RESTful API
Open Library provides RESTful API for accessing resources in multiple formats.
JSON
Earlier JSON API, which is deprecated now.
This is retained only for backward compatibility and RESTful API should be used instead of this.
Books
A Google dynlinks inspired API.
Covers
API to access book covers from Open Library.
Bulk Access
If you want to a dump of complete data, please ask us by sending a mail to info@openlibrary.org.
The APIs listed above should not be used for bulk download of Open Library data.
Open Library in the Wild
Are you using the Open Library APIs? Please let us know how your are using it by adding an entry in api_users page.
History Created April 11, 2008 · 23 revisions
| October 29, 2009 | Edited by George | Editing. |
| October 29, 2009 | Edited by George | Editing. |
| May 26, 2009 | Edited by Anand Chitipothu | rewording |
| May 26, 2009 | Edited by Anand Chitipothu | added "Bulk Aceess" and "API Users" sections. |
| April 11, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | moving dev docs |