A wrapper library for biblionet's API

A wrapper library for biblionet's API, written in PHP, to help you fetch books' data easily.

Read more about biblionet and their api

Installation

composer require takisrs/biblionet-api-wrapper

How to use

Fetch a book by id and display some info

use takisrs\Biblionet\ApiFetcher;

// Initialize the fetcher class
$fetcher = new ApiFetcher("testuser", "testpsw");

// Fetch a book
$fetchedItems = $fetcher->fetch(ApiFetcher::FETCH_BY_ID, 252822)->getItems();

// Get the Book object
$fetchedBook = reset($fetchedItems);

// Output some info with the help of getters
if ($fetchedBook){
    echo $fetchedBook->getTitle() . " => " . $fetchedBook->getLanguage()->getName().PHP_EOL;
}

Fetch current month's hardcopy books with their contributors and display some info

use takisrs\Biblionet\ApiFetcher;

$fetcher = new ApiFetcher("testuser", "testpsw");

// Fetch current month's books
$fetcher->fetch(ApiFetcher::FETCH_BY_MONTH, date("Y-m"));

// Keep only the hardcopy books
$fetcher->filter('type', 'Βιβλίο', '==');

// Fill the rest with extra data (contributors)
$fetcher->fill([ApiFetcher::FILL_CONTRIBUTORS]);

// Get an array of books
$fetchedItems = $fetcher->getItems();

// Display some info
foreach ($fetchedItems as $item) {
    echo "**** " . $item->getTitle() . " ****" . PHP_EOL;
    echo "Publication Date: " . $item->getFirstPublishDate()->format("d/m/y") . PHP_EOL;
    echo "Weight: " . $item->getWeight() . ' g' . PHP_EOL;
    echo "Price: " . $item->getPrice() . ' €' . PHP_EOL;

    $contributors = $item->getContributors();

    foreach ($contributors as $contributor) {
        echo $contributor->getTypeName() . ": " . $contributor->getName() . PHP_EOL;
    }
    echo PHP_EOL;
}

Examples on how to use the fetch method

$fetcher->fetch(ApiFetcher::FETCH_BY_ID, 252986); // specific book
$fetcher->fetch(ApiFetcher::FETCH_BY_ID, [253064, 252986, 252976]); // specific books
$fetcher->fetch(ApiFetcher::FETCH_BY_MONTH); // current month's books
$fetcher->fetch(ApiFetcher::FETCH_BY_MONTH, "2020-10"); // specific month's books
$fetcher->fetch(ApiFetcher::FETCH_BY_MONTH, "2020-10", "2021-01"); // specific period's books

You may also combine all the above. ex:

// January's book of the last 3 years
$fetcher->fetch(ApiFetcher::FETCH_BY_MONTH, "2019-01")->fetch(ApiFetcher::FETCH_BY_MONTH, "2020-01")->fetch(ApiFetcher::FETCH_BY_MONTH, "2021-01");

Examples on how to use the filter method

$fetcher->filter('type', 'e-book', '=='); // Keep only the ebooks
$fetcher->filter('place.name', 'Αθήνα', '=='); // Keep only those published in Athens
$fetcher->filter('cover', 'Μαλακό εξώφυλλο', '=='); // Keep only those with a soft cover
$fetcher->filter('availability', 'Κυκλοφορεί', '=='); // Keep only the available ones
$fetcher->filter('id', 253064, '>='); // Keep the books with an id >= 253064

You may also combine all the above.

More Examples

You may check for more examples in the examples folder on this repository.

Documentation

You may read the full documentation here or check the docs bellow.

• \takisrs\Biblionet\ApiFetcher
• \takisrs\Biblionet\Helper
• \takisrs\Biblionet\Logger
• \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Category
• \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Book
• \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Company
• \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Contributor
• \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Subject
• \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Place
• \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Language

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Class: \takisrs\Biblionet\ApiFetcher

A wrapper class for biblionet's api. This library will help you fetch books' data from biblionet database. It provides some helpful methods that simplify the communication with their api.

Visibility	Function
public	__construct(string $username, string $password, array $log=array(), integer $requestTimeout=10, integer $resultsPerPage=50) : void ApiFetcher constructor
public	fetch(string $fetchType=1, string/int/array $param1=null, string $param2=null) : \takisrs\Biblionet\ApiFetcher Fetch books from biblionet's api. You may call with method to fetch data for a specific book, or provide a month to fetch books published in that month. You may also provide two months to fetch books published in that period.
public	fill(array $types=array()) : \takisrs\Biblionet\ApiFetcher Fill with extra data the already fetched items. You may use this method to fetch extra data from biblionet's api for the books that you have fetch with the fetch() method. This method, depending the params, makes extra api requests to the api to fetch the requested data, so it may be slow. Use this method if you want to fetch book's subjects, contributors or companies.
public	filter(\string $field, mixed $value, \string $operator='==') : \takisrs\Biblionet\ApiFetcher Filter the already fetched items. Use this method to narrow down the number of books that have already been fetched depending on specific filters. You may, for example, use this method to keep only the hardcopy books from the fetched items.
public	getItems() : Book[] an array of Book objects Returns the fetched items. Use this method to get all the data that have been fetch from biblionet's api.

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Class: \takisrs\Biblionet\Helper

A helper class that provides some static functions.

Visibility	Function
public static	compare(mixed $var1, mixed $var2, \string $operator) : bool The result of the comparison Makes a comparison between two variables
public static	getPercentage(integer/\int $current, integer/\int $total) : float the percentage Calculates and return a percentage of completion
public static	isCli() : bool Checks if the script has been called through cli
public static	isJson(\string $str) : bool Checks if a string is json

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Class: \takisrs\Biblionet\Logger

A helper class to output logs.

Visibility	Function
public	__construct(array $show=array()) : void Constructor.
public	disable() : void Disables the logging
public	enable() : void Enables the logging
public	log(\string $type, \string $entity, \string $title, \string $text='', \float $percentage=null) : void Logs an entry.

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Class: \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Category

The model class of Category

Visibility	Function
public	__construct(int $id, string $name) : void category constructor
public	getId() : int get the id of the category
public	getName() : string get the name of the category

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Class: \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Book

The model class of Book

Visibility	Function
public	__construct(mixed $data) : void
public	getAgeFrom() : int Get the value of ageFrom
public	getAgeTo() : int Get the value of ageTo
public	getAlternativeTitle() : string Get the value of alternativeTitle
public	getAvailability() : string Get the value of availability
public	getCategory() : \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Category Get the value of category
public	getComments() : string Get the value of comments
public	getCompanies() : \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Company[] Get the array of Company objs
public	getContributors() : \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Contributor[] Get the array of Contributor objs
public	getCover() : string Get the value of cover
public	getCurrentPublishDate() : mixed Get the value of currentPublishDate
public	getDimensions() : string Get the value of dimensions
public	getEditionNo() : string Get the value of editionNo
public	getFirstPublishDate() : mixed Get the value of firstPublishDate
public	getFuturePublishDate() : mixed Get the value of futurePublishDate
public	getId() : int Get the value of id
public	getImage() : string Get the value of image
public	getIsbn() : string Get the value of isbn
public	getIsbn2() : string Get the value of isbn2
public	getIsbn3() : string Get the value of isbn3
public	getLanguage() : \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Language Get the value of language
public	getLastUpdated() : \Datetime Get the value of lastUpdated
public	getMultiVolumeTitle() : string Get the value of multiVolumeTitle
public	getOriginalLanguage() : \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Language Get the value of originalLanguage
public	getOriginalTitle() : string Get the value of originalTitle
public	getPageNo() : int Get the value of pageNo
public	getPlace() : \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Place Get the value of place
public	getPrice() : float Get the value of price (euros)
public	getPublisher() : \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Company Get the value of publisher
public	getSeries() : string Get the value of series
public	getSeriesNo() : string Get mapped to SeriesNo
public	getSpecifications() : string Get the value of specifications
public	getSubSeries() : string Get mapped to SubSeries
public	getSubSeriesNo() : string Get mapped to SubSeriesNo
public	getSubjects() : \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Subject[] Get the array of Subject objs
public	getSubtitle() : string Get the value of subtitle
public	getSummary() : string Get the value of summary
public	getTitle() : string Get the value of title
public	getTranslatedLanguage() : \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Language Get the value of translatedLanguage
public	getType() : string Get the value of type
public	getVat() : float Get the value of vat (percentage)
public	getVolumeCount() : string Get the value of volumeCount
public	getVolumeNo() : string Get the value of volumeNo
public	getWebAddress() : string Get the value of webAddress
public	getWeight() : int Get the value of weight (grams)
public	getWriter() : \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Contributor Get the value of writer
public	setCompanies(array $data) : void Init Book's companies
public	setContributors(array $data) : void Init Book's contributors
public	setSubjects(array $data) : void Init Book's subjects

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Class: \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Company

The model class of Company (ex. publisher)

Visibility	Function
public	__construct(int $id, string $name, int $typeId=1, string $typeName='Εκδότης', int $order) : void Company constructor
public	getId() : int Get the id of the category
public	getName() : string Get the name of the category
public	getOrder() : int Get the order of the category
public	getTypeId() : int Get the type id of the category
public	getTypeName() : string Get the type name of the category

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Class: \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Contributor

The model class of Contributor (ex. writer)

Visibility	Function
public	__construct(int $id, string $name, int $typeId=1, string $typeName='Συγγραφέας', int $order) : void Contributor constructor
public	getId() : int Get the id of the contributor
public	getName() : string Get the name of the contributor
public	getOrder() : int Get the order of the contributor
public	getTypeId() : int Get the type id of the contributor
public	getTypeName() : string Get the type name of the contributor

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Class: \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Subject

The model class of Subject

Visibility	Function
public	__construct(int $id, string $name, string $ddc, int $order) : void Subject constructor
public	getDdc() : string Get the DDC of subject
public	getId() : int Get the id of subject
public	getName() : string Get the name of subject
public	getOrder() : int Get the order of subject

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Class: \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Place

The model class of Place

Visibility	Function
public	__construct(int $id, string $name) : void Place constructor
public	getId() : int Get the id of the place
public	getName() : string Get the name of the place

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Class: \takisrs\Biblionet\Models\Language

The model class of Language

Visibility	Function
public	__construct(int $id, string $name) : void The language constructor
public	getId() : int Get the id of the language
public	getName() : string Get the name of the language