books: Generate fake book data
API: fakerapi.it:faker-api
Endpoint: /books
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status:
200
Latency: 568ms
Description
Returns fake book data including title, author, genre, description, ISBN, publisher, and published date. Use for testing book/ebook applications.
From spec: Generate fake book data including titles, authors, genres, ISBNs, and descriptions.
Usage Tips
- Use _quantity parameter to control number of results
- ISBNs are randomly generated, not valid
- Published dates span many decades
Parameters (3)
_locale
(string, query, optional, default: en_US)
Locale for generated data (e.g., en_US, fr_FR, de_DE). Default is en_US.
_quantity
(integer, query, optional, default: 10)
Number of records to generate (1-1000). Default is 10.
Constraints: {'minimum': 1, 'maximum': 1000}
_seed
(integer, query, optional)
Seed for reproducible results. Same seed produces same output.
Examples (1)
Get book - /books
probe-gate
Demonstrates fetching 2 fake books records with common query parameters.
curl 'https://fakerapi.it/api/v1/books?_quantity=2'
import requests
resp = requests.get(
"https://fakerapi.it/api/v1/books",
params={
'_quantity': '2',
},
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis
api = zingu_apis.api("fakerapi")
result = api.fetch("books", _quantity=2)
for item in result:
print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://fakerapi.it/api/v1/books?_quantity=2");
const data = await resp.json();
Probe History
| Time | Status | Latency | Size |
| 2026-04-16 17:47:20.930920 |
200
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568ms |
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| 2026-04-16 02:08:21.595252 |
200
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10135ms |
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| 2026-04-15 00:22:44.514866 |
200
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587ms |
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| 2026-04-14 01:22:55.875979 |
200
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483ms |
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| 2026-04-12 13:41:28.491852 |
200
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14724ms |
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| 2026-04-10 01:40:02.452023 |
200
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966ms |
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| 2026-04-09 02:16:32.228987 |
200
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1818ms |
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| 2026-04-08 07:54:41.422841 |
200
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1977ms |
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| 2026-04-07 00:43:20.949338 |
200
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599ms |
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| 2026-04-06 04:35:13.899388 |
200
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499ms |
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| 2026-04-05 15:17:09.501362 |
ERR
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