# Open Library Read API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/open-library/open-library-read-api/  
**Provider:** Open Library — https://apis.io/providers/open-library/  
**Documentation:** https://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/read

Open Library Read API is one of 19 APIs that [Open Library](https://apis.io/providers/open-library/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Availability, Libraries, and Lookup. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Legacy partner API that returns availability and read URLs for books matched by ISBN, OCLC, LCCN, or OLID identifiers across libraries and the Internet Archive.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/read

## Other Open Library APIs (12)

- [Open Library Search API](https://apis.io/apis/open-library/open-library-search-api/)
- [Open Library Search Inside API](https://apis.io/apis/open-library/open-library-search-inside-api/)
- [Open Library Works API](https://apis.io/apis/open-library/open-library-works-api/)
- [Open Library Editions API](https://apis.io/apis/open-library/open-library-editions-api/)
- [Open Library Authors API](https://apis.io/apis/open-library/open-library-authors-api/)
- [Open Library Subjects API](https://apis.io/apis/open-library/open-library-subjects-api/)
- [Open Library Covers API](https://apis.io/apis/open-library/open-library-covers-api/)
- [Open Library Lists API](https://apis.io/apis/open-library/open-library-lists-api/)
- [Open Library My Books API](https://apis.io/apis/open-library/open-library-mybooks-api/)
- [Open Library Recent Changes API](https://apis.io/apis/open-library/open-library-recent-changes-api/)
- [Open Library Authors API](https://apis.io/apis/open-library/open-library-authors-api/)
- [Open Library Editions API](https://apis.io/apis/open-library/open-library-editions-api/)

## Tags

Availability, Libraries, Lookup

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