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ISBN Endpoint Not Redirecting to book with ISBN
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Description
### Evidence / Screenshot (if possible)
### Relevant url?
https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9783906484754
This book has that ISBN: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL32964770M/
### Steps to Reproduce
1. Go to above url
* Actual: 404 page
* Expected: Redirects to the book that has this ISBN.
### Details
- **Logged in (Y/N)?** Y
- **Browser type/version?** FF
- **Operating system?** Mac
- **Environment (prod/dev/local)?** prod
This is annoying because I often use the ISBN url to quickly get to books by copying isbn and pasting it into the isbn url.
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9783906484754 and tracing the ISBN endpoint's lookup and redirect behavior. Compare the result with book OL32964770M and identify why the ISBN resolves to a 404. Done means the endpoint redirects to the matching book and the behavior is covered by an appropriate test.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100