GET /books/search
Search for books by title, author, or keyword across the Open Library catalog of millions of published works. Returns book titles, author names, publication years, cover image IDs, ISBNs, and subject categories. Useful for building reading list apps, book recommendation engines, library catalog interfaces, and literary exploration tools.
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curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/books/search?q=elixir+programming"
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/books/search?q=elixir+programming"
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/books/search?q=tolkien+lord+rings"
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/books/search?q=science+fiction"
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"title": "The Little Elixir & OTP Guidebook"
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"title": "Programming Ecto"
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"title": "Metaprogramming Elixir"
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"title": "Learn Functional Programming with Elixir"
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