| Overview |
| Summary | Book search services |
| Category | Reference |
| Tags | reference books search |
| Date Added | 2008-09-29 |
| Description | Use the Google Book Search Data API to get and modify Book Search content via feeds. Submit full-text searches for books and get book information, ratings, and reviews. Optionally get individual users' library collections and public reviews. Submit authenticated requests to create and modify library collections, ratings, labels, reviews, and more. |
| API Home Page | http://code.google.com/apis/books/docs/gdata/ ... |
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| Protocol |
| Protocols | REST, Atom, GData |
| Data Formats | XML, RSS, OpenSearch |
| Service Endpoint | http://books.google.com/books/feeds/volumes |
| Functionality |
| API Groups | Authenticating, Searching, Reviews, Labels, Ratings, Book collections and My Library |
| Example API Methods | /volumes?q=football+-soccer&start-index=11&max-results=10 |
| Client Install Required | No |
| Security |
| Authentication Model | Open for read-only, AuthSub proxy auth or ClientLogin user/pass |
| SSL Support | No |
| Read-only Without Login | Yes |
| Support |
| Vendor API Kits | Google Data client libraries |
| Community API Kits | |
| API Blog | |
| Site Blog | http://booksearch.blogspot.com/ |
| API Forum | |
| Developer Support | |
| Signup and Licensing |
| Signup Requirements | Free, standard Google account required |
| Developer Key Required | Yes |
| Account with Service Required | No |
| Commercial Licensing | |
| Provider | http://google.com |
| Non-Commercial Licensing | |
| Data Licensing | |
| Usage Fees | None |
| Usage Limits | None specified |
| Terms of Service | http://code.google.com/apis/books/terms.ht... |