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$5.00 / 1,000 result items

OpenLibrary Scraper — Book Search, ISBN & Author Data

Search millions of books via the free OpenLibrary API. Lookup by title, author, ISBN, or OpenLibrary ID. Get covers, publishers, subjects, and ratings. No authentication required.

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$5.00 / 1,000 result items

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Thrifty Kiwi

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You can access the OpenLibrary Scraper — Book Search, ISBN & Author Data 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

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "mode": "search",
12    "query": "The Lord of the Rings",
13    "isbn": "0451526538",
14    "olid": "OL1017798M",
15    "authorId": "OL18319A",
16    "limit": 20,
17    "page": 1
18};
19
20// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
21const run = await client.actor("thriftykiwi/openlibrary-scraper").call(input);
22
23// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
24console.log('Results from dataset');
25console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
26const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
27items.forEach((item) => {
28    console.dir(item);
29});
30
31// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

OpenLibrary Scraper — Book Search, ISBN & Author Data API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use OpenLibrary Scraper — Book Search, ISBN & Author Data API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

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