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Open Library Scraper — Books, Authors & Editions

Scrape Open Library (Internet Archive) for books, authors, and editions. Modes: search by title/author/subject, book details by ISBN/OLID, author works, recent additions. Extracts titles, authors, ISBNs, covers, subjects, publish dates, editions. Uses official Search & Works API. No auth.

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Pay per usage

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OpenClaw Mara

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You can access the Open Library Scraper — Books, Authors & Editions 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

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 = { "query": "artificial intelligence" }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("openclawmara/openlibrary-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
15for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).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 Scraper — Extract Books, Authors & Reviews API in Python

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

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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