The New York Times Company

The New York Times Company Lists.json API

The Lists.json API from The New York Times Company — 1 operation(s) for lists.json.

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GET /lists.json Best Sellers List #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 3.0.0
  title: Books Lists.json API
  description: The Books API provides information about book reviews and The New York Times Best Sellers lists.
servers:
- url: https://api.nytimes.com/svc/books/v3
tags:
- name: Lists.json
paths:
  /lists.json:
    get:
      summary: Best Sellers List
      description: Get Best Sellers list. If no date is provided returns the latest list.
      operationId: GET_lists-format
      parameters:
      - name: list
        in: query
        description: 'The name of the Times best sellers list (hardcover-fiction, paperback-nonfiction, ...).

          The /lists/names service returns all the list names.

          The encoded list names are lower case with hyphens instead of spaces (e.g. e-book-fiction, instead of E-Book Fiction).'
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: hardcover-fiction
      - name: bestsellers-date
        in: query
        description: 'YYYY-MM-DD


          The week-ending date for the sales reflected on list-name. Times best sellers lists are compiled using available book sale data. The bestsellers-date may be significantly earlier than published-date. For additional information, see the explanation at the bottom of any best-seller list page on NYTimes.com (example: Hardcover Fiction, published Dec. 5 but reflecting sales to Nov. 29).'
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$
      - name: published-date
        in: query
        description: 'YYYY-MM-DD


          The date the best sellers list was published on NYTimes.com (different than bestsellers-date).  Use "current" for latest list.'
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$
      - name: offset
        in: query
        description: Sets the starting point of the result set (0, 20, ...).  Used to paginate thru books if list has more than 20. Defaults to 0.  The num_results field indicates how many books are in the list.
        schema:
          type: integer
          multipleOf: 20
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Best Sellers list books
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                  copyright:
                    type: string
                  num_results:
                    type: integer
                  last_modified:
                    type: string
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        list_name:
                          type: string
                        display_name:
                          type: string
                        bestsellers_date:
                          type: string
                        published_date:
                          type: string
                        rank:
                          type: integer
                        rank_last_week:
                          type: integer
                        weeks_on_list:
                          type: integer
                        asterisk:
                          type: integer
                        dagger:
                          type: integer
                        amazon_product_url:
                          type: string
                        isbns:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            type: object
                            properties:
                              isbn10:
                                type: string
                              isbn13:
                                type: string
                        book_details:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            type: object
                            properties:
                              title:
                                type: string
                              description:
                                type: string
                              contributor:
                                type: string
                              author:
                                type: string
                              contributor_note:
                                type: string
                              price:
                                type: integer
                              age_group:
                                type: string
                              publisher:
                                type: string
                              primary_isbn13:
                                type: string
                              primary_isbn10:
                                type: string
                        reviews:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            type: object
                            properties:
                              book_review_link:
                                type: string
                              first_chapter_link:
                                type: string
                              sunday_review_link:
                                type: string
                              article_chapter_link:
                                type: string
              example:
                status: OK
                copyright: Copyright (c) 2019 The New York Times Company.  All Rights Reserved.
                num_results: 1
                last_modified: '2016-03-11T13:09:01-05:00'
                results:
                - list_name: Hardcover Fiction
                  display_name: Hardcover Fiction
                  bestsellers_date: '2016-03-05'
                  published_date: '2016-03-20'
                  rank: 5
                  rank_last_week: 2
                  weeks_on_list: 2
                  asterisk: 0
                  dagger: 0
                  amazon_product_url: http://www.amazon.com/Girls-Guide-Moving-On-Novel-ebook/dp/B00ZNE17B4?tag=thenewyorktim-20
                  isbns:
                  - isbn10: 0553391925
                    isbn13: '9780553391923'
                  book_details:
                  - title: A GIRL'S GUIDE TO MOVING ON
                    description: A mother and her daughter-in-law both leave unhappy marriages and take up with new men.
                    contributor: by Debbie Macomber
                    author: Debbie Macomber
                    contributor_note: ''
                    price: 0
                    age_group: ''
                    publisher: Ballantine
                    primary_isbn13: '9780553391923'
                    primary_isbn10: 0553391925
                  reviews:
                  - book_review_link: ''
                    first_chapter_link: ''
                    sunday_review_link: ''
                    article_chapter_link: ''
      security:
      - api-key: []
      tags:
      - Lists.json
components:
  securitySchemes:
    api-key:
      name: api-key
      type: apiKey
      in: query

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