Openreads is looking for funding for IOS development. (github.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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[-] opulentocean@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

I guess the point is being open-source and integrating with open-source projects. Is this the case with LibraryThing? 🤔

[-] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago

It's not, and it's run by a private for-profit corporation, but once they re-enable their API it doesn't really matter for the purpose of scraping the data. Open data is open data, and integration is just a hook, not part of the core functionality of the app.

[-] Tatar_Nobility@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

See https://github.com/mateusz-bak/openreads-android/issues/90#issuecomment-1722339001

Out of interest, how often do you find issues looking for books on OpenLibrary?

[-] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago

I gave up on using any site for tracking books, they all either have partial functionality or limited database. These days, I just use SQLite database with a custom Python scraper that I turned into a basic website that offers everything I need.

But last time I checked Openreads, it missed 9 out of 10 books. That's 10% success rate.