diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index abfbb36..a2c67fb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -323,12 +323,14 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "booklooker"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serial",
  "tauri",
  "tauri-build",
  "tauri-plugin-opener",
+ "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -572,6 +574,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core-foundation"
+version = "0.9.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "91e195e091a93c46f7102ec7818a2aa394e1e1771c3ab4825963fa03e45afb8f"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation"
 version = "0.10.1"
@@ -595,9 +607,9 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fa95a34622365fa5bbf40b20b75dba8dfa8c94c734aea8ac9a5ca38af14316f1"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.4",
- "core-foundation",
+ "core-foundation 0.10.1",
  "core-graphics-types",
- "foreign-types",
+ "foreign-types 0.5.0",
  "libc",
 ]
 
@@ -608,7 +620,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3d44a101f213f6c4cdc1853d4b78aef6db6bdfa3468798cc1d9912f4735013eb"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.4",
- "core-foundation",
+ "core-foundation 0.10.1",
  "libc",
 ]
 
@@ -887,6 +899,15 @@ version = "1.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4ef6b89e5b37196644d8796de5268852ff179b44e96276cf4290264843743bb7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding_rs"
+version = "0.8.35"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75030f3c4f45dafd7586dd6780965a8c7e8e285a5ecb86713e63a79c5b2766f3"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "endi"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1009,6 +1030,15 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "foreign-types-shared 0.1.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "foreign-types"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -1016,7 +1046,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d737d9aa519fb7b749cbc3b962edcf310a8dd1f4b67c91c4f83975dbdd17d965"
 dependencies = [
  "foreign-types-macros",
- "foreign-types-shared",
+ "foreign-types-shared 0.3.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1030,6 +1060,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.106",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types-shared"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "foreign-types-shared"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -1811,6 +1847,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.106",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "h2"
+version = "0.4.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f3c0b69cfcb4e1b9f1bf2f53f95f766e4661169728ec61cd3fe5a0166f2d1386"
+dependencies = [
+ "atomic-waker",
+ "bytes",
+ "fnv",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "http 1.3.1",
+ "indexmap 2.11.4",
+ "slab",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -1920,6 +1975,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
+ "h2",
  "http 1.3.1",
  "http-body",
  "httparse",
@@ -1931,6 +1987,38 @@ dependencies = [
  "want",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-rustls"
+version = "0.27.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3c93eb611681b207e1fe55d5a71ecf91572ec8a6705cdb6857f7d8d5242cf58"
+dependencies = [
+ "http 1.3.1",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "rustls",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-rustls",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-tls"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "70206fc6890eaca9fde8a0bf71caa2ddfc9fe045ac9e5c70df101a7dbde866e0"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-util"
 version = "0.1.17"
@@ -1950,9 +2038,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "socket2",
+ "system-configuration",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
+ "windows-registry",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2499,6 +2589,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "native-tls"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "87de3442987e9dbec73158d5c715e7ad9072fda936bb03d19d7fa10e00520f0e"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "openssl",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+ "tempfile",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ndk"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -2865,6 +2972,50 @@ dependencies = [
  "pathdiff",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl"
+version = "0.10.73"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8505734d46c8ab1e19a1dce3aef597ad87dcb4c37e7188231769bd6bd51cebf8"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.9.4",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "foreign-types 0.3.2",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "openssl-macros",
+ "openssl-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-macros"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.106",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-probe"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d05e27ee213611ffe7d6348b942e8f942b37114c00cc03cec254295a4a17852e"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-sys"
+version = "0.9.109"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "90096e2e47630d78b7d1c20952dc621f957103f8bc2c8359ec81290d75238571"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "option-ext"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -3494,22 +3645,30 @@ checksum = "d429f34c8092b2d42c7c93cec323bb4adeb7c67698f70839adec842ec10c7ceb"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
+ "encoding_rs",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
+ "h2",
  "http 1.3.1",
  "http-body",
  "http-body-util",
  "hyper",
+ "hyper-rustls",
+ "hyper-tls",
  "hyper-util",
  "js-sys",
  "log",
+ "mime",
+ "native-tls",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
  "tokio-util",
  "tower",
  "tower-http",
@@ -3521,6 +3680,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ring"
+version = "0.17.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4689e6c2294d81e88dc6261c768b63bc4fcdb852be6d1352498b114f61383b7"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "getrandom 0.2.16",
+ "libc",
+ "untrusted",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.26"
@@ -3549,6 +3722,39 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls"
+version = "0.23.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cd3c25631629d034ce7cd9940adc9d45762d46de2b0f57193c4443b92c6d4d40"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "rustls-webpki",
+ "subtle",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-pki-types"
+version = "1.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "229a4a4c221013e7e1f1a043678c5cc39fe5171437c88fb47151a21e6f5b5c79"
+dependencies = [
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-webpki"
+version = "0.103.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8572f3c2cb9934231157b45499fc41e1f58c589fdfb81a844ba873265e80f8eb"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
 version = "1.0.22"
@@ -3570,6 +3776,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "schannel"
+version = "0.1.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "891d81b926048e76efe18581bf793546b4c0eaf8448d72be8de2bbee5fd166e1"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.61.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "schemars"
 version = "0.8.22"
@@ -3627,6 +3842,29 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework"
+version = "2.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "897b2245f0b511c87893af39b033e5ca9cce68824c4d7e7630b5a1d339658d02"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.9.4",
+ "core-foundation 0.9.4",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework-sys"
+version = "2.15.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cc1f0cbffaac4852523ce30d8bd3c5cdc873501d96ff467ca09b6767bb8cd5c0"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "selectors"
 version = "0.24.0"
@@ -3965,7 +4203,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "cfg_aliases",
  "core-graphics",
- "foreign-types",
+ "foreign-types 0.5.0",
  "js-sys",
  "log",
  "objc2 0.5.2",
@@ -4047,6 +4285,12 @@ version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "subtle"
+version = "2.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "swift-rs"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -4100,6 +4344,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.106",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "system-configuration"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c879d448e9d986b661742763247d3693ed13609438cf3d006f51f5368a5ba6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.9.4",
+ "core-foundation 0.9.4",
+ "system-configuration-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "system-configuration-sys"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e1d1b10ced5ca923a1fcb8d03e96b8d3268065d724548c0211415ff6ac6bac4"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "system-deps"
 version = "6.2.2"
@@ -4121,7 +4386,7 @@ checksum = "959469667dbcea91e5485fc48ba7dd6023face91bb0f1a14681a70f99847c3f7"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.4",
  "block2 0.6.1",
- "core-foundation",
+ "core-foundation 0.10.1",
  "core-graphics",
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "dispatch",
@@ -4549,12 +4814,46 @@ dependencies = [
  "io-uring",
  "libc",
  "mio",
+ "parking_lot",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "signal-hook-registry",
  "slab",
  "socket2",
+ "tokio-macros",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-macros"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6e06d43f1345a3bcd39f6a56dbb7dcab2ba47e68e8ac134855e7e2bdbaf8cab8"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.106",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-native-tls"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbae76ab933c85776efabc971569dd6119c580d8f5d448769dec1764bf796ef2"
+dependencies = [
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-rustls"
+version = "0.26.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "05f63835928ca123f1bef57abbcd23bb2ba0ac9ae1235f1e65bda0d06e7786bd"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustls",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-stream"
 version = "0.1.17"
@@ -4855,6 +5154,12 @@ version = "1.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f6ccf251212114b54433ec949fd6a7841275f9ada20dddd2f29e9ceea4501493"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "untrusted"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.5.7"
@@ -4903,6 +5208,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version-compare"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -5308,6 +5619,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-link 0.1.3",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-registry"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5b8a9ed28765efc97bbc954883f4e6796c33a06546ebafacbabee9696967499e"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link 0.1.3",
+ "windows-result 0.3.4",
+ "windows-strings 0.4.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-result"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -5353,6 +5675,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.42.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.59.0"
@@ -5855,6 +6186,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "synstructure",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zeroize"
+version = "1.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ced3678a2879b30306d323f4542626697a464a97c0a07c9aebf7ebca65cd4dde"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zerotrie"
 version = "0.2.2"
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 33fcb8d..1ab00c0 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ tauri-plugin-opener = "2"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 serial = "0.4.0"
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.23", features = ["json"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.47.1", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index 1826dff..50bac3f 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -3,19 +3,57 @@
 
 extern crate serial;
 
+use reqwest::Client;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use serial::prelude::*;
 use std::io;
 use std::str::from_utf8;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use serial::prelude::*;
-
-fn main() {
-  booklooker_lib::run();
-  let mut port = serial::open("/dev/ttyACM0").unwrap();
-  interact(&mut port).unwrap();
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct BookData {
+  title: String,
+  authors: Vec<String>,
+  thumbnail: String,
+  description: String,
 }
 
-fn interact<T: SerialPort>(port: &mut T) -> io::Result<()> {
+#[allow(unused)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct BookRoot {
+  items: Vec<Item>,
+}
+
+#[allow(unused, non_snake_case)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct Item {
+  volumeInfo: VolumeInfo,
+}
+
+#[allow(unused, non_snake_case)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct VolumeInfo {
+  title: String,
+  authors: Option<Vec<String>>,
+  description: Option<String>,
+  imageLinks: Option<ImageLinks>,
+}
+
+#[allow(unused, non_snake_case)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct ImageLinks {
+  thumbnail: Option<String>,
+  smallThumbnail: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+  booklooker_lib::run();
+  let mut port = serial::open("/dev/ttyACM0").unwrap();
+  interact(&mut port).await.unwrap();
+}
+
+async fn interact<T: SerialPort>(port: &mut T) -> io::Result<()> {
   port.reconfigure(&|settings| {
     settings.set_baud_rate(serial::Baud9600)?;
     settings.set_char_size(serial::Bits8);
@@ -27,12 +65,68 @@ fn interact<T: SerialPort>(port: &mut T) -> io::Result<()> {
 
   port.set_timeout(Duration::from_millis(1000000000))?;
   loop {
-    let mut buf: &mut [u8; 14] = &mut [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
-    let output = String::new();
-    port.read_exact(buf);
-    /* for i in buf.iter() {
-      let output = format!("{output} {}", i);
-    }*/
-    println!("{}", from_utf8(buf).unwrap());
+    let buf: &mut [u8; 14] = &mut [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0];
+    port.read_exact(buf).unwrap();
+    let barcode_id = from_utf8(buf).unwrap();
+    println!("{}", &barcode_id);
+    if barcode_id.starts_with("978") {
+      get_book_data(barcode_id.to_string()).await;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async fn get_book_data(isbn: String) {
+  let lookup_url = format!(
+    "https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=isbn:{}",
+    isbn
+  );
+  let cleint = Client::new();
+  let book_data = cleint
+    .get(lookup_url)
+    .send()
+    .await
+    .unwrap()
+    .json::<BookRoot>()
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+  let book_metadata: Vec<BookData> = book_data.items.into_iter().map(BookData::from).collect();
+  println!("{}", &book_metadata[0]);
+}
+
+impl From<Item> for BookData {
+  fn from(item: Item) -> Self {
+    let info = item.volumeInfo;
+    BookData {
+      title: info.title,
+      authors: info.authors.unwrap_or_default(),
+      description: info.description.as_deref().unwrap_or("").to_string(),
+      thumbnail: info
+        .imageLinks
+        .as_ref()
+        .and_then(|links| links.thumbnail.as_deref())
+        .unwrap_or("")
+        .to_string(),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for BookData {
+  fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+    write!(
+      f,
+      "Title: {}\nAuthors: {}\nDescription: {}\nThumbnail: {}",
+      self.title,
+      if self.authors.is_empty() {
+        "Unknown".to_string()
+      } else {
+        self.authors.join(", ")
+      },
+      if self.description.is_empty() {
+        "No description available".to_string()
+      } else {
+        self.description.clone()
+      },
+      self.thumbnail
+    )
   }
 }