The description and Cover feature don't seem to work about isbnlib HOT 31 CLOSED

Are you in a very slow internet connection?

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Does that affect how the feature works?

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Let me try it somewhere with better internet and I will let you know if that fixed it

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Yes, if your connection is very slow it timeout...

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Tried with faster internet and same result

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This is not a problem with 'isbnlib', it is a problem with your connection OR python installation.

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I see any recommendations on what to do then

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Try with a different version of python.

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You could check here that isbnlib is working OK.

By the way, what operating system are you using?

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Mac

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Check the firewall settings.

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Also, I'm using Python 3.6 and Pycharm

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Doesn't seem to work I tried changing the python version and looked at firewall settings.

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How fast would my internet to be for it to work?

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You don't need a fast internet... ìsbnlib` gives 10 seconds to the connection to be establish (only a very very slow internet needs more than that)!

Something (?!) is blocking the handshake with the Google services, but is not related with isbnlib.

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Hmmm wonder what that could be

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Does the isbnlib connect to your default browser?

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Looking at your script I see that you are using service 'openl' to get the metadata. Did it work?

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I got the metadata using openl. I got all the book info from the ISBN.

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isbnlibdoesn't use the browser...

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Ok was just checking to see if that might be the issue

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Can I have the ISBN that you are using?

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9780590353427

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The description is:

Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with
a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for
Witchcraft and Wizardry.

And the links to the cover are:

smallThumbnail: http://books.google.com/books/content?id=fo4rzdaHDAwC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api
thumbnail: http://books.google.com/books/content?id=fo4rzdaHDAwC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api

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In what part of the world you are?

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Thanks but I was trying to create a program that allows the user to give a ISBN and then the program gives it to them. Europe

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Maybe it is only a problem with Google Books services for your country... that happens and usually after I couple of hours the problem is gone.

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Should I try not using openL

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For metadata 'openl' is a good choice ... but you can use just

from isbnlib import meta, desc, cover
ISBN = input("What is your ISBN number (no spaces) ")
print(meta(ISBN))
print(desc(ISBN))
print(cover(ISBN)[1])

and will use the Google Books service.

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I got it to work by using this code I found from this website:http://blog.pengyifan.com/how-to-fix-python-ssl-certificate_verify_failed/

import os, ssl if (not os.environ.get('PYTHONHTTPSVERIFY', '') and getattr(ssl, '_create_unverified_context', None)): ssl._create_default_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context

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Thank you for your help though

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