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Open Library Author Search via Suverse Proxy
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Open Library Author Search via Suverse Proxy is a paid API for AI agents from proxy.suverse.io, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Searches Open Library for authors by name and returns matching author records including name, birth date, and work counts — no API key required.
Price / call$0.002
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Search Open Library authors by name, no key. Returns matching authors with name, birth date, and work counts. For AI agents resolving author identities.
Output
Returns a list of matching author records from Open Library, each containing the author's canonical name, birth date, and a count of their works in the Open Library catalogue.
Example use cases
Resolve author identity for citation
“I need to verify the author details for 'Gabriel Garcia Marquez' — can you search Open Library and get me his birth date and total work count?”
Disambiguate authors with similar names
“There are a few authors named 'John Williams' — can you search Open Library and show me all matching authors with their birth dates and work counts so I can figure out which one wrote Stoner?”
Enrich book metadata with author info
“I have a list of book authors including Toni Morrison and Cormac McCarthy — can you pull their Open Library profiles to get birth dates and how many works each one has?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://proxy.suverse.io/v1/data/suverse-openlibrary-authorsWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need to resolve or enrich author identity data without managing an API key, especially in agentic pipelines that need pay-per-call billing via x402 USDC micropayments. Ideal for bibliographic enrichment, citation verification, or disambiguating author names against the Open Library catalogue. Prefer over direct Open Library API calls when you need a metered, agent-friendly wrapper with predictable per-call pricing.
Side effects
- No matching authors found for an obscure or misspelled name — returns empty results
- Ambiguous name matches many authors — returns multiple records requiring further disambiguation
- Open Library upstream unavailable — proxy may return a 5xx error
- Malformed request body (missing required fields) — returns 400 validation error
- Payment not processed (x402 protocol failure) — returns 402 Payment Required
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
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