Add Book Cover Photo from Google to Short View Results in Web OPAC

• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 20, 21
• Relevant for Installation Type: Dedicated-Direct, Direct, Local, Total Care

Desired Outcome Goal:
Adding book cover photo from Google to short view results in Web OPAC

Procedure:
1. Make sure the ISBN is part of the information inserted into the short view by adding a line to www_tab_short.lng
For example, place this line in www_tab_short.lng:
9 L GB 00 00 2000 D ## 020

In this case, the placeholder of the ISBN will be $1100 in short-a-head and short-a-body

2. In short-a-head make sure a line exists for $1100:
<th class=text3>$1100</th>

3. In short-a-body, instead of this line for the placeholder:
<td class=td1 $3000 nowrap valign=top>$1100 </td>
Place these lines (similar to what we have in full-set-tail):
<td class=td1 $3000 nowrap valign=top>
<a id="ISBN:$1100" style="display:none;" target="_blank">
<img style="display:none;" id="google_book_$1100"/ >
</a>
<script>
// Function to process GBS info and update the dom.
function ProcessGBSBookInfo(booksInfo) {
for (isbn in booksInfo) {
var url_elem = document.getElementById(isbn);
var pic_elem = document.getElementById("google_book_$1100");
var bookInfo = booksInfo[isbn];
if (bookInfo) {
url_elem.href = bookInfo.info_url;
url_elem.style.display = '';
if (bookInfo.thumbnail_url)
{
pic_elem.src = bookInfo.thumbnail_url;
pic_elem.style.display = '';
}
}
}
}
</script>
<script src="http://books.google.com/books?jscmd=viewapi&bibkeys=ISBN:$1100&callback=ProcessGBSBookInfo"></script>
</td>

• Article last edited: 15-May-2016