Hmm, then you is better use the OPDS service? One of the problems in the OPDS server is we don't have the links to the DejaVu files. I am not very impressed with Internet Archive implementations. The languages are not stored in standard ways, the information about the formats of the files is not clear, etc. And I did not found a email to contact the developers. If you want help me testing what is the best way to request the books, you can change in the find_books method: if self.source == 'Internet Archive': self.queryresults = \ opds.InternetArchiveQueryResult(search_text, query_language, self) elif self.source in _SOURCES_CONFIG: to """ if self.source == 'Internet Archive': self.queryresults = \ opds.InternetArchiveQueryResult(search_text, query_language, self) elif self.source in _SOURCES_CONFIG: """ if self.source in _SOURCES_CONFIG: and Internet Archive will use OPDS interface again. <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 11:00 AM, James Simmons <<a href="mailto:nicestep@gmail.com">nicestep@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Gonzalo, I haven't tried out your Activity yet but I do want to warn you about one thing. The RESTful service from IA does not give you the file name of the book, just it's identifier. Now for MOST books in the Archive you can derive the file name from the identifier, but that isn't true for all of them. For Community Books (those uploaded by outsiders) the filename can be quite different and the REST API doesn't give you a way to know what it is. For some examples of this, do a search for the word "nicestep" in the archive and you'll see all the community texts I've donated myself. You'll see a couple of issues: 1). Filenames that don't match the identifier + a suffix. 2). Filenames that DO match, but are not what you want. For example, <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/TheContinentsAndTheirPeopleOceania" target="_blank">http://www.archive.org/details/TheContinentsAndTheirPeopleOceania</a> If you try to download the PDF using the filename that GIAB uses you'll get a 203 megabyte monster! The one you want is called TheContinentsAndTheirPeopleOceania_text.pdf and is only 4 megabytes. It also includes searchable text, which the monster does not! OPDS is supported by IA (I think they helped to develop it) and should probably be used for all searches. We can leave GIAB around until it has outlived it's usefulness. James Simmons <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Gonzalo Odiard <<a href="mailto:gonzalo@laptop.org">gonzalo@laptop.org</a>> wrote: > Here there are a new unofficial version of GetBooks to test. > You can download it from <a href="http://dev.laptop.org/%7Egonzalo/GetBooks-6.xo" target="_blank">http://dev.laptop.org/~gonzalo/GetBooks-6.xo</a> (the > name of the file is the same, but is updated) > New improvements: > * Don't save entry in the Journal. > * Download cover images in separated threads to do the UI more responsive. > * Use REST client backend to search in Internet Archive (from Get Internet > Archive Books activity) > * Show books in the journal (My books, in the sources combo) > * Improved work flow (using "Open in Journal" buttons, like in Browse) > * Add support of DejaVu files. > * More minor fixes > > You can see the code (and start to contribute ;) ) in > <a href="http://git.sugarlabs.org/%7Egodiard/get-books/gonzalo-mainline" target="_blank">http://git.sugarlabs.org/~godiard/get-books/gonzalo-mainline</a> > > If you want test adding a private bookserver, you can install Pathagar > <a href="http://en.flossmanuals.net/e-book-enlightenment/ch026_the-pathagar-book-server" target="_blank">http://en.flossmanuals.net/e-book-enlightenment/ch026_the-pathagar-book-server</a> > and copy the file get-books.cfg from the activity to /etc directory and add > a section: > > [MyBookServer] > name = MyBookServer > query_uri = <a href="http://IP_NUMBER/catalogs/?q=" target="_blank">http://IP_NUMBER/catalogs/?q=</a> > opds_cover = <a href="http://opds-spec.org/cover" target="_blank">http://opds-spec.org/cover</a> > > Gonzalo > > </div></div></blockquote></div>