Widget:Google Books: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:34, 10 March 2025

This widget allows you to embed Google Books on your wiki page. Originally created by Arv and adapted by FrancisFranck.

Using this widget

To use this widget, add the following code to your wiki page:

{{#widget:Google_Books
 |id=BOOK_ID
 |width=600
 |height=500
}}

Parameters:

id - The Google Books ID (required)
width - Width of the embedded viewer in pixels (optional, default: 600)
height - Height of the embedded viewer in pixels (optional, default: 500)

Copy to your site

To use this widget on your site, install MediaWiki Widgets extension and copy the complete source code of this page to your wiki as page Widget:Google Books.

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 To use this widget, add the following code to your wiki page:
+<pre>
+{{#widget:Google_Books
+ |id=BOOK_ID
+ |width=600
+ |height=500
+}}
+</pre>
+Parameters:
+* '''id''' - The Google Books ID (required)
+* '''width''' - Width of the embedded viewer in pixels (optional, default: 600)
+* '''height''' - Height of the embedded viewer in pixels (optional, default: 500)
+== Copy to your site ==
+To use this widget on your site, install [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Widgets MediaWiki Widgets extension] and copy the [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit}} complete source code] of this page to your wiki as page '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}'''.
 </noinclude>
 <includeonly>
-<!-- This is important: Place the viewer exactly where we want it -->
+<!-- Main container div with explicit sizing -->
-<div style="position:relative; width:<!--{$width|escape:'html'|default:'600'}-->px; height:<!--{$height|escape:'html'|default:'500'}-->px; margin:1em 0;">
+<div style="width:<!--{$width|escape:'html'|default:'600'}-->px; height:<!--{$height|escape:'html'|default:'500'}-->px; margin:1em 0;">
-   <script type="text/javascript" src="https://books.google.com/books/previewlib.js"></script>
+   <!-- The ID must match what's used in the script -->
-  <script type="text/javascript">
+  <div id="viewerCanvas<!--{$id|escape:'html'}-->" style="width:100%; height:100%;"></div>
-  /* <![CDATA[ */
-  (function() {
-    var bId = "<!--{$id|escape:'html'}-->";
-    var width = <!--{$width|escape:'html'|default:'600'}-->;
-    var height = <!--{$height|escape:'html'|default:'500'}-->;
-    // Create an inline placeholder
-    document.write('<div id="gbPreviewContainer_' + bId + '" style="width:' + width + 'px; height:' + height + 'px;"></div>');
-    // Insert the viewer at the placeholder location
-    function insertViewer() {
-      if (typeof GBS_insertEmbeddedViewer === 'function') {
-        GBS_insertEmbeddedViewer(bId, width, height);
-      } else {
-        // Retry if API not loaded yet
-        setTimeout(insertViewer, 100);
-      }
-    }
-    insertViewer();
-  })();
-  /* ]]> */
-  </script>
 </div>
+<!-- Load the Google Books API -->
+<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.google.com/books/jsapi.js"></script>
+<!-- Initialize the viewer -->
+<script type="text/javascript">
+/* <![CDATA[ */
+function initializeGoogleBooksViewer() {
+  var viewer = new google.books.DefaultViewer(
+    document.getElementById('viewerCanvas<!--{$id|escape:'html'}-->')
+  );
+  viewer.load('<!--{$id|escape:'html'}-->');
+}
+if (typeof google !== 'undefined' && google.books) {
+  google.books.load();
+  google.books.setOnLoadCallback(initializeGoogleBooksViewer);
+}
+/* ]]> */
+</script>
 </includeonly>