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Book Search

GET /books/search

Search for books by title, author, or keyword across the Open Library catalog of millions of published works. Returns book titles, author names, publication years, cover image IDs, ISBNs, and subject categories. Useful for building reading list apps, book recommendation engines, library catalog interfaces, and literary exploration tools.

Parameters

q required

Query

Example Requests

Basic usage
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/books/search?q=elixir+programming"
Search for Elixir programming books
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/books/search?q=elixir+programming"
Search for books by Tolkien
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/books/search?q=tolkien+lord+rings"
Search for science fiction books
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/books/search?q=science+fiction"

Live Response 

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  "data": [
    {
      "author": "William Smith",
      "cover_id": null,
      "cover_url": null,
      "first_publish_year": 2024,
      "isbn": null,
      "key": "/works/OL39199540W",
      "language": [
        "eng"
      ],
      "number_of_pages": null,
      "subject": [],
      "title": "Elixir Programming"
    },
    {
      "author": "Virat Sharma",
      "cover_id": null,
      "cover_url": null,
      "first_publish_year": 2021,
      "isbn": null,
      "key": "/works/OL36167083W",
      "language": [
        "eng"
      ],
      "number_of_pages": null,
      "subject": [],
      "title": "Learn Elixir Programming"
    },
    {
      "author": "Dave Thomas",
      "cover_id": 8513173,
      "cover_url": "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8513173-M.jpg",
      "first_publish_year": 2014,
      "isbn": null,
      "key": "/works/OL19547073W",
      "language": [
        "eng"
      ],
      "number_of_pages": null,
      "subject": [],
      "title": "Programming Elixir"
    },
    {
      "author": "Bruce Tate",
      "cover_id": 14540041,
      "cover_url": "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/14540041-M.jpg",
      "first_publish_year": 2022,
      "isbn": null,
      "key": "/works/OL36890589W",
      "language": [],
      "number_of_pages": null,
      "subject": [],
      "title": "Programming Passport"
    },
    {
      "author": "Dave Thomas",
      "cover_id": 8512581,
      "cover_url": "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8512581-M.jpg",
      "first_publish_year": 2016,
      "isbn": null,
      "key": "/works/OL19546533W",
      "language": [
        "eng"
      ],
      "number_of_pages": null,
      "subject": [],
      "title": "Programming Elixir 1.3"
    },
    {
      "author": "Dave Thomas",
      "cover_id": 15136683,
      "cover_url": "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/15136683-M.jpg",
      "first_publish_year": 2016,
      "isbn": null,
      "key": "/works/OL27695428W",
      "language": [
        "eng"
      ],
      "number_of_pages": null,
      "subject": [],
      "title": "Programming Elixir 1.2"
    },
    {
      "author": "Dave Thomas",
      "cover_id": 8508631,
      "cover_url": "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8508631-M.jpg",
      "first_publish_year": 2018,
      "isbn": null,
      "key": "/works/OL19542609W",
      "language": [
        "eng"
      ],
      "number_of_pages": null,
      "subject": [],
      "title": "Programming Elixir ≥ 1.6"
    },
    {
      "author": "Kenny Ballou",
      "cover_id": null,
      "cover_url": null,
      "first_publish_year": 2016,
      "isbn": null,
      "key": "/works/OL27686782W",
      "language": [
        "eng"
      ],
      "number_of_pages": null,
      "subject": [],
      "title": "Learning Elixir"
    },
    {
      "author": "Joseph Koski",
      "cover_id": null,
      "cover_url": null,
      "first_publish_year": 2025,
      "isbn": null,
      "key": "/works/OL44591872W",
      "language": [
        "eng"
      ],
      "number_of_pages": null,
      "subject": [],
      "title": "Advanced Functional Programming with Elixir"
    },
    {
      "author": "Simon St.Laurent",
      "cover_id": 8512595,
      "cover_url": "https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8512595-M.jpg",
      "first_publish_year": 2017,
      "isbn": null,
      "key": "/works/OL19546546W",
      "language": [],
      "number_of_pages": null,
      "subject": [],
      "title": "Introducing Elixir: Getting Started in Functional Programming"
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "total": 31
}
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