Books API

API to fetch book details: titles, authors, and summaries

Books AI Documentation

A Books API gives you a structured collection of information about books, including titles, authors, publication details, summaries, images, and sometimes reviews, ratings, and related works. You can use this data to power book-related websites, apps, recommendation engines, or any project that needs organized book information.

Base URL

The base URL for the Books Details API is:

https://santechapi.vercel.app

Authentication

headers : {
"token" : {YOUR API KEY}
}

Endpoint: /books/search/{:q}

Parameters:

• {q}: Book name from the user

HTTP Method: Get

Example request:

GET /books/search/Wings of fire

The user can search for the Book with its name and get the details of the the book and its Author

Example Response:

200

{
	"numFound": 315,
	"start": 0,
	"numFoundExact": true,
	"docs": [
		{
			"author_alternative_name": [
				"A.P.J Abdul Kalam",
				"A.P.J. Abdul Kalam",
				"Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam",
				"Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam",
				"A P J Abdul Kalam",
				"Abdul A.P.J. Kalam",
				"Abdul P. J. Kalam",
				"Abul Pakiz Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam"
			],
			"author_key": [
				"OL101656A"
			],
			"author_name": [
				"A. P. J. Abdul Kalam"
			],
			"contributor": [
				"Tiwari, Arun.",
				"National Institute for the Visually Handicapped (India). Kendrīya Brela Presa."
			],
			"cover_edition_key": "OL155884M",
			"cover_i": 9153819,
			"ebook_access": "borrowable",
			"ebook_count_i": 1,
			"edition_count": 6,
			"edition_key": [
				"OL9081155M",
				"OL31996911M",
				"OL22487339M",
				"OL25448189M",
				"OL155884M",
				"OL3332247M"
			],
			"first_publish_year": 1999,
			"format": [
				"Braille",
				"Paperback"
			],
			"has_fulltext": true,
			"ia": [
				"isbn_9788173711466"
			],
			"ia_collection": [
				"inlibrary",
				"internetarchivebooks",
				"printdisabled"
			],
			"ia_collection_s": "inlibrary;internetarchivebooks;printdisabled",
			"isbn": [
				"9788173711466",
				"8173711461"
			],
			"key": "/works/OL1037811W",
			"language": [
				"hin",
				"eng"
			],
			"last_modified_i": 1725625164,
			"lcc": [
				"Q--0143.00000000.A197 A3 1999"
			],
			"lccn": [
				"99931304",
				"2004311162"
			],
			"lending_edition_s": "OL9081155M",
			"lending_identifier_s": "isbn_9788173711466",
			"number_of_pages_median": 180,
			"oclc": [
				"41326410"
			],
			"osp_count": 466,
			"printdisabled_s": "OL9081155M",
			"public_scan_b": false,
			"publish_date": [
				"jan 1999",
				"1999",
				"2015",
				"2002",
				"2007"
			],
			"publish_place": [
				"Hyderabad",
				"Deharādūna, Uttarāñcala",
				"Hyderabad, A.P., India"
			],
			"publish_year": [
				2002,
				2007,
				1999,
				2015
			],
			"publisher": [
				"AK Publisher",
				"Distributed by Orient Longman",
				"sangam books limited",
				"Kendrīya Brela Praisa, Rāshṭrīya Dr̥shṭibādhitārtha Saṃsthāna, Samājika Nyāya evaṃ Adhikāritā Mantrālaya, Bhārata Sarakāra ke adhīna",
				"Universities Press"
			],
			"seed": [
				"/books/OL9081155M",
				"/books/OL31996911M",
				"/books/OL22487339M",
				"/books/OL25448189M",
				"/books/OL155884M",
				"/books/OL3332247M",
				"/works/OL1037811W",
				"/authors/OL101656A",
				"/subjects/biography",
				"/subjects/presidents",
				"/subjects/scientists",
				"/subjects/person:a._p._j._abdul_kalam_(1931-)",
				"/subjects/person:avul_pakir_jainulabdeen_abdul_kalam",
				"/subjects/place:india"
			],
			"title": "Wings of Fire",
			"title_sort": "Wings of Fire",
			"title_suggest": "Wings of Fire",
			"type": "work",
			"id_goodreads": [
				"634583",
				"634583",
				"634583"
			],
			"id_librarything": [
				"1375619",
				"1375619",
				"1375619"
			],
			"subject": [
				"Biography",
				"Presidents",
				"Scientists"
			],
			"place": [
				"India"
			],
			"person": [
				"A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931-)",
				"Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam"
			],
			"ratings_average": 4.382353,
			"ratings_sortable": 4.049073,
			"ratings_count": 68,
			"ratings_count_1": 5,
			"ratings_count_2": 2,
			"ratings_count_3": 3,
			"ratings_count_4": 10,
			"ratings_count_5": 48,
			"readinglog_count": 1505,
			"want_to_read_count": 1274,
			"currently_reading_count": 170,
			"already_read_count": 61,
			"publisher_facet": [
				"AK Publisher",
				"Distributed by Orient Longman",
				"Kendrīya Brela Praisa, Rāshṭrīya Dr̥shṭibādhitārtha Saṃsthāna, Samājika Nyāya evaṃ Adhikāritā Mantrālaya, Bhārata Sarakāra ke adhīna",
				"Universities Press",
				"sangam books limited"
			],
			"person_key": [
				"a._p._j._abdul_kalam_(1931-)",
				"avul_pakir_jainulabdeen_abdul_kalam"
			],
			"place_key": [
				"india"
			],
			"person_facet": [
				"A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931-)",
				"Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam"
			],
			"subject_facet": [
				"Biography",
				"Presidents",
				"Scientists"
			],
			"_version_": 1809449134838513700,
			"place_facet": [
				"India"
			],
			"lcc_sort": "Q--0143.00000000.A197 A3 1999",
			"author_facet": [
				"OL101656A A. P. J. Abdul Kalam"
			],
			"subject_key": [
				"biography",
				"presidents",
				"scientists"
			]
		}],
	"num_found": 315,
	"q": "Wings of fire",
	"offset": null
}

Error Handling:

In case of an error, the API will respond with an appropriate HTTP status code and an error message in the response body.

Error Response:

402

{
message: "param required for keyword based Books fetch."
}