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Open Library ​

Search and access book data from the Internet Archive Open Library project.

DetailValue
CategoryTesting
Base URLhttps://openlibrary.org
AuthenticationNone
Endpoints5
Connector keyopen_library

Using Open Library in a workflow ​

  1. Go to Connections and click New Connection.
  2. Pick Open Library from the marketplace.
  3. Enter your credentials (see Authentication above for what's expected).
  4. In a workflow, drop an API Call node and select this connection.
  5. Pick the operation you need from the Operation dropdown — see the table below.

Available Endpoints ​

EndpointSummary
GET /search.jsonSearch for books
GET /works/{olid}.jsonGet a work by Open Library ID
GET /authors/{olid}.jsonGet an author
GET /isbn/{isbn}.jsonGet a book by ISBN
GET /search/authors.jsonSearch for authors

Each endpoint has its own page with parameter details, an example API Call node configuration, and the response shape.