GET /ebooks
standardebooks.org:standard-ebooks-api
Summary: Browse and search ebooks (HTML)
Operation ID: browseEbooks
Auth: unknown
Operation ID: browseEbooks
Auth: unknown
Description
Browse the ebook catalog or search with filters. Returns HTML with Schema.org Book markup.
Parameters (6)
page
(integer, query, optional, default: 1)
Page number
Constraints: {'minimum': 1}
per-page
(integer, query, optional, default: 12)
Results per page
Constraints: {'enum': [12, 24, 48]}
query
(string, query, optional)
Search terms
sort
(string, query, optional, default: newest)
Sort order
Constraints: {'enum': ['newest', 'oldest', 'author', 'title', 'reading-easy']}
tags[]
(string, query, optional)
Subject filter (can be specified multiple times)
Constraints: {'enum': ['Adventure', 'Biography', 'Childrens', 'Comedy', 'Drama', 'Fantasy', 'Fiction', 'Horror', 'Memoir', 'Mystery', 'Nonfiction', 'Philosophy', 'Poetry', 'Romance', 'Satire', 'Science Fiction', 'Shorts', 'Spirituality', 'Tragedy']}
view
(string, query, optional, default: grid)
Display format
Constraints: {'enum': ['grid', 'list']}
Examples (3)
| Title | Type | URL | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic browse with pagination | curl |
https://standardebooks.org/ebooks?page=1&per-page=12 |
|
| Search by author with subject filter | curl |
https://standardebooks.org/ebooks?query=jane+austen&tags%5B%5D=fiction |
|
| List view sorted by author name | curl |
https://standardebooks.org/ebooks?view=list&sort=author&per-page=24 |
Probe History
Status Codes
| Time | Status | Latency | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 10:27:24.646902 | 200 | 402ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:38:04.625783 | 200 | 371ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:23:10.035327 | 200 | 544ms |
Response Changes
| When | Old | New |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 09:38:04.625783 | b97c4304e986 |
5f2af8111fc9 |
| 2026-03-23 10:27:24.646902 | 5f2af8111fc9 |
3482c6a2ece0 |