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fix: Open Library general q search so translated titles match #8

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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion internal/search/service.go
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Expand Up @@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ func getJSON(reqURL string, out interface{}) error {
// --- Books: Open Library (keyless) ---

func (serv *Service) searchBooks(query string) []Result {
reqURL := "https://openlibrary.org/search.json?limit=5&fields=title,author_name,cover_i,key,first_publish_year&title=" + url.QueryEscape(query)
// Use the general `q` search rather than `title`: it matches across all
// fields including translated/edition titles (e.g. "Policán" -> Dog Man),
// whereas `title` only matches a work's primary (usually English) title.
reqURL := "https://openlibrary.org/search.json?limit=5&fields=title,author_name,cover_i,key,first_publish_year&q=" + url.QueryEscape(query)

var payload struct {
Docs []struct {
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