AppleBooks API endpoint
Returns an Apple Books series by its numeric `id`: the series `name` and `url`, and its books in series order. Each book has `series_sequence`, author, `publisher`, `isbn`, `page_count`, price and rating. `country` (default `us`) and `lang` choose the storefront and language.
/apple-books/series/{id}MCP tool: apple_books_series
Path parameters:
id: required. Apple Books numeric series 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 7 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| id | 7 | |
| name | 7 | “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Enhanced Edition)” and 6 other values |
| url | 7 | books.apple.com |
| artist_id | 7 | |
| artist_name | 7 | J.K. Rowling in all 7 |
| artist_url | 7 | books.apple.com |
| artwork_url | 7 | is1-ssl.mzstatic.com |
| genres | 7 | median 13 entries |
| isbn | 7 | |
| release_date | 7 | 2015-11-20 |
| price | 7 | 11.99 |
| currency | 7 | USD in all 7 |
| free | 7 | true in 0 of 7 |
| rating | 7 | 4.7 to 4.8, median 4.7 |
| rating_count | 7 | 4,680 to 10,804, median 5,612 |
| rating_histogram | 7 | |
| series_name | 7 | The Harry Potter Series in all 7 |
| series_sequence | 7 | 1 to 7, median 4 |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| id (path) | string | Yes | Apple Books numeric series ID | 1044374793 | |
| 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/series/1044374793?country=us&lang=en" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"id": 1044374793,
"name": "The Harry Potter Series",
"url": "https://books.apple.com/us/book-series/the-harry-potter-series/id1044374793",
"books": [
{
"id": 1037193578,
"name": "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Enhanced Edition)",
"series_sequence": "1"
},
{
"id": 1037196655,
"name": "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Enhanced Edition)",
"series_sequence": "2"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/applebooks.seriesResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | applebooks.Series | No | ||||
| data.books | array | No | Book record, 24 fields: artist_id, artist_name, artist_url, artwork_url, audience, audiobook_id, currency, description, free, genres, id, isbn and 12 more. Described under Apple Books Book API. | |||
| data.id | integer | No | ||||
| data.name | string | No | ||||
| data.url | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Missing or invalid parameters | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Series 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/series/1044374793?country=us&lang=en" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"