Open Library Books Search
Pricing
$1.00 / 1,000 books
Open Library book metadata scraper for catalog enrichment. Search books or look up ISBNs and Open Library IDs; export titles, authors, editions and source links as JSON.
You can access the Open Library Books Search programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "query": "title:the hobbit"12};13
14// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish15const run = await client.actor("grit-77/open-library-books").call(input);16
17// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)18console.log('Results from dataset');19console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);20const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();21items.forEach((item) => {22 console.dir(item);23});24
25// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsThe Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Open Library Books Search API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: