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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.

Python

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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 = { "maxItems": 25 }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("gio21/gutenberg-books-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
15for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Project Gutenberg Scraper - Public Domain Books & Texts API in Python

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

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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