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ISBN Lookup, Book Metadata & Cover Finder

ISBN lookup and book metadata enrichment for ISBN-10/ISBN-13 lists. Validate ISBNs and return titles, authors, publishers, dates, descriptions, page counts, categories, cover image URLs, Goodreads ratings, source links, and confidence scores. Fast batch runs on Apify with no paid book metadata APIs.

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You can access the ISBN Lookup, Book Metadata & Cover Finder 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.

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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 = { "isbns": ["9780441172719"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("thescrapelab/isbn-book-metadata-enricher-cover-finder").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

ISBN Lookup API & Book Metadata Cover Finder API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use ISBN Lookup, Book Metadata & Cover Finder API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

ISBN Lookup, Book Metadata & Cover Finder API in JavaScript

ISBN Lookup, Book Metadata & Cover Finder API through CLI

ISBN Lookup, Book Metadata & Cover Finder OpenAPI definition

ISBN Lookup, Book Metadata & Cover Finder API

ISBN Book Metadata Lookup

automation-lab/isbn-lookup

Look up book metadata by ISBN-10 or ISBN-13. Get title, authors, publisher, publish date, page count, subjects, cover image, and more from Open Library and Google Books APIs. Export as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Stas Persiianenko

Goodreads Books, ISBN & Reviews Scraper API

thescrapelab/Apify-Goodreads-Scraper

Scrape Goodreads books, ISBN lookups, reviews, ratings, authors, series, genres, and book metadata from URLs or searches into clean JSON datasets.

Inus Grobler

Goodreads Book Scraper

crawlerbros/goodreads-scraper

Extract book data from Goodreads: titles, authors, ratings, reviews, genres, ISBN, publisher, and more. HTTP-based, no proxy required.

Crawler Bros

Book Metadata Scraper

datapilot/book-metadata-scraper

Book Metadata Scraper uses the Open Library API to collect detailed book data by query. It extracts title, author, ISBN, publisher, publish year, pages, categories, ratings, description, cover image, and preview link. Outputs structured JSON for catalogs, apps, and research use.

Data Pilot

ISBN Decoder API

s-r/isbn-decoder

Resolve any book title and/or author into every published edition with canonical ISBN-13, matching ISBN-10, retailer source attribution, and a confidence tier. Harvested from Amazon, Goodreads, OpenLibrary, WorldCat, Bol, AbeBooks.

Goodreads Scraper

jungle_synthesizer/goodreads-scraper

Extract book data from Goodreads: titles, authors, ratings, reviews, genres, ISBN, pages, format, publication date, awards, and more. Accepts book or author URLs as input.

BowTiedRaccoon

Open Library Book Search

agenscrape/open-library-book-search

Search millions of books from Open Library database. Extract book titles, authors, ISBN, publishers, publication years, cover images, and availability status. Perfect for bibliographic research and book databases.

Agenscrape

Goodreads Scraper

lulzasaur/goodreads-scraper

Scrape Goodreads book data. Search by title, author, or ISBN. Returns ratings, reviews, genres, page counts, and publication info.

lulz bot

Goodreads Book Scraper - Ratings & Reviews

lulzasaur/goodreads-books-scraper

Scrape book data from Goodreads. Search by title or author. Extract ratings, reviews, page count, ISBN, genres, description, author info, and similar books from the world's largest book community.

lulz bot

Open Library Editions Scraper

parseforge/openlibrary-editions-scraper

Pull physical book editions (ISBNs, publishers, page counts, formats, languages) from Open Library. Direct ISBN lookup OR pull every edition of a work by OL key. Bulk-friendly for libraries, publishers, booksellers, and ISBN-to-book pipelines. Returns 30+ fields per edition.