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The Open Library Books API provides a programmatic client-side method for querying information of books using Javascript. |
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The Open Library Books API provides a programmatic client-side method for querying information of books using Javascript. |
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This API is inspired by the Google Books [Dynamic links API][dynlinks] and is compatible with it. You can also pass people to an Open Library edition page by using a URL like this: <code>http://openlibrary.org/isbn/123</code>. |
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This API is inspired by the Google Books [Dynamic links API][dynlinks] and is compatible with it. You can also pass people to an Open Library edition page by using a URL like this: <code>https://openlibrary.org/isbn/123</code>. |
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[dynlinks]: http://code.google.com/apis/books/docs/dynamic-links.html |
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[dynlinks]: https://code.google.com/apis/books/docs/dynamic-links.html |
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<script src="http://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:0451526538&callback=mycallback"></script> |
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<script src="https://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:0451526538&callback=mycallback"></script> |
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$ curl 'http://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:0201558025,LCCN:93005405&callback=processBooks' |
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$ curl 'https://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:0201558025,LCCN:93005405&callback=processBooks' |
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processBooks({ |
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processBooks({ |
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$ curl 'http://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:0201558025,LCCN:93005405&format=json' |
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$ curl 'https://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:0201558025,LCCN:93005405&format=json' |
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$ curl 'http://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:0385472579,LCCN:62019420&format=json' |
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$ curl 'https://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:0385472579,LCCN:62019420&format=json' |
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{ |
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"ISBN:0385472579": { |
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"ISBN:0385472579": { |
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"bib_key": "ISBN:0385472579", |
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"bib_key": "ISBN:0385472579", |
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"preview": "noview", |
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"preview": "noview", |
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"thumbnail_url": "http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/240726-S.jpg", |
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"thumbnail_url": "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/240726-S.jpg", |
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"preview_url": "http://openlibrary.org/books/OL1397864M/Zen_speaks", |
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"preview_url": "https://openlibrary.org/books/OL1397864M/Zen_speaks", |
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"info_url": "http://openlibrary.org/books/OL1397864M/Zen_speaks" |
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"info_url": "https://openlibrary.org/books/OL1397864M/Zen_speaks" |
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}, |
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"LCCN:62019420": { |
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"LCCN:62019420": { |
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"bib_key": "LCCN:62019420", |
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"bib_key": "LCCN:62019420", |
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"preview": "full", |
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"preview": "full", |
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"thumbnail_url": "http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6121771-S.jpg", |
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"thumbnail_url": "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6121771-S.jpg", |
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"preview_url": "http://www.archive.org/details/adventurestomsa00twaigoog", |
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"preview_url": "https://archive.org/details/adventurestomsa00twaigoog", |
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"info_url": "http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23377687M/adventures_of_Tom_Sawyer" |
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"info_url": "https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23377687M/adventures_of_Tom_Sawyer" |
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} |
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"name": "...", |
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"name": "...", |
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"url": "http://openlibrary.org/authors/..." |
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"url": "https://openlibrary.org/authors/..." |
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} |
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"url": "http://openlibrary.org/subjects/history", |
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"url": "https://openlibrary.org/subjects/history", |
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"name": "History" |
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"name": "History" |
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"url": "http://...", |
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"url": "https://...", |
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"title": "..." |
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"title": "..." |
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"small": "http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/1-S.jpg", |
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"small": "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/1-S.jpg", |
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"medium": "http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/1-M.jpg", |
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"medium": "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/1-M.jpg", |
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"large": "http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/1-L.jpg", |
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"large": "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/1-L.jpg", |
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"preview_url": "http://www.archive.org/details/..." |
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"preview_url": "https://archive.org/details/..." |
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$ curl 'http://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:9780980200447&jscmd=data&format=json' |
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$ curl 'https://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:9780980200447&jscmd=data&format=json' |
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"title": "Slow reading", |
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"title": "Slow reading", |
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"url": "http://openlibrary.org/books/OL22853304M/Slow_reading", |
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"url": "https://openlibrary.org/books/OL22853304M/Slow_reading", |
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"number_of_pages": 80, |
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"number_of_pages": 80, |
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"cover": { |
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"small": "http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5546156-S.jpg", |
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"small": "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5546156-S.jpg", |
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"large": "http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5546156-L.jpg", |
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"large": "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5546156-L.jpg", |
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"medium": "http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5546156-M.jpg" |
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"medium": "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5546156-M.jpg" |
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}, |
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"subjects": [ |
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"subjects": [ |
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"url": "http://openlibrary.org/subjects/books_and_reading", |
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"url": "https://openlibrary.org/subjects/books_and_reading", |
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"name": "Books and reading" |
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"name": "Books and reading" |
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"url": "http://openlibrary.org/subjects/reading", |
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"url": "https://openlibrary.org/subjects/reading", |
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"name": "Reading" |
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"name": "Reading" |
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"url": "http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6548935A/John_Miedema", |
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"url": "https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6548935A/John_Miedema", |
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"name": "John Miedema" |
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"name": "John Miedema" |
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$ curl 'http://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:9780980200447&jscmd=details&format=json' |
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$ curl 'https://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:9780980200447&jscmd=details&format=json' |
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"ISBN:9780980200447": { |
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"ISBN:9780980200447": { |
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"info_url": "http://openlibrary.org/books/OL22853304M/Slow_reading", |
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"info_url": "https://openlibrary.org/books/OL22853304M/Slow_reading", |
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"bib_key": "ISBN:9780980200447", |
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"bib_key": "ISBN:9780980200447", |
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"preview_url": "http://openlibrary.org/books/OL22853304M/Slow_reading", |
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"preview_url": "https://openlibrary.org/books/OL22853304M/Slow_reading", |
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"thumbnail_url": "http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5546156-S.jpg", |
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"thumbnail_url": "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5546156-S.jpg", |
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"preview": "noview", |
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Earlier these details were provided when `details=true` parameter is passed. It is equivalent to `jscmd=details` and it is retained only for backward-compataibilty. |
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Earlier these details were provided when `details=true` parameter is passed. It is equivalent to `jscmd=details` and it is retained only for backward-compataibilty. |
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