OpenLibrary Books Scraper — ISBN, Author & Metadata
Pricing
from $1.50 / 1,000 results
Search books by title, author or subject, or look up ISBNs in bulk, and get authors, year, ISBNs, publishers, subjects, languages, ratings, editions, pages and cover. Powered by Open Library. Keyless, no anti-bot.
You can access the OpenLibrary Books Scraper — ISBN, Author & Metadata programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "queries": [12 "the lord of the rings",13 "author:agatha christie"14 ],15 "isbns": [],16 "maxItemsPerQuery": 100,17 "maxConcurrency": 418};19
20// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish21const run = await client.actor("haketa/openlibrary-books-scraper").call(input);22
23// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)24console.log('Results from dataset');25console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);26const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();27items.forEach((item) => {28 console.dir(item);29});30
31// 📚 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 OpenLibrary Books Scraper — ISBN, Author & Metadata API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: