From f973d15c4f1ee7536349772610d1219427720879 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ltctceplrm <14954927+ltctceplrm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 02:53:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Updated openlibrary api query url

Updated cover field
Added workaround to get specific editions title and covers
---
 src/api/apis/OpenLibraryAPI.ts | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/api/apis/OpenLibraryAPI.ts b/src/api/apis/OpenLibraryAPI.ts
index d5c041e..d61918b 100644
--- a/src/api/apis/OpenLibraryAPI.ts
+++ b/src/api/apis/OpenLibraryAPI.ts
@@ -8,16 +8,23 @@ import { APIModel } from '../APIModel';
 import type { paths } from '../schemas/OpenLibrary';
 
 interface SearchResponse {
-	cover_i: number;
-	has_fulltext: boolean;
-	edition_count: number;
-	title: string;
-	author_name: string[];
-	first_publish_year: number;
+	editions: {
+		docs: {
+			key?: string;
+			title?: string;
+			cover_i?: number;
+			isbn?: string[];
+		}[];
+	};
+	cover_i?: number;
+	has_fulltext?: boolean;
+	edition_count?: number;
+	title?: string;
+	author_name?: string[];
+	first_publish_year?: number;
 	key: string;
 
 	number_of_pages_median?: number;
-	cover_edition_key?: string;
 	isbn?: string[];
 	ratings_average?: number;
 }
@@ -69,7 +76,7 @@ export class OpenLibraryAPI extends APIModel {
 					year: result.first_publish_year?.toString() ?? 'unknown',
 					dataSource: this.apiName,
 					id: result.key,
-					author: result.author_name.join(', '),
+					author: result.author_name?.join(', '),
 				}),
 			);
 		}
@@ -85,8 +92,8 @@ export class OpenLibraryAPI extends APIModel {
 		const response = await client.GET('/search.json', {
 			params: {
 				query: {
-					q: `key:${id}`,
-					fields: 'key,title,author_name,number_of_pages_median,first_publish_year,isbn,ratings_score,first_sentence,title_suggest,rating*,cover_edition_key',
+					q: `${id}`,
+					fields: 'key,title,author_name,number_of_pages_median,first_publish_year,isbn,ratings_score,first_sentence,title_suggest,rating*,cover*,editions',
 				},
 			},
 			fetch: obsidianFetch,
@@ -98,31 +105,44 @@ export class OpenLibraryAPI extends APIModel {
 
 		const data = response.data as {
 			docs: SearchResponse[];
+			q?: string;
 		};
 
-		// TODO: maybe description.
-
-		// console.debug(data);
 		const result = data.docs[0];
 
+		let key = result.key;
+		let title = result.title;
+		let cover_i = result.cover_i;
+		let isbnArr = result.isbn;
+
+		// Check if the query is for /isbn/ or /books/ and extract from editions.docs if present
+		const q = data.q ?? '';
+		if ((q.includes('/isbn/') || q.includes('/books/')) && result.editions && Array.isArray(result.editions.docs) && result.editions.docs.length > 0) {
+			const edition = result.editions.docs[0];
+			key = edition.key ?? key;
+			title = edition.title ?? title;
+			cover_i = edition.cover_i ?? cover_i;
+			isbnArr = edition.isbn ?? isbnArr;
+		}
+
 		const pages = Number(result.number_of_pages_median);
-		const isbn = Number((result.isbn ?? []).find((el: string) => el.length <= 10));
-		const isbn13 = Number((result.isbn ?? []).find((el: string) => el.length == 13));
+		const isbn = Number((isbnArr ?? []).find((el: string) => el.length <= 10));
+		const isbn13 = Number((isbnArr ?? []).find((el: string) => el.length == 13));
 
 		return new BookModel({
-			title: result.title,
+			title: title,
 			year: result.first_publish_year?.toString() ?? 'unknown',
 			dataSource: this.apiName,
-			url: `https://openlibrary.org` + result.key,
-			id: result.key,
+			url: `https://openlibrary.org` + key,
+			id: key,
 			isbn: Number.isNaN(isbn) ? undefined : isbn,
 			isbn13: Number.isNaN(isbn13) ? undefined : isbn13,
-			englishTitle: result.title,
+			englishTitle: title,
 
-			author: result.author_name.join(', '),
+			author: result.author_name?.join(', '),
 			pages: Number.isNaN(pages) ? undefined : pages,
 			onlineRating: result.ratings_average,
-			image: result.cover_edition_key ? `https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/OLID/` + result.cover_edition_key + `-L.jpg` : undefined,
+			image: cover_i ? `https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/` + cover_i + `-L.jpg` : undefined,
 
 			released: true,
 

From 0b5c2907db886946b9437c6705feb56986f88fa2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ltctceplrm <14954927+ltctceplrm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 03:10:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Added plot

---
 src/api/apis/OpenLibraryAPI.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/api/apis/OpenLibraryAPI.ts b/src/api/apis/OpenLibraryAPI.ts
index d61918b..645d15b 100644
--- a/src/api/apis/OpenLibraryAPI.ts
+++ b/src/api/apis/OpenLibraryAPI.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ interface SearchResponse {
 	author_name?: string[];
 	first_publish_year?: number;
 	key: string;
+	description?: string;
 
 	number_of_pages_median?: number;
 	isbn?: string[];
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ export class OpenLibraryAPI extends APIModel {
 			params: {
 				query: {
 					q: `${id}`,
-					fields: 'key,title,author_name,number_of_pages_median,first_publish_year,isbn,ratings_score,first_sentence,title_suggest,rating*,cover*,editions',
+					fields: 'key,title,author_name,number_of_pages_median,first_publish_year,isbn,ratings_score,first_sentence,title_suggest,rating*,cover*,editions,description',
 				},
 			},
 			fetch: obsidianFetch,
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ export class OpenLibraryAPI extends APIModel {
 			englishTitle: title,
 
 			author: result.author_name?.join(', '),
+			plot: result.description ?? undefined,
 			pages: Number.isNaN(pages) ? undefined : pages,
 			onlineRating: result.ratings_average,
 			image: cover_i ? `https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/` + cover_i + `-L.jpg` : undefined,