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Open book catalog providing metadata for millions of books including titles, authors, ISBNs, cover images, and edition details. Best for book lookups, reading list enrichment, and retrieving publication metadata by title or ISBN. The definitive open-access book database — use when a workflow needs bibliographic data without the academic focus of arXiv or Semantic Scholar. 1 example endpoint available through Lava’s AI Gateway. See the Open Library API docs for full documentation.
This provider is managed — no additional setup required.
This is a catch-all provider — any valid URL under https://openlibrary.org is supported. Open book catalog API. Construct URL as https://openlibrary.org/{endpoint}. Common endpoints: /search.json?q=, /works/.json, /isbn/.json, /authors/.json. The endpoints below are curated examples.

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GET https://openlibrary.org/search.json?q=dune+frank+herbert — Free
const data = await lava.gateway('https://openlibrary.org/search.json?q=dune+frank+herbert', { method: 'GET' });

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