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Google Bookshelves API

The Bookshelves API from Google — 3 operation(s) for bookshelves.

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Google Bookshelves API is one of 125 APIs that Google publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Bookshelves. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, and an API reference.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1.

3 operations 3 paths 5 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.example.com
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Contact
Google Books API
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Google Bookshelves API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 1 scope.

  • OAuth2 — OAuth 2.0 authentication for Google Books API

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Bookshelves 3
GET
/users/{userId}/bookshelves
Google List Bookshelves
listBookshelves 2 params → 200400401404
GET
/users/{userId}/bookshelves/{shelf}
Google Get Bookshelf
getBookshelf 3 params → 200400401404
GET
/users/{userId}/bookshelves/{shelf}/volumes
Google List Bookshelf Volumes
listBookshelfVolumes 6 params → 200400401404

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Bookshelf (10 properties), Volume (9 properties), VolumesResponse (3 properties), BookshelvesResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Bookshelf
object
A bookshelf resource represents the metadata for a bookshelf, it does not include the volumes in the bookshelf
10 properties
VolumesResponse
object
Response containing a list of volumes from a search
3 properties 1 required
BookshelvesResponse
object
Response containing a list of bookshelves
2 properties 1 required
Error
object
Error response
1 property
Volume
object
A Volume represents information that Google Books hosts about a book or a magazine. It contains metadata, such as title and author, as well as personalized dat…
9 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

google-bookshelves-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
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google:google-bookshelves-api
Base URL
https://api.example.com
Docs
https://cloud.google.com/api-gateway/docs
Provider
Google
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