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Open Library Book Search
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Open Library Book Search is a paid API for AI agents from x402-toolbox.shablony-pro.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).
Searches the Open Library catalog for books by title, author, subject, or other query terms and returns matching book records.
Price / call$0.002
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
309 deterministic pay-per-call tools for AI agents over x402 (USDC, Base). No signup, no API key: the payment is the identity.
Output
A JSON object with ok and paid flags plus a list of matching book records from the Open Library catalog, each typically containing title, author(s), publication year, ISBN(s), Open Library work ID, and subject tags.
Example use cases
Author bibliography lookup
“Search Open Library for all books written by Ursula K. Le Guin and show me the titles and publication years.”
Subject-based book discovery
“Find me books about the history of the Roman Empire on Open Library — I want to see titles, authors, and any ISBNs.”
Title verification for purchase
“Look up 'The Pragmatic Programmer' on Open Library and confirm the authors and edition details for me.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://x402-toolbox.shablony-pro.workers.dev/data/book-search-openlibrary?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need free, no-signup bibliographic search against the Open Library (Internet Archive) catalog, especially for classic, out-of-print, or public domain books. It is ideal for agents that need book metadata without requiring a commercial API key and can pay $0.001 USDC per call via x402.
Side effects
- No results found for an overly specific or misspelled query
- Open Library API unavailable or rate-limited, resulting in an error response
- Payment failure via x402 protocol returning a 402 status before any data is returned
- Ambiguous query returning unrelated books
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| schema | string |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"ok": true,
"paid": true
}
}Tags
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