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by sgc 495 days ago
I will definitely be using this. However it is missing some data. For example, filtering on author: aquinas yields nothing, but see https://librivox.org/author/1199?primary_key=1199&search_cat...
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libridev 495 days ago
That's a good point; this definitely needs improvement. I'm planning to refine my data collection and matching process. Right now, I'm using string matching to build the tables, which may result in some data loss. The next iteration will include complete catalogs for all of them.
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sgc 495 days ago
Librivox has a very open api:

https://librivox.org/api/info

For example, you can query using only the first letter, so it's quite easy to quickly cache their entire collection (please don't give them the HN hug of death):

https://librivox.org/ ... api/feed/audiobooks/author/^a

Of course, specify json or something closer to your internal data structures.

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