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Open Library API

Look up book, author, cover and reading metadata through public human-oriented APIs.

How to obtain API access

Public book search endpoints do not normally require a key. Identify your application using User-Agent and a contact address.

Never share account credentials or private API keys. Public example values are not reusable credentials.

Pricing, quotas and limitations

Default requests are limited to around 1/second, identified clients around 3/second. Not intended as a third-party bulk database or high-traffic backend.

Official documentation reviewed on 2026-11-06; terms can change without notice.

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