Weekly Book Recommendation Automation

This workflow is ideal for:

• Book Clubs: To automate weekly book recommendations.
• Educators: To provide students with curated reading lists.
• Libraries: To engage patrons with new literature.
• Content Creators: To share book recommendations with their audience.
• Anyone interested in literature: For a fun way to discover new books every week.

This workflow addresses the challenge of finding and recommending books based on a specific subject. It automates the process of:

• Checking the availability of books in a subject area.
• Selecting a random book from the available options.
• Sending email notifications with book recommendations or alerts if no books are found.

1. Trigger the workflow: The process can be initiated either manually or automatically every Friday at 11:00 AM.
2. Set the Subject: The workflow sets the subject for the book search to juvenile literature.
3. Retrieve Book Count: It queries the Open Library API to get the count of available books for the specified subject.
4. Check Book Count: If there are books available, it proceeds; otherwise, it sends an email notifying that no books were found.
5. Select Random Book: A random book is selected from the available options.
6. Retrieve Basic Book Info: The workflow fetches basic information about the selected book.
7. Retrieve Detailed Book Info: It retrieves detailed information, including the book's description.
8. Filter Book Info: This step extracts relevant details such as authors, title, description, and URL.
9. Create Author String: The authors are formatted into HTML links for better presentation.
10. Prepare Book Recommendation: The workflow constructs the email subject and body with the book recommendation.
11. Send Book Email: Finally, the recommendation is sent via email to the specified recipient.