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Open Library Book Monitor - Authors, Editions & Metadata

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Search Open Library books and track authors, editions and bibliographic metadata under stable work IDs. Compare saved catalog records with source links. No book downloads.

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from $0.60 / 1,000 saved observations

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Brandt May

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You can access the Open Library Book Monitor - Authors, Editions & 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.

Python

JavaScript

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

Open Library Book Monitor - Authors, Editions & Metadata API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Open Library Book Monitor - Authors, Editions & Metadata API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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