Open Library Books Scraper - Search & Work Metadata
Pricing
$0.70 / 1,000 per book results
Queries the official openlibrary.org JSON search and works endpoints and returns flat book records with titles, authors, keys, editions, and availability.
You can access the Open Library Books Scraper - Search & Work Metadata 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.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")6
7# Prepare the Actor input8run_input = { "startUrls": [9 { "url": "https://openlibrary.org/search.json?q=python&limit=20" },10 { "url": "https://openlibrary.org/works/OL45804W.json" },11 { "url": "https://openlibrary.org/search.json?author=tolkien&limit=20" },12 ] }13
14# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish15run = client.actor("ahmdshrif/openlibrary-books-scraper").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-startThe Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Open Library Books Scraper - Search & Work Metadata API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$pip install apify-clientOther API clients include: