book

Open Library book metadata search.

Open Library book metadata search. Lookup by free-text query (matches title + author), or by individual title / author / ISBN (10 or 13 digit). Each record includes Open Library work key, title, author names + Open Library author keys, first publish year, edition count, cover image URL, sample ISBNs, publishers, languages, subject tags, fulltext flag, ebook access tier (public/borrowable/printdisabled/no_ebook), and canonical openlibrary.org URL. CC0 public-domain metadata.

get/api/book/search

Request

  • Base URL: https://2s.io
  • URL: https://2s.io/api/book/search
  • Auth: API key in header PAYMENT-SIGNATURE

Query parameters

qstring

Free-text search query.

titlestring

Title to search for.

authorstring

Author.

isbnstring

ISBN.

limitinteger

Maximum number of results to return.

pageinteger

Page number (1-based) for paginated results.

trial1

Try before you buy. Set to 1 for one free real call per endpoint per hour — no wallet or payment needed — to verify the endpoint before paying. Equivalent to sending the "X-2s-Trial: 1" request header. Listed only on operations that offer a trial; the others always answer 402.

Response

(unresolved $ref)

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.