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ISBN Lookup

GET /books/isbn/:isbn

Look up a specific book by its ISBN (International Standard Book Number). Returns detailed book information including title, author, publisher, publication date, page count, subjects, and cover images. Useful for bookstore apps, library management systems, book scanning features, and academic citation tools. Data from Open Library.

Parameters

isbn required

ISBN

Example Requests

Basic usage
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/books/isbn/9780134685991
Look up The Pragmatic Programmer
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/books/isbn/9780134685991
Look up Clean Code
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/books/isbn/9780132350884

Live Response 

{
  "data": {
    "classifications": {},
    "covers": [
      12420356
    ],
    "created": {
      "type": "/type/datetime",
      "value": "2021-01-01T02:30:01.631728"
    },
    "edition_name": "3rd Edition",
    "identifiers": {},
    "isbn_10": [
      "0134685997"
    ],
    "isbn_13": [
      "9780134685991"
    ],
    "key": "/books/OL31838212M",
    "last_modified": {
      "type": "/type/datetime",
      "value": "2023-12-19T20:46:24.016503"
    },
    "latest_revision": 6,
    "lc_classifications": [
      "QA76.73.J38"
    ],
    "number_of_pages": 416,
    "physical_format": "Paperback",
    "publish_date": "December 27, 2017",
    "publishers": [
      "Addison-Wesley Professional"
    ],
    "revision": 6,
    "source_records": [
      "bwb:9780134685991",
      "idb:9780134685991"
    ],
    "title": "Effective Java",
    "type": {
      "key": "/type/edition"
    },
    "works": [
      {
        "key": "/works/OL6223299W"
      }
    ]
  },
  "success": true
}
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