GET /authors/{olid}/works.json

openlibrary.org:open-library-api

Summary: Get works by author
Operation ID: getAuthorWorks
Auth: none
Description

Retrieve a list of works by a specific author with pagination support.

Parameters (3)

limit (integer, query, optional)

Number of works to return (default varies)

Constraints: {'minimum': 1, 'maximum': 100}

offset (integer, query, optional)

Offset for pagination

Constraints: {'minimum': 0}

olid (string, path, required)

Open Library author ID

Constraints: {'pattern': '^OL[0-9]+A$'}

Examples (1)

TitleTypeURLAction
Get works by author openapi-spec https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL23919A/works.json

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 09:00:11.186186 200 996ms