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OpenLibrary Books Scraper - Search, Authors & Editions

Bulk extract book metadata from OpenLibrary (Internet Archive). Search by query, subject, author. Free public API, no auth. For AI training, publishing intel, library systems.

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WETYR CORPORATION

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You can access the OpenLibrary Books Scraper - Search, Authors & Editions 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 = { "queries": ["artificial intelligence"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("wetyr_corporation/openlibrary-books-scraper").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

OpenLibrary Books Scraper - Search & Metadata API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use OpenLibrary Books Scraper - Search, Authors & Editions API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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