csv-library-website/README.md

# csv-library-website

> Work in progress: this is a simple flask application that turns a csv file into a website.
> originally used to show books like in the [Varia Library Website](https://library.varia.zone/).. but can me used for any collection described in the csv file

## Hacking

```
$ python3 -m venv .venv
$ source .venv/bin/activate
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
```

Or run `make setup`.

```
$ cd library && python page.py
```

Or run `make`.
## major changes
* currently this software is broken.

## readme driven development
* add regular login instead of a secret key
* have a settings file for the application ✅
* downloadable pdfs
* upon boot check for images of the book otherwise extract front page of pdfs
* remove varia library specific code ✅
* implement [openlibrary](https://openlibrary.org/) ISBN to book in libarary software
* [openreads](https://github.com/mateusz-bak/openreads) ability to import this csv file
* maybe also GoodReads, BookWyrm