AppleBooks API endpoint
Returns the 'Customers Also Bought' books shown on the Apple Books page of one book, identified by its numeric `id`. `country` (default `us`) and `lang` (such as `en-us`) choose the storefront and language. Each item has name, author, `publisher`, `isbn`, `page_count`, price, rating and `series_sequence`.
/apple-books/book/{id}/similarMCP tool: apple_books_book_similar
Path parameters:
id: required. Apple Books numeric book ID.Query parameters:
country: optional. Two-letter storefront country code, default us.lang: optional. Result language tag, e.g. en-us.| Field | Filled in, of 15 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| id | 15 | |
| name | 15 | “The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, Book One)” and 14 other values |
| url | 15 | books.apple.com |
| artist_id | 15 | |
| artist_name | 15 | Suzanne Collins (5), Rick Riordan (3), J. R. R. Tolkien (3) and 4 more |
| artist_url | 15 | books.apple.com |
| artwork_url | 15 | is1-ssl.mzstatic.com |
| genres | 15 | median 6 entries |
| isbn | 15 | |
| release_date | 15 | 1975-09-01 to 2025-03-18 |
| price | 15 | 7.99 to 18.99, median 10.99 |
| currency | 15 | USD in all 15 |
| free | 15 | true in 0 of 15 |
| rating | 15 | 4.2 to 4.8, median 4.6 |
| rating_count | 15 | 596 to 9,558, median 6,515 |
| rating_histogram | 15 | |
| series_name | 13 | The Hunger Games (5), Percy Jackson and the Olympians (3), A Song of Ice & Fire (1) and 4 more |
| series_sequence | 12 | 1 to 5, median 1 |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| id (path) | string | Yes | Apple Books numeric book ID | 1037193578 | |
| country | string | No | Two-letter storefront country code | us | |
| lang | string | No | Result language tag | en-us | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/apple-books/book/1037193578/similar?country=us&lang=en" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": [
{
"id": 739209702,
"name": "The Hunger Games",
"artist_name": "Suzanne Collins",
"url": "https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-hunger-games/id739209702"
}
]
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/applebooks.similarResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | array | No | ||||
| data[].artist_id | integer | No | ||||
| data[].artist_name | string | No | ||||
| data[].artist_url | string | No | ||||
| data[].artwork_url | string | No | ||||
| data[].audience | string | No | ||||
| data[].audiobook_id | integer | No | ||||
| data[].currency | string | No | ||||
| data[].description | string | No | ||||
| data[].free | boolean | No | ||||
| data[].genres | array | No | ||||
| data[].id | integer | No | ||||
| data[].isbn | string | No | ||||
| data[].name | string | No | ||||
| data[].page_count | integer | No | ||||
| data[].price | number | No | ||||
| data[].publisher | string | No | ||||
| data[].rating | number | No | ||||
| data[].rating_count | integer | No | ||||
| data[].rating_histogram | object | No | ||||
| data[].release_date | string | No | ||||
| data[].series_id | integer | No | ||||
| data[].series_name | string | No | ||||
| data[].series_sequence | string | No | ||||
| data[].url | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Missing or invalid parameters | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Book not found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 429 | Rate limit exceeded | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 500 | Internal server error | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/apple-books/book/1037193578/similar?country=us&lang=en" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"