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All ManaSystems software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

Web Services

Web services creates a platform rather than a software based service. Users from around the globe can make use of a service over the internet, without the need to install software on their PC.

ISBN Conversion

In addition to the standard 'web form' system in the top right of our pages, ManaSystems also provide access to a web API for batch/scripting involving the conversion and/or validation of ISBN-10 or ISBN-13.

The base URL is http://www.manasystems.co.uk/cgi-bin/isbn.cgi

The following parameters are crucial.

isbn=
Should contain the ISBN value, be it 10 or 13 digit.

webservice=1
Crucial to prevent a standard HTML page response.

One of the following parameters must then be added.

wsvt=1
Specify an ISBN-10 value is to be validated. Returns '1' if valid, '0' if not.

wsvth=1
Specify an ISBN-13 value is to be validated. Returns '1' if valid, '0' if not.

wsc=1
Specify an ISBN-10 value is to be converted. Returns the ISBN-13 value.

'-1' is returned should an error occur.

Examples:
Validate ISBN-10
http://www.manasystems.co.uk/cgi-bin/isbn.cgi?isbn=0451191145&webservice=1&wsvt=1
Validate ISBN-13
http://www.manasystems.co.uk/cgi-bin/isbn.cgi?isbn=9780451191144&webservice=1&wsvth=1
Convert ISBN-10 to ISBN-13
http://www.manasystems.co.uk/cgi-bin/isbn.cgi?isbn=0451191145&webservice=1&wsc=1

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