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Open Library provides an experimental API to search. |
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**WARNING: This API is under active development and may change in future.** |
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# Overview & Features |
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The Open Library Search API is one of the most convenient and complete ways to retrieve book data on Open Library. The API: |
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The Open Library Search API is one of the most convenient and complete ways to retrieve book data on Open Library. The API: |
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1. Is able to return data for **multiple** books in a single request/response |
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1. Is able to return data for **multiple** books in a single request/response |
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2. Returns both Work level information about the book, as well as Edition level information (such as) |
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2. Returns both Work level information about the book (like author info, first publish year, etc), as well as Edition level information (like title, identifiers, covers, etc) |
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3. Author IDs are returned which you can use to fetch the author's image, if available |
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3. Author IDs are returned which you can use to fetch the author's image, if available |
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4. Options are available to return Book Availability along with the response. |
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4. Options are available to return Book Availability along with the response. |
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5. Powerful sorting options are available, such as star ratings, publication date, and number of editions. |
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5. Powerful sorting options are available, such as star ratings, publication date, and number of editions. |
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# Endpoint |
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## Examples |
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The endpoint for this API is: |
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https://openlibrary.org/search.json |
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# Examples |
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- You can see the exact boosting logic in the code here: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/blob/dc49fddb78a3cb25138922790ddd6a5dd2b5741c/openlibrary/plugins/worksearch/schemes/works.py#L439-L448 |
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- You can see the exact boosting logic in the code here: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/blob/dc49fddb78a3cb25138922790ddd6a5dd2b5741c/openlibrary/plugins/worksearch/schemes/works.py#L439-L448 |
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