Books API

The Google Books API allows clients to access the Google Books repository.

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Base URL: https://books.googleapis.com/
Auth: unknown
Endpoints: 11
Reachable: unknown
CORS: unknown

Topics

ENTERTAINMENT, KNOWLEDGE

Endpoints

Method Path Summary Auth Last Status Latency
POST /books/v1/cloudloading/addBook Add a user-upload volume and triggers processing
POST /books/v1/cloudloading/deleteBook Remove the book and its contents
POST /books/v1/cloudloading/updateBook Updates a user-upload volume
GET /books/v1/dictionary/listOfflineMetadata Returns a list of offline dictionary metadata available
GET /books/v1/familysharing/getFamilyInfo Gets information regarding the family that the user is part of
POST /books/v1/familysharing/share Initiates sharing of the content with the user's family
POST /books/v1/familysharing/unshare Initiates revoking content that has already been shared with the user's family
GET /books/v1/myconfig/getUserSettings Gets the current settings for the user
POST /books/v1/myconfig/releaseDownloadAccess Release downloaded content access restriction
POST /books/v1/myconfig/requestAccess Request concurrent and download access restrictions
POST /books/v1/myconfig/syncVolumeLicenses Request downloaded content access for specified volumes on the My eBooks shelf
POST /books/v1/myconfig/updateUserSettings Sets the settings for the user
GET /books/v1/onboarding/listCategories List categories for onboarding experience
GET /books/v1/onboarding/listCategoryVolumes List available volumes under categories for onboarding experience
GET /books/v1/personalizedstream/get Returns a stream of personalized book clusters
POST /books/v1/promooffer/accept Accepts the promo offer
POST /books/v1/promooffer/dismiss Marks the promo offer as dismissed
GET /books/v1/promooffer/get Returns a list of promo offers available to the user
GET /books/v1/series/get Returns Series metadata for the given series ids
GET /books/v1/volumes Performs a book search
GET /books/v1/volumes/{volumeId} Gets volume information for a single volume
GET /books/v1/volumes/{volumeId}/layersummary List the layer summaries for a volume
GET /books/v1/volumes/{volumeId}/layersummary/{summaryId} Gets the layer summary for a volume