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Revision 5 by Anand Chitipothu August 11, 2010
Revision 6 by Anand Chitipothu August 11, 2010
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0 The Open Library Books API provides a programmatic client-side method for querying information of books using Javascript. 0 The Open Library Books API provides a programmatic client-side method for querying information of books using Javascript.
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142 When the `jscmd=data`, the information about the matching book is returned. It includes the following: 142 When the `jscmd=data`, data about each matching book is returned. It includes the following:
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144 **url** 144 **url**
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146 URL of the book 146 URL of the book
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148 **title, subtitle** 148 **title and subtitle**
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150 Title and subtitle of the book. 150 Title and subtitle of the book.
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152 **authors** 152 **authors**
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154 List of authors of the book in the following format: 154 List of authors. Each entry will be in the following format:
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182 **subjects, subject_places, subject_people, subject_times** 182 **subjects, subject_places, subject_people and subject_times**
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351 When `jscmd=details` is passed, additional details are provided in addition to the info provided by `viewapi`. The provided details are same as the data provided by the RESTful API. 351 When `jscmd=details` is passed, additional details are provided in addition to the info provided by `viewapi`. The provided details are same as the data provided by the RESTful API.
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353 It is advised to use `jscmd=data` instead of this as that is more stable format.
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496    } 496    }
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500 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.