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Openlibrary Authors Scraper

Collect Open Library authors records and export name, type, key, top work, version, birth date as structured JSON, CSV or Excel data.

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from $2.00 / 1,000 results

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You can access the Openlibrary Authors Scraper 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.

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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    "query": "tolkien",
10    "maxResults": 3,
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("benthepythondev/openlibrary-authors-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
18for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Openlibrary Authors Scraper API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Openlibrary Authors Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Openlibrary Authors Scraper API in JavaScript

Openlibrary Authors Scraper API through CLI

Openlibrary Authors Scraper OpenAPI definition

Openlibrary Authors Scraper API

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