Greenlit Books · Schema
BookDetail
The /books/{slug} response body.
PublishingArtificial IntelligenceBooksTechnicalEducationCompany
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| meta | object | |
| book | object | |
| chapters | array | |
| totalWords | integernull | |
| claims | objectnull | Quotable claims from the book with the sources behind them, or null for a book with no ledger yet. Each item's `url` is an anchor on the book page that resolves to that exact claim: quote `claim`, cit |
| excerpt | object | The free chapter-one excerpt, when published. |
| related | object |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://artifacts.apis.io/greenlitbooks-com/json-schema/greenlitbooks-com-book-detail-schema.json",
"title": "BookDetail",
"description": "The /books/{slug} response body.",
"x-generated": "2026-11-10",
"x-method": "derived",
"x-generator": "derive-json-schema.py",
"x-source": "openapi/greenlitbooks-com-openapi.json#/components/schemas/BookDetail",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"meta": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Meta"
},
"book": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Book"
},
"chapters": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"number": {
"type": "integer"
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
},
"totalWords": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
]
},
"claims": {
"type": [
"object",
"null"
],
"description": "Quotable claims from the book with the sources behind them, or null for a book with no ledger yet. Each item's `url` is an anchor on the book page that resolves to that exact claim: quote `claim`, cite `url`.",
"properties": {
"lastReviewed": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date"
},
"items": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"chapter": {
"type": "integer"
},
"claim": {
"type": "string"
},
"verbatim": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "True when `claim` is the book's own sentence, word for word."
},
"basis": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"external",
"argument",
"method",
"author-experience"
],
"description": "What kind of statement this is. A published result, a position the book argues, a method you run yourself, or something the author reports happening on his own system. They are not interchangeable and should not be quoted as if they were."
},
"basisLabel": {
"type": "string"
},
"howToQuote": {
"type": "string"
},
"basisNote": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"anchor": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
},
"sources": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"authors": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"publisher": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"date": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
},
"establishes": {
"type": "string"
},
"doesNotEstablish": {
"type": "string",
"description": "What the claim would be overreaching to draw from this source. Read it before leaning on the citation."
},
"lastChecked": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date"
},
"checkNote": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"excerpt": {
"type": "object",
"description": "The free chapter-one excerpt, when published.",
"properties": {
"available": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"chapterTitle": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"words": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
]
},
"minutes": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
]
},
"url": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"format": "uri"
},
"markdownUrl": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"format": "uri"
}
}
},
"related": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"guide": {
"type": [
"object",
"null"
],
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
}
}
},
"fieldNotes": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
}
}
}
},
"compares": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
}
}
}
},
"seriesNeighbors": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"previous": {
"oneOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/BookLink"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
]
},
"next": {
"oneOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/BookLink"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
]
}
}
}
}
}
},
"$defs": {
"Book": {
"type": "object",
"description": "One book. No publication date, page count, or ISBN: the catalog carries no verified source for them and nothing is invented. Amazon URLs are clean /dp/ links; every listed book is buyable there and free to read with Kindle Unlimited when kindleUnlimited is true.",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"subtitle": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"author": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"series": {
"type": [
"object",
"null"
],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"position": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "1-based reading order within the series."
}
}
},
"imprint": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"readerLevel": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"beginner",
"operator",
"engineer",
"leader"
]
},
"flagship": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"descriptions": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"hook": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "A quotable opening line."
},
"oneLiner": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Short description."
},
"targetReader": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Who the book is for."
},
"namedConcept": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "The named idea the book teaches."
}
}
},
"concept": {
"type": [
"object",
"null"
],
"description": "The question-shaped concept page for this book.",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"question": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
}
}
},
"amazon": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"kindleAsin": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"paperbackAsin": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"kindleUrl": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"format": "uri"
},
"paperbackUrl": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"format": "uri"
}
}
},
"prices": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"ebook": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Price"
},
"paperback": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Price"
}
}
},
"kindleUnlimited": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"coverImage": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"format": "uri"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri",
"description": "Canonical book page."
},
"apiUrl": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
},
"markdownUrl": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri",
"description": "Plain-markdown twin of the book page."
},
"readUrl": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"format": "uri",
"description": "Free chapter one, when available."
},
"categories": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"companionRepo": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"format": "uri",
"description": "Public companion code repository, when the book ships code."
}
}
},
"BookLink": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Compact pointer to a book, with its reading-order position in its series.",
"properties": {
"slug": {
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"position": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "1-based reading order within the series."
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
},
"apiUrl": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
}
}
},
"Meta": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Envelope on every response.",
"properties": {
"version": {
"type": "string",
"const": "v1"
},
"generatedAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"description": "When this snapshot was produced. Static endpoints stamp it at deploy; search stamps it per request."
},
"source": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
},
"docs": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
},
"openapi": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
}
}
},
"Price": {
"type": [
"object",
"null"
],
"description": "Price for one format. amount is parsed from the display string.",
"properties": {
"display": {
"type": "string"
},
"amount": {
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
},
"currency": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
}
}
}
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