Digital Research Books (DRB)

Application for loading records from external sources into the Digital Research Books collection and providing access via API and frontend.

Overview

This monorepo contains both the frontend and backend components of the Digital Research Books (DRB) application:

• Frontend (/web): A Next.js application that provides the user interface for searching and accessing digital research books. Features include search functionality, filtering, and multiple ways to access books (embedded reader, webpub reader, and downloads).

• Backend (/etl-pipeline): A containerized Python application that handles the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) pipeline for importing data from multiple sources and transforming it into a unified format accessible via API.

Documentation

For detailed information about each component, please refer to their respective README files:

• Frontend Documentation
• Backend Documentation

Quick Links

• Frontend Application: https://digital-research-books-beta.nypl.org/
• QA Application: https://drb-qa.nypl.org/
• API Documentation: https://digital-research-books-api.nypl.org/apidocs/
• QA API: https://drb-api-qa.nypl.org