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.

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

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

Parameters:

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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 </noinclude>
 <includeonly>
-<!-- Direct iframe embed - simpler and more reliable -->
+<!-- Main container div with explicit sizing -->
-<iframe frameborder="0"
+<div style="width:<!--{$width|escape:'html'|default:'600'}-->px; height:<!--{$height|escape:'html'|default:'500'}-->px; margin:1em 0;">
-        scrolling="no"
+  <!-- The ID must match what's used in the script -->
-        style="border:0px"
+  <div id="viewerCanvas<!--{$id|escape:'html'}-->" style="width:100%; height:100%;"></div>
-        src="https://books.google.com/books?id=<!--{$id|escape:'html'}-->&lpg=PP1&dq=<!--{$id|escape:'html'}-->&pg=PP1&output=embed"
+</div>
-        width="<!--{$width|escape:'html'|default:'600'}-->"
-        height="<!--{$height|escape:'html'|default:'500'}-->">
+<!-- Load the Google Books API -->
-</iframe>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.google.com/books/jsapi.js"></script>
+<!-- Initialize the viewer -->
+<script type="text/javascript">
+/* <![CDATA[ */
+function initializeGoogleBooksViewer() {
+  var viewer = new google.books.DefaultViewer(
+    document.getElementById('viewerCanvas<!--{$id|escape:'html'}-->')
+  );
+  viewer.load('<!--{$id|escape:'html'}-->');
+}
+if (typeof google !== 'undefined' && google.books) {
+  google.books.load();
+  google.books.setOnLoadCallback(initializeGoogleBooksViewer);
+}
+/* ]]> */
+</script>
 </includeonly>