Monday, September 22, 2008

Google API

Google has released some APIs that allow you to embed a book-preview on your own website or blog


Browse Fretz Family History by Rev AJ Fretz:



If the coding explanation is beyond comprehension they have a Preview Wizard that generates a simple script that can be copy and pasted into a blog post or into a webapage.

The only thing you need is the BookSearchID which is the alphanumeric code that follows ID= in GoogleBooks search results.
Categories: ,

1 comment:

Terry Thornton said...

John, Thanks for posting this information. I can see where such a gadget would be most helpful in blog articles. What remains to see is if I have the technical skills to embed such at my blog. I appreciate your calling this to attention.

Terry Thornton
Fulton, Mississippi
HILL COUNTRY OF MONROE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI

September 25, 2008 at 1:21 PM

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)