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OpenLibrary Book Search - Books & Authors

Search millions of books from OpenLibrary. Find books by title, author, subject or ISBN. Extract title, authors, publish year, ratings, subjects, publishers, cover image and description. No API key required.

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Pay per usage

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Aleksandrs

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You can access the OpenLibrary Book Search - Books & Authors 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

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
12// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
13const run = await client.actor("vernacular_reservoir/openlibrary-book-search").call(input);
14
15// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
16console.log('Results from dataset');
17console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
18const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
19items.forEach((item) => {
20    console.dir(item);
21});
22
23// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

OpenLibrary Book Search - Books & Authors API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use OpenLibrary Book Search - Books & Authors 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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OpenLibrary Book Search - Books & Authors API in Python

OpenLibrary Book Search - Books & Authors API through CLI

OpenLibrary Book Search - Books & Authors OpenAPI definition

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