---
title: "Get a book"
method: GET
path: "/api/agent/get_book"
tags: ["catalog"]
---

# Get a book

`GET /api/agent/get_book`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.siftivo.com`
- URL: `https://api.siftivo.com/api/agent/get_book`
- Auth: none required

What one book is about: synopsis, authors, year, series and position, genres, and its siftivo.com page. Suits "what is X about" and "is X part of a series". For a reader who has linked their Siftivo account it also suits "would I like X": when the book fits their taste, the result says why. Takes a workId from search_books, or a siftivo.com slug.

## Query parameters

- `id` string, required: A Siftivo work id, edition id, or URL slug

## Response `200`

Success

- object

## Other responses

- `404`: No such entity

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/siftivo/apis/siftivo-agent-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/siftivo/apis/siftivo-agent-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/siftivo/apis/siftivo-agent-api/revisions/2b85acb5f7c8?raw)