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Try the Goodreads Book API

Test Crawlora's Goodreads Book API with realistic prefilled parameters. Generate a cURL request, inspect the expected structured JSON response, and open the full docs or pricing page when you are ready to integrate this public web data extraction endpoint into your application.

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /goodreads/book/{id}
Platform: Goodreads
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Required params: id

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/goodreads/book/<id>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
id (path)	string	Yes		Goodreads book id

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "id": "2767052",
    "title": "The Hunger Games",
    "description": "Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun...",
    "authors": [
      {
        "name": "Suzanne Collins",
        "role": "Author",
        "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/153394.Suzanne_Collins"
      }
    ],
    "series": "The Hunger Games #1",
    "genres": [
      "Young Adult",
      "Dystopia",
      "Fiction",
      "Fantasy",
      "Science Fiction"
    ],
    "format": "Hardcover",
    "pages": 374,
    "publisher": "Scholastic Press",
    "publication_date": "2008-10-14",
    "isbn": "0439023483",
    "isbn13": "9780439023481",
    "language": "English",
    "image_url": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1586722975i/2767052.jpg",
    "rating": {
      "average": 4.35,
      "ratings_count": 10177796,
      "reviews_count": 272857,
      "distribution": {
        "one_star": 133619,
        "two_star": 242008,
        "three_star": 1113038,
        "four_star": 3086914,
        "five_star": 5602217
      }
    },
    "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games",
    "source_url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052"
  }
}

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Endpoint

GETapiKey3 credits/requestgoodreads.bookResponseDocGoodreads

GET /goodreads/book/{id}

Get a Goodreads book

Returns a normalized Goodreads book: description, authors, series, genres, format, pages, publisher, publication date, ISBNs, and aggregate rating with the full 1-5 star distribution. Credential-free public Goodreads data (goodreads.com), parsed from the book page's embedded GraphQL cache.

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Path parameters

requiredstring

Goodreads book id

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "id": "2767052",
    "title": "The Hunger Games",
    "description": "Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun...",
    "authors": [
      {
        "name": "Suzanne Collins",
        "role": "Author",
        "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/153394.Suzanne_Collins"
      }
    ],
    "series": "The Hunger Games #1",
    "genres": [
      "Young Adult",
      "Dystopia",
      "Fiction",
      "Fantasy",
      "Science Fiction"
    ],
    "format": "Hardcover",
    "pages": 374,
    "publisher": "Scholastic Press",
    "publication_date": "2008-10-14",
    "isbn": "0439023483",
    "isbn13": "9780439023481",
    "language": "English",
    "image_url": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1586722975i/2767052.jpg",
    "rating": {
      "average": 4.35,
      "ratings_count": 10177796,
      "reviews_count": 272857,
      "distribution": {
        "one_star": 133619,
        "two_star": 242008,
        "three_star": 1113038,
        "four_star": 3086914,
        "five_star": 5602217
      }
    },
    "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games",
    "source_url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052"
  }
}

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /goodreads/book/{id}
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 3 credits/request
Platform: Goodreads
Parameters: 2 documented fields

Request parameters

id:pathx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.authorsdata.authors[].namedata.authors[].roledata.authors[].urldata.descriptiondata.formatdata.genresdata.iddata.image_urldata.isbn

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "id": "2767052",
    "title": "The Hunger Games",
    "description": "Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun...",
    "authors": [
      {
        "name": "Suzanne Collins",
        "role": "Author",
        "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/153394.Suzanne_Collins"
      }
    ],
    "series": "The Hunger Games #1",
    "genres": [
      "Young Adult",
      "Dystopia",
      "Fiction",
      "Fantasy",
      "Science Fiction"
    ],
    "format": "Hardcover",
    "pages": 374,
    "publisher": "Scholastic Press",
    "publication_date": "2008-10-14",
    "isbn": "0439023483",
    "isbn13": "9780439023481",
    "language": "English",
    "image_url": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1586722975i/2767052.jpg",
    "rating": {
      "average": 4.35,
      "ratings_count": 10177796,
      "reviews_count": 272857,
      "distribution": {
        "one_star": 133619,
        "two_star": 242008,
        "three_star": 1113038,
        "four_star": 3086914,
        "five_star": 5602217
      }
    },
    "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games",
    "source_url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/goodreads/book/<id>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Try the Goodreads Book API

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /goodreads/book/{id}
Platform: Goodreads
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Required params: id

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/goodreads/book/<id>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
id (path)	string	Yes		Goodreads book id

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "id": "2767052",
    "title": "The Hunger Games",
    "description": "Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun...",
    "authors": [
      {
        "name": "Suzanne Collins",
        "role": "Author",
        "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/153394.Suzanne_Collins"
      }
    ],
    "series": "The Hunger Games #1",
    "genres": [
      "Young Adult",
      "Dystopia",
      "Fiction",
      "Fantasy",
      "Science Fiction"
    ],
    "format": "Hardcover",
    "pages": 374,
    "publisher": "Scholastic Press",
    "publication_date": "2008-10-14",
    "isbn": "0439023483",
    "isbn13": "9780439023481",
    "language": "English",
    "image_url": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1586722975i/2767052.jpg",
    "rating": {
      "average": 4.35,
      "ratings_count": 10177796,
      "reviews_count": 272857,
      "distribution": {
        "one_star": 133619,
        "two_star": 242008,
        "three_star": 1113038,
        "four_star": 3086914,
        "five_star": 5602217
      }
    },
    "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games",
    "source_url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052"
  }
}

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GETapiKey3 credits/requestgoodreads.bookResponseDocGoodreads

GET /goodreads/book/{id}

Get a Goodreads book

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API key

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Path parameters

requiredstring

Goodreads book id

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "id": "2767052",
    "title": "The Hunger Games",
    "description": "Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun...",
    "authors": [
      {
        "name": "Suzanne Collins",
        "role": "Author",
        "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/153394.Suzanne_Collins"
      }
    ],
    "series": "The Hunger Games #1",
    "genres": [
      "Young Adult",
      "Dystopia",
      "Fiction",
      "Fantasy",
      "Science Fiction"
    ],
    "format": "Hardcover",
    "pages": 374,
    "publisher": "Scholastic Press",
    "publication_date": "2008-10-14",
    "isbn": "0439023483",
    "isbn13": "9780439023481",
    "language": "English",
    "image_url": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1586722975i/2767052.jpg",
    "rating": {
      "average": 4.35,
      "ratings_count": 10177796,
      "reviews_count": 272857,
      "distribution": {
        "one_star": 133619,
        "two_star": 242008,
        "three_star": 1113038,
        "four_star": 3086914,
        "five_star": 5602217
      }
    },
    "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games",
    "source_url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052"
  }
}

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /goodreads/book/{id}
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 3 credits/request
Platform: Goodreads
Parameters: 2 documented fields

Request parameters

id:pathx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.authorsdata.authors[].namedata.authors[].roledata.authors[].urldata.descriptiondata.formatdata.genresdata.iddata.image_urldata.isbn

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "id": "2767052",
    "title": "The Hunger Games",
    "description": "Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun...",
    "authors": [
      {
        "name": "Suzanne Collins",
        "role": "Author",
        "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/153394.Suzanne_Collins"
      }
    ],
    "series": "The Hunger Games #1",
    "genres": [
      "Young Adult",
      "Dystopia",
      "Fiction",
      "Fantasy",
      "Science Fiction"
    ],
    "format": "Hardcover",
    "pages": 374,
    "publisher": "Scholastic Press",
    "publication_date": "2008-10-14",
    "isbn": "0439023483",
    "isbn13": "9780439023481",
    "language": "English",
    "image_url": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1586722975i/2767052.jpg",
    "rating": {
      "average": 4.35,
      "ratings_count": 10177796,
      "reviews_count": 272857,
      "distribution": {
        "one_star": 133619,
        "two_star": 242008,
        "three_star": 1113038,
        "four_star": 3086914,
        "five_star": 5602217
      }
    },
    "uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games",
    "source_url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/goodreads/book/<id>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"