Google Books Volumes API
The Volumes API from Google Books — 2 operation(s) for volumes.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Google Books Mylibrary Volumes API
description: The Google Books API allows you to perform full-text searches and retrieve book information, viewability, and eBook availability. You can also manage personal bookshelves, access volume metadata, and work with user library data.
version: v1
contact:
name: Google
url: https://developers.google.com/books
servers:
- url: https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1
security:
- oauth2: []
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: Volumes
paths:
/volumes:
get:
operationId: listVolumes
summary: Search for volumes
description: Performs a book search.
parameters:
- name: q
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
description: Full-text search query string.
- name: maxResults
in: query
schema:
type: integer
maximum: 40
- name: startIndex
in: query
schema:
type: integer
- name: orderBy
in: query
schema:
type: string
enum:
- relevance
- newest
- name: printType
in: query
schema:
type: string
enum:
- all
- books
- magazines
- name: filter
in: query
schema:
type: string
enum:
- ebooks
- free-ebooks
- full
- paid-ebooks
- partial
- name: langRestrict
in: query
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Successful response
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/VolumeListResponse'
tags:
- Volumes
/volumes/{volumeId}:
get:
operationId: getVolume
summary: Get a volume
description: Gets volume information for a single volume.
parameters:
- name: volumeId
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Successful response
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Volume'
tags:
- Volumes
components:
schemas:
Volume:
type: object
properties:
kind:
type: string
const: books#volume
id:
type: string
etag:
type: string
selfLink:
type: string
format: uri
volumeInfo:
type: object
properties:
title:
type: string
subtitle:
type: string
authors:
type: array
items:
type: string
publisher:
type: string
publishedDate:
type: string
description:
type: string
industryIdentifiers:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
type:
type: string
enum:
- ISBN_10
- ISBN_13
- ISSN
- OTHER
identifier:
type: string
pageCount:
type: integer
categories:
type: array
items:
type: string
averageRating:
type: number
ratingsCount:
type: integer
imageLinks:
type: object
properties:
smallThumbnail:
type: string
format: uri
thumbnail:
type: string
format: uri
language:
type: string
previewLink:
type: string
format: uri
infoLink:
type: string
format: uri
saleInfo:
type: object
properties:
country:
type: string
saleability:
type: string
enum:
- FOR_SALE
- FREE
- NOT_FOR_SALE
- FOR_PREORDER
isEbook:
type: boolean
listPrice:
type: object
properties:
amount:
type: number
currencyCode:
type: string
accessInfo:
type: object
properties:
country:
type: string
viewability:
type: string
enum:
- PARTIAL
- ALL_PAGES
- NO_PAGES
- UNKNOWN
embeddable:
type: boolean
publicDomain:
type: boolean
epub:
type: object
properties:
isAvailable:
type: boolean
pdf:
type: object
properties:
isAvailable:
type: boolean
VolumeListResponse:
type: object
properties:
kind:
type: string
totalItems:
type: integer
items:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Volume'
securitySchemes:
oauth2:
type: oauth2
flows:
authorizationCode:
authorizationUrl: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
tokenUrl: https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/books: Manage your books
apiKey:
type: apiKey
in: query
name: key