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Project Gutenberg Books Scraper

Scrape public-domain books from Project Gutenberg via the Gutendex API. Filter by topic, author, language, search query. Returns title, authors, languages, copyright, download_count, formats (EPUB, MOBI, TXT, HTML), subjects, bookshelves. Pay per book returned.

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You can access the Project Gutenberg Books 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.

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Project Gutenberg Books Scraper OpenAPI definition

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