---
title: "Returns various information about a Chapter. Side effect: This will cache the chapter images for reading."
method: GET
path: "/api/Reader/chapter-info"
tags: ["Reader"]
---

# Returns various information about a Chapter. Side effect: This will cache the chapter images for reading.

`GET /api/Reader/chapter-info`

## Request

- Base URL: `http://localhost:5000`
- URL: `http://localhost:5000/api/Reader/chapter-info`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

This is generally the first call when attempting to read to allow pre-generation of assets needed for reading

## Query parameters

- `chapterId` integer
- `extractPdf` boolean
- `includeDimensions` boolean

## Response `200`

OK

- ChapterInfoDto
  - `chapterNumber` string, nullable
  - `volumeNumber` string, nullable
  - `volumeId` integer
  - `seriesName` string, nullable
  - `seriesFormat` 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4: Members: - `0` — Image - `1` — Archive - `2` — Unknown - `3` — EPUB (Epub) - `4` — PDF (Pdf)
  - `seriesId` integer
  - `libraryId` integer
  - `libraryType` 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5: Members: - `0` — Manga - `1` — Comic (Flexible) (Comic) - `2` — Book - `3` — Image - `4` — Light Novel (LightNovel) - `5` — Comic (ComicVine)
  - `chapterTitle` string, nullable
  - `pages` integer
  - `fileName` string, nullable
  - `isSpecial` boolean
  - `subtitle` string, nullable
  - `title` string, nullable
  - `seriesTotalPages` integer
  - `seriesTotalPagesRead` integer
  - `seriesPublicationStatus` 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4: Members: - `0` — Ongoing (OnGoing) - `1` — Hiatus - `2` — Completed - `3` — Cancelled - `4` — Ended
  - `pageDimensions` FileDimensionDto[], nullable
    - `width` integer
    - `height` integer
    - `pageNumber` integer
    - `fileName` string, nullable
    - `isWide` boolean
  - `doublePairs` object, nullable

## Changes

- **2026-09-24** `ec3a6f1eae66`: 3 info
  - added the optional property `seriesPublicationStatus` to the response with the `200` status (media type: text/plain)
  - added the optional property `seriesPublicationStatus` to the response with the `200` status (media type: application/json)
  - added the optional property `seriesPublicationStatus` to the response with the `200` status (media type: text/json)

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/kareadita/apis/kavita/changes/api/Reader/chapter-info/get.md)

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