The Price of Books Dataset

Over 25 million titles

We have collated one of the largest databases of books on the planet, and we have added the most robust price tracking system to it

Easy to use

Access extensive bibliographic data, including live pricing, authorship, and publication details.

You can do this all with our simple-to-use API, with more calls per dollar than any of our competitors

Versatile uses

We can help bookstores, academic institutions, and any bookdata driven business with our state of the art database.

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Who Can Benefit?

Academic Institutions

Provide your students and users with up-to-date metrics and bibliographic details. Help students find items not currently in your library with our code snippet that links to the cheapest available copy on the internet.

Online Booksellers

Ensure your website and stores have full searchability to give customers a streamlined experience with your business.

You can even help customers find books not currently in your stock, increasing customer satisfaction and cooperation within the industry,/p>

Publishers

Streamline book distribution with accurate and real-time bibliographic data.

Bibliophile Startups

With access to a modern and comprehensive dataset, you can streamline your startup processes, allowing you to grow your company faster.

Further Non-Profits and For-Profit Companies

Utilize our dataset for innovative applications in your respective fields.

API Documentation

Connect to our API for real-time book data, including book details, price tracking, and intelligent search. Make sure to include your API key in every request. You will be emailed your API key upon subscription.

Authentication

Authenticate each request using your API key. The key can be passed in the header.


https://thepriceofbooks.com/api.php?endpoint=search&q=9780060595371&api_key=API KEY

Get All Books

Retrieve a list of books (limited to 50 per request for performance reasons).


GET /api.php?endpoint=books

Headers: X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY

Get Book by Title

Fetch detailed information about a single book using its unique ID.


https://your-domain.com/api.php?endpoint=search&q=Harry%20Potter&api_key=your-api-key

Get books by Author

Search for books by title, ISBN, or keywords. Automatically optimizes search based on input.


https://your-domain.com/api.php?endpoint=search&q=J.K.%20Rowling&api_key=your-api-key

Example Response

Sample response for a book search request:


{
    "id": 12345,
    "title": "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone",
    "author": "J.K. Rowling",
    "isbn13": "9780439708180",
    "min_price": 5.99,
    "avg_price": 10.50,
    "sellers": [
        {"seller_name": "Bookstore A", "price": 5.99},
        {"seller_name": "Bookstore B", "price": 6.50},
        {"seller_name": "Bookstore C", "price": 7.00}
    ]
}

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