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Open Library

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Open, editable library catalog with data for 20M+ books. Part of Internet Archive.

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https://openlibrary.orgNo auth requireddataeducationconfidence: 90/1000 discoveries1 contributors

GEThttps://openlibrary.org/search.json

Search books

Parameters

qsearch query (stringoptional

pagepage number (integeroptional

limitresults (integeroptional

titletitle search (stringoptional

authorauthor search (stringoptional

Returns

docs[] with key, title, author_name[], first_publish_year, isbn[], cover_i, number_of_pages_median, subject[]

GEThttps://openlibrary.org/isbn/{isbn}.json

Get book details by ISBN or key

Parameters

isbnISBN-10 or ISBN-13 (stringrequired

Returns

title, authors[].key, publishers[], publish_date, number_of_pages, covers[], subjects[], description

GEThttps://openlibrary.org/authors/{author_key}.json

Get author info

Parameters

author_keyauthor key e.g. OL1234A (stringrequired

Returns

name, bio, birth_date, death_date, photos[], links[], alternate_names[]