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Book Metadata – Author Lookup
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Book Metadata – Author Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from exchangerebel.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-13).
Retrieves bibliographic metadata for a book author identified by an OpenLibrary author ID
Price / call$0.005
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
book-metadata-author
Output
Returns structured bibliographic metadata about the author, likely including their full name, birth and death dates, a biography, links to external identifiers (Wikipedia, Wikidata, ISNI, VIAF), photo references, and a list of associated works — all sourced from the Open Library database.
Example use cases
Enriching a book catalog with author bios
“I have a book database and I need to fill in author biographies and birth years — can you fetch the author metadata for Open Library author OL23919A?”
Research assistant for literary scholars
“I'm writing an article about a specific author and need their biographical details, notable works, and external identifiers — look up OL23919A for me on Open Library.”
Building an author profile page
“For my reading app, can you grab the full author profile for OL23919A from Open Library, including their name, photo, and bio, so I can display it on their author page?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://exchangerebel.com/toll/books/author/OL23919A?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need structured author biographical metadata keyed by an OpenLibrary author ID. It is ideal for enriching book or library datasets with canonical author information, building reading apps, or supporting literary research workflows where Open Library is the authoritative source. Prefer this over a general web search when you need clean, structured data rather than free-form text.
Side effects
- Invalid or non-existent author ID returns a 404 or empty result
- Open Library upstream API unavailability causes timeouts or 5xx errors
- Author ID format mismatch (e.g. missing 'OL' prefix or suffix 'A') returns no data
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance blocks the request
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
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