# Google Play Books Scraper (`googleapi/google-play-books-scraper`) Actor

Extract source-backed bibliographic, pricing, ratings, reading-accessibility, description, and related-title data from public Google Play Books and Audiobooks detail pages.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/googleapi/google-play-books-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Google API](https://apify.com/googleapi) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $3.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

Collect public Google Play ebook and audiobook details from listing URLs or book IDs. This Actor reads individual detail pages rather than searching titles.

### Input

- **startUrls**: Public Google Play ebook or audiobook detail URLs.
- **bookIds**: Google Play ebook volume IDs.
- **maxItems**: Maximum book records to return.
- **page / maxPages**: Select and bound supplied detail pages.
- **proxyConfiguration**: Optional Apify Proxy settings for public requests.

### Dataset

Each record represents a book or audiobook and includes `bookId`, `title`, and `canonicalUrl`. Additional fields can include author and publisher, description, rating, price and discounts, availability, publication date, ISBNs, page count, language, genres, book format, cover image, sample availability, accessibility and reading features, content protection, seller, author biography, and related books.

Some fields are available only when Google Play displays them. Price notices and dates are preserved as shown; the Actor does not infer a missing year.

Run output provides a dataset link and summary.

### Responsible use

This Actor reads public Google Play Books information. Follow Google's terms, applicable law, and your data-protection obligations. This independent Actor is not affiliated with Google.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Public HTTPS Google Play detail URLs. Only play.google.com/store/books/details and /store/audiobooks/details pages are accepted.

## `bookIds` (type: `array`):

Google Play ebook volume IDs. ID-only inputs are opened as book detail pages; provide audiobook detail URLs through startUrls.

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Legacy compatibility input; values are treated as Google Play ebook volume IDs, not title-search terms. Audiobook detail URLs belong in startUrls.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of book detail records to emit in this run.

## `page` (type: `integer`):

One-based offset into the supplied URL and ID list; this actor fetches detail pages rather than paginated search listings.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of book detail pages to fetch from the target list.

## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum time for each bounded public detail-page request.

## `userAgent` (type: `string`):

Optional ordinary HTTP user-agent string. The Actor does not use stealth or browser-fingerprint evasion.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional Apify proxy configuration. Residential proxies are recommended for permitted Google requests subject to applicable terms.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxItems": 25,
  "page": 1,
  "maxPages": 25,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("googleapi/google-play-books-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("googleapi/google-play-books-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call googleapi/google-play-books-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,googleapi/google-play-books-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/RkOIlcSDNN6cVGy0T/builds/Zfex0kcdAhsf4tWbO/openapi.json