search_books
Search Open Library by title, author, or free text, returning a list of matching books with title, authors, publication year, and edition count.
Instructions
Search books by title, author, or free text via the Open Library search API and return a list of matching book records.
Queries Open Library over the network (no browser or authentication required). Returns a list of dicts, each typically containing: title (str), author_names (list of str), first_publish_year (int or None), edition_count (int), and the Open Library work key (str, e.g. "/works/OL45804W"). Fields missing upstream are omitted or None. Returns an empty list when the query matches nothing. Read-only: no local files or state are modified.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | Yes | Title, author, or free-text search string. Type: string. Example: "the hobbit tolkien". Required, no default. | |
| max_results | No | Maximum number of books to return. Type: integer. Example: 10. Default: 20. Allowed: any positive integer. |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| data | No | ||
| count | No | ||
| errors | No | ||
| scraper | No | ||
| source_urls | No |