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@ahmedsaheed ahmedsaheed released this 16 Aug 23:57
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Library-box

📚Update a pinned gist to contain your latest reads & Current read from Google Books
For those without the GoodRead API key


📌✨ For more pinned-gist projects like this one, check out: https://github.com/matchai/awesome-pinned-gists

Setup

Prep work

  1. Create a new public GitHub Gist
  2. Create a token with the gist scope and copy it.
  3. Create an API for the Google Books
  4. Get your Google Books User ID. It is usually located on the google books url https://books.google.com/books?uid=**************

Project setup

  1. Fork this repo
  2. Go to the repo Settings > Secrets
  3. Add the following environment variables:
  • GIST_ID: The ID of the gist you created.
  • GH_TOKEN: The GitHub token generated above.
  • GOOGLE_BOOKS_KEY: The API key for your Google Books account.
  • GOOGLE_BOOKS_UID: The user ID for your Google Books account.

Inspiration

This gist was inspired by matchai's bird-box.

Also inspired by amorriscode book-box.