Google Books API
Search and retrieve book information
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| Authentication | ⚠️ Requires OAuth — obtain credentials from the official documentation |
| Category | Books |
Quick Integration Code
⚠️ Auth: OAuth// ⚠️ This API requires OAuth authentication
// Add your credentials to the headers below
fetch("https://developers.google.com/books/docs/v1/using")
.then(response => {
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
return response.json();
})
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error("Request failed:", error));# ⚠️ This API requires OAuth authentication
# Add your credentials to the headers dict below
import requests
url = "https://developers.google.com/books/docs/v1/using"
headers = {
"Accept": "application/json",
# "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
print(data)curl -X GET "https://developers.google.com/books/docs/v1/using" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "User-Agent: MyApp/1.0" \
--max-time 10 \
--silent | python3 -m json.toolSample JSON Response — Books
Books{
"numFound": 1,
"start": 0,
"docs": [
{
"key": "/works/OL82563W",
"title": "The Great Gatsby",
"author_name": [
"F. Scott Fitzgerald"
],
"first_publish_year": 1925,
"isbn": [
"9780743273565"
],
"subject": [
"Fiction",
"American literature"
],
"language": [
"eng"
]
}
]
}