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ISBN Book Lookup: Open Library Metadata & Covers

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Look up books by ISBN against the Internet Archive's free, open Open Library catalog. Get title, authors, publisher, publish date, page count, subjects, cover image URL, and an excerpt where available. Pay only for ISBNs that resolve to a real book.

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You can access the ISBN Book Lookup: Open Library Metadata & Covers programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

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HTTP

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1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "isbns": ["9780140328721"],
10    "includeKeywords": [],
11    "excludeKeywords": [],
12}
13
14# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
15run = client.actor("accountable_eel/openlibrary-isbn-lookup").call(run_input=run_input)
16
17# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
18print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
19for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
20    print(item)
21
22# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

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