WWW::Scraper::ISBN::LOC_Driver - Searches Library of Congress's online catalog for book information.
See parent class documentation (WWW::Scraper::ISBN::Driver)
Requires the following modules be installed:
Searches for book information from the Library of Congress's online catalog. May be slower than most drivers, because it must first create a session and grab a session ID before perforiming a search. This payoff may be worth it, if the catalog is more comprehensive than others, but it may not. Use your best judgment.
None by default.
search()
Starts a session, and then passes the appropriate form fields to the LOC's page. If a valid result is returned, the following fields are available via the book hash:
isbn author title edition volume
No mailing list or website currently available. Primary development done through CSX ( http://csx.calvin.edu/ )
Andy Schamp, <andy@schamp.net>
Copyright 2004 by Andy Schamp
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install WWW::Scraper::ISBN::LOC_Driver, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm WWW::Scraper::ISBN::LOC_Driver
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install WWW::Scraper::ISBN::LOC_Driver
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.