Open Library books - search, editions, authors (public API)
Pricing
from $5.00 / 1,000 records
Open Library book search on the public API: one row per work - title, authors, first publish year, edition count, ISBNs, subjects, languages, publishers, cover URL, ratings, page count, URL. Filter by query, title, author, subject, year range, language. No key. $5 per 1,000 rows + $0.10 per run.
You can access the Open Library books - search, editions, authors (public API) 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.
$echo '{< "query": "python programming"<}' |<apify call retrainmap/open-library-books --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Open Library books - search, editions, authors (public API) locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: