wip: shorter ol names

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/skate/schema.go b/skate/schema.go
index c0be5ef..8554e14 100644
--- a/skate/schema.go
+++ b/skate/schema.go
@@ -648,6 +648,7 @@ func OpenLibraryEditionToRelease(v *OpenLibraryEdition, authorMap map[string]str
 		release.Publisher = v.Publishers[0]
 	}
 	if len(v.Works) > 0 {
+		// TODO: We should be ok with just the basename, e.g. just "OL10896658M"
 		release.Extra.OpenLibrary.WorkID = v.Works[0].Key
 		release.WorkID = v.Works[0].Key
 	}
@@ -668,3 +669,16 @@ func OpenLibraryEditionToRelease(v *OpenLibraryEdition, authorMap map[string]str
 	}
 	return &release, nil
 }
+
+// ShortenOpenLibraryIdentifier shortens an id like "/books/OL10899962M" to
+// "OL10899962M" or returns the same string, if no simplifications can be made.
+// TODO: add test.
+func ShortenOpenLibraryIdentifier(s string) string {
+	fields := strings.Split(s, "/")
+	for _, f := range fields {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(f, "OL") {
+			return f
+		}
+	}
+	return s
+}