Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search and Google Print) is a service from Google Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition, and stored in its digital database.
Questions tagged [google-books]
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How to get book metadata?
My application needs to retrieve information about any published book based on a provided ISBN, title, or author. This is hardly a unique requirement---sites like Amazon.com, Chegg.com, and even software like Book Collector seem to be able to do…
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How to get book cover from ISBN using Google Book API?
Is there a simple way to get book cover in JSON format from ISBN using Google Book API?
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Ajax with JQuery: 200 ok, but not "success"
I'm trying to use AJAX to send a query to Google Books and display the results on my website. I'm using JQuery to send the request and handling the response, like so:
var query = [formatted input from a form];
var URL =…
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How to get the extra large cover image from google book API?
According to Google doc, using this link can get the URL extra large for a book
Google doc
However, when I clicked https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes/zyTCAlFPjgYC , there are only 2 thumbnails (small and medium). So do I need to obtain a…
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Results of recommendations using Google Books API are irrelevant
I am trying to build book title recommendation system using Google Books API.
Unfortunately results I get are extremely irrelevant comparing to https://books.google.com . For example that's a list I get from search by word "sher"(looking forward to…
user3475724
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Is there a way to export notes taken in Google Play books?
I have taken a series of notes in a book that I read on Google Play books. Is there a way to export these notes all together as a text document or some similar format?
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Google Books API returns only 10 results
I am implementing a PHP application that requires some data from Google Books API, for the first time.
It is quite awkward, but when I use the typical query
http://books.google.com/books/feeds/volumes?q=search+term (someone who has previous…
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Ruby on Rails 3 and Google Book Search
I'm trying to get started using the Google Data API for Google Book Search in my Ruby on Rails 3 application, and I don't even understand how to get started. What gems do I need? What do I need to do in order to do something simple like searching…
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Google Books API rate limiting information?
I can't find any information on rate limiting with the Google Books API. I'm interested in doing ~300K total ISBN queries to retrieve lists of book categories, and I want to throttle my requests to stay under their limit. I have a developer API key,…
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List chapters of a book from a public books API?
Anyone knows of a web service where I could get either the number of chapters or list the chapter names of a book?
I've checked Google Books API and couldn't find this info.
Thank you.
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How to retrieve full subject list from the Google Books API?
When I perform a Volume: get search or a Volume: list using the Google Books API, I'm not getting the full subject list back. The API returns:
categories: [
"Fiction / General"
],
And this is what the Google Books record shows:
Subjects
Fiction…
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Using Google Books API in Android
Hi I'm new to Android and using web APIs. I'm currently writing an application that can scan a barcode from a book and then search Google Books for it.
So far I implemented Scandit into my application and I registered and got the API key from…
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Saving json data to a Django model
I'm trying to save json data to a model. I'm getting all the data i need, how do i save them to a model?
views.py
def book_api(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
search = request.POST['textfield']
url =…
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google books api retrofit
I am trying to use the google books API with Retrofit, it is returning an empty result.
this is the url:
https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=9781451648546
In Retrofit I have an interface:
public interface IServiceEndPoint {
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Alternatives to Google Book Search API?
I'm looking for alternatives to Google Book Search API.
Ideally, something with more detailed information about books.
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