PowerApp Barcode Scanning books with Google Books API
In this 11 minute video I use PowerApps and Flow to scan a book’s barcode, connect to the Google Books API to pull book information (title, thumbnail image, etc). I also provide an Amazon link to the book from within the PowerApp. This demonstrates the live barcode reader in PowerApps and using the (experimental) call to the device’s native reader, which makes a really satisfying “beep” on an iPhone.
Google Books API Reference: https://developers.google.com/books/docs/v1/using
Google API Credentials Page: https://console.developers.google.com/apis/credentials
Sample Google Books Call (you’ll need your own key from the credentials link above and put it where it says KEYGOESHERE): https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=isbn:9780743253437&key=KEYGOESHERE&projection=lite&maxResults=1&country=US
Amazon Advanced Search:
https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Search-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=241582011
Amazon Direct ISBN URL (replace ISBN with the book’s ISBN number): https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_adv_b/?field-isbn=ISBN
Github: https://github.com/mostness/5MPP-BookBarcodeScanner
source
More About This Author
Array
YouTube6 May 2019Your Face, Your Fate – PowerApps, AI, Flow & On premise Data Gateway – YouTube- YouTube18 April 2019Azure IoT Central & MXChip – Configure In 4 Minutes – YouTube
- YouTube31 March 2019Magic 8 Ball In PowerApps – Canvas Components & Device Accelerometer – YouTube
- YouTube22 February 2019PDF Form Extract and Manager Out of Office Message Lookup – YouTube
