{title}: Get ebook details

API: standardebooks.org:standard-ebooks-api
Endpoint: /ebooks/{author}/{title}
Response format: application/xhtml+xml
Charset: utf-8
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 696ms

Description

Retrieve detailed metadata for a specific ebook including description, word count, reading ease, and download links.

Parameters (2)

author (string, path, required)

Author name in URL format (e.g., 'jane-austen')

title (string, path, required)

Book title in URL format (e.g., 'pride-and-prejudice')

Examples (1)

Get ebook details openapi-spec
curl 'https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jane-austen/pride-and-prejudice'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jane-austen/pride-and-prejudice")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("standardebooks")
result = api.fetch("ebooks/{author}/{title}")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jane-austen/pride-and-prejudice");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

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