Use “Look up a book by ISBN” in Recued. Give an isbn and get the edition it identifies, the work behind it, and the author's name — three fetches, because Open Library models all three separately and neither an edition nor a work carries an author's name.

How it works 23 steps

Inspect the data fetches, transforms, gates, and output this recipe runs.

Process (23 steps)

■ raw trim

Trim whitespace from setting isbn

■ isbn_clean replace

Replace text in raw

■ isbn_required template

Generate text from a template

fail: step.isbn_clean is_empty

■ edition ?

■ edition_title default

Apply default

■ found_required template

Generate text from a template

fail: step.edition_title is_empty

■ work_ref default

Apply default

■ work_id replace

Replace text in work ref

■ work ?

skip: step.work_id is_empty

■ defaults defaults

Apply defaults

■ author_ref default

Apply default

■ author_id replace

Replace text in author ref

■ author ?

skip: step.author_id is_empty

■ defaults_2 defaults

Apply defaults

■ publishers join

Join items with ", "

■ defaults_3 defaults

Apply defaults

■ subjects_few slice

Take a subset of

■ subjects join

Join items with ", "

■ titles_differ compare

Check if edition title does not equal work title

■ card to_summary

Format results as a summary card

■ model_note template

Generate text from a template

■ title_note template

Generate text from a template

skip: step.titles_differ equal false

■ author_note template

Generate text from a template

skip: step.author_id is_not_empty

Settings 2 configurable

Configurable at install. Defaults shown — change them anytime in Recued.

isbn setting =

open library setting =