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Books Scraper — Titles, Authors, ISBN, Editions (Open Library)

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Search books by title, author, ISBN or subject: title, authors, first publish year, editions count, ISBNs, subjects, languages, cover image, Open Library and Goodreads ids; ISBN lookup with publisher, pages and description. No API key.

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from $0.70 / 1,000 result items

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Developer

Samat Makatov

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You can access the Books Scraper — Titles, Authors, ISBN, Editions (Open Library) 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

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": [
9        "The Lean Startup",
10        "9780307887894",
11    ] }
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("yadroo/openlibrary-books").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
18for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Books Scraper — Titles, Authors, ISBN, Editions (Open Library) API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Books Scraper — Titles, Authors, ISBN, Editions (Open Library) API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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$pip install apify-client

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