Since there's like *no* good apps for personal #library management (because apparently no one has personal libraries any more /s 🙄), I'm looking into building one myself for my own use.
Problem: I *think* it's easy to find book info by #ISBN #barcode through services. I mean, ISBNs are standard and handled by almost all services.
However, it's trickier to find that information for #DVD / #Bluray movies. Especially since I'm in Finland and the #UPC codes are usually limited to specific release in market area.
...oh, I found one service that does have (web-scraped?) UPC data for a handful of DVDs that I threw at it.
Whatever, I just need the titles.
This service has an API. How do I access this stuff for my tiny little personal app?
...you want HOW MUCH per month for this mildly garbled data? 💸
...OK ok ok. You at least have bulk lookup, right? Upload a spreadsheet, get garbage out?
...even that is kinda pricey and adds up to a shitload with the size of my library.
#webdev #development #personallibrary