use a src URL that points to covers.openlibrary.org. For example, if you'd like to call a cover using an ISBN, you can do it like this: <br />`<img src="http://covers.openlibrary.org/books/isbn/9780385533225-S.jpg" />` |
5 |
2. If you want to display covers on public-facing pages, please use a src URL that points to covers.openlibrary.org. For example, if you'd like to call a cover using an ISBN, you can do it like this: <br />`<img src="http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/isbn/9780385533225-S.jpg" />` |
| 6 |
3. A courtesy link back to Open Library is appreciated, whether it be on each individual book's page (where you can link back to the book's page on Open Library, for example, using the same ISBN `http://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780385533225`), or on your About page or in your footer. |
6 |
3. A courtesy link back to Open Library is appreciated, whether it be on each individual book's page (where you can link back to the book's page on Open Library, for example, using the same ISBN `http://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780385533225`), or on your About page or in your footer. |
| ... |
|
... |
|
| 16 |
1. <b>S</b>: Small, suitable for use as a thumbnail on a <a href="http://openlibrary.org/search?q=search+results">results page</a> on Open Library, |
16 |
1. <b>S</b>: Small, suitable for use as a thumbnail on a <a href="http://openlibrary.org/search?q=search+results">results page</a> on Open Library, |
| 17 |
2. <b>M</b>: Medium, suitable for display on a <a href="http://openlibrary.org/b/OL5218962M">details page</a> on Open Library) and, |
17 |
2. <b>M</b>: Medium, suitable for display on a <a href="http://openlibrary.org/books/OL5218962M">details page</a> on Open Library) and, |
| 18 |
3. <b>L</b>: Large |
18 |
3. <b>L</b>: Large |
| ... |
|
... |
|
| 62 |
[1]: http://www.archive.org/details/warc_covers_0005 |
62 |
[1]: http://www.archive.org/details/warc_covers_0005 |
|
