emanuelduss

#!/usr/bin/env python
import json, sys
from urllib.request import urlopen

API='http://xisbn.worldcat.org/webservices/xid/isbn/{isbn}?method=getMetadata&format=json&fl=*'
OPT_KEYS = ['author', 'city', 'ed', 'form', 'lang', 'lccn',
        'originalLang', 'publisher', 'year']

def get_metadata(isbn):
    rawjson = urlopen(API.format(isbn=isbn)).readall().decode('utf-8')