OverDrive Libby Library Availability Scraper
Pricing
from $2.00 / 1,000 record scrapeds
Scrape ebook and audiobook availability from any public library's OverDrive/Libby catalog. Provide library slugs and search queries — get real-time copy counts, holds, wait times, and full metadata. The digital-circulation signal publishers and authors can't source elsewhere.
You can access the OverDrive Libby Library Availability 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 API & Integrations in Apify Console.
1from apify_client import ApifyClient2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")6
7# Prepare the Actor input8run_input = {9 "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",10 "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",11 "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",12 "libraryIds": ["lapl"],13 "queries": ["fiction"],14 "maxItems": 10,15}16
17# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish18run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/overdrive-libby-library-availability-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)19
20# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)21print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")22for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():23 print(item)24
25# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-startThe Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use OverDrive Libby Library Availability Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$pip install apify-clientOther API clients include: