title: Using Google Books API in Android
body: <p>Hi I'm new to Android and using web APIs. I'm currently writing an application that can scan a barcode from a book and then search Google Books for it. </p>
  
  <p>So far I implemented Scandit into my application and I registered and got the API key from Google API console for Books API. From there I do not know how to continue and start coding it. So far from my understanding it requires me make a request data via uri but I'm stuck on how to actually code it. I'm wondering if anyone could point me to the right direction or provide a sample code that shows how to fetch data using URI.</p>
  
  <p>I also downloaded the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/google-api-java-client/wiki/APIs#Books_API" rel="nofollow" title="Link to Books API Jar libraries">zipped Book API Jar libraries</a> do I need to make use of this? I ask this because from a question on Google Places API on this website, one of the answer said that all you need is to use Google API as the build target and it doesn't require any Jar files but does this apply to Books API as well?</p>
  
  <p>Also I'm using Eclipse, should I set my build target to be Google APIs 16? I'm guessing this is right since I plan to use Google Maps in future with this app.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks this is first time I asked a question on here.</p>