Open Library Scraper — Books, Authors & Subjects

Scrape Open Library by search query, subject, or author. Extract title, ISBN, ratings, cover, publisher, subjects, and edition count for research, cataloging, and book discovery. No API key, no login.

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Pricing

Pay per event

Charged only on successful results.

Output

JSON / CSV

Clean schema, ready for ETL.

Runtime

3 runs

1 users total

Infra

Hosted

No setup — runs in the cloud on Apify.

What it returns

Scrape Open Library by search query, subject, or author. Extract title, ISBN, ratings, cover, publisher, subjects, and edition count for research, cataloging, and book discovery.

How to run it

Open the actor on Apify (button above).
Fill the input schema — most fields have sensible defaults.
Click Run. Results land in the dataset within minutes.
Export as JSON or CSV, or pull via the dataset API.

Guides for this scraper

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How to Scrape Open Library Books, ISBNs & Ratings 2026

Pull bibliographic data from Open Library's public REST API: titles, ISBNs, ratings, publishers, subjects and covers by search, subject or author — no key, no login.

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