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Open Library Scraper

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Comprehensive scraper for Open Library to extract books, authors, subjects, and list data from the Internet Archive’s platform. Supports multiple search types and ebook filtering, providing automated, structured access to Open Library’s extensive bibliographic collection.

Pricing

Pay per event

Rating

5.0

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Developer

ParseForge

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Monthly active users

12 days ago

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You can access the Open Library 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 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 = {
9    "maxItems": 10,
10    "searchQuery": "Space",
11    "searchType": "books",
12    "ebooksOnly": False,
13}
14
15# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
16run = client.actor("parseforge/open-library-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
17
18# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
19print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
20for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
21    print(item)
22
23# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Open Library Scraper API in Python

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

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Open Library Scraper API in JavaScript

Open Library Scraper API through CLI

Open Library Scraper OpenAPI definition

Open Library Scraper API

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