Search millions of books from the Internet Archive's Open Library - titles, authors, covers, and editions. Keyless.
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npm install omnistream-sdkimport { OmniClient } from "omnistream-sdk";
const omni = new OmniClient({ token: process.env.OMNI_KEY! });
// One key reaches every API on the marketplace.
const data = await omni.call("openlibrary/searchBooks");One install, one key - the same client calls every API on the marketplace.
Search books by title, author, or keyword
Search authors by name
Books under a subject
/**
* OpenLibrary - generated by OmniStream from Open Library's OpenAPI spec.
* One typed method per endpoint. A single Omni key reaches the API.
*/
const DEFAULT_BASE = "https://grid.skinvaults.online/v1/proxy/openlibrary";
export class OpenLibraryError extends Error {
status: number;
code?: string;
constructor(status: number, code: string | undefined, message?: string) {
super(message || `OpenLibrary error ${status}`);
this.name = "OpenLibraryError";
this.status = status;
this.code = code;
}
}
export interface OpenLibraryOptions {
baseUrl?: string;
fetch?: typeof fetch;
timeoutMs?: number;
}
export class OpenLibrary {
/** @param token Your OmniStream key (one key for every API). */
constructor(private token: string, private opts: OpenLibraryOptions = {}) {
if (!token) throw new Error("OpenLibrary: token is required");
}
rateLimit: { remainingMinute?: number; remainingDay?: number } | null = null;
private async _request(method: string, path: string, { params, body }: { params?: Record<string, unknown>; body?: unknown } = {}): Promise<any> {
const f = this.opts.fetch ?? globalThis.fetch;
const url = new URL((this.opts.baseUrl ?? DEFAULT_BASE).replace(/\/+$/, "") + path);
if (params) for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(params)) if (v != null) url.searchParams.set(k, String(v));
const headers: Record<string, string> = { "x-omni-key": this.token };
if (body !== undefined) headers["content-type"] = "application/json";
const res = await f(url, { method, headers, body: body !== undefined ? JSON.stringify(body) : undefined });
this.rateLimit = {
remainingMinute: Number(res.headers.get("x-ratelimit-remaining-minute")) || undefined,
remainingDay: Number(res.headers.get("x-ratelimit-remaining-day")) || undefined,
};
const data = await res.json().catch(() => ({}));
if (!res.ok) throw new OpenLibraryError(res.status, data?.error?.code, data?.error?.message);
return data.data ?? data;
}
/** Search books by title, author, or keyword */
searchBooks(params: { "q": string; "limit"?: number }): Promise<any> {
return this._request("GET", "/search.json", { params });
}
/** Search authors by name */
searchAuthors(params: { "q": string }): Promise<any> {
return this._request("GET", "/search/authors.json", { params });
}
/** Books under a subject */
getSubject(params: { "subject": string }): Promise<any> {
return this._request("GET", "/subjects/{subject}.json", { params });
}
}
export default OpenLibrary;
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No. Open Library is included with your Omni key, so a single OmniStream key is enough to start calling it. There is no separate signup with the provider and no second key to manage.
Search millions of books from the Internet Archive's Open Library - titles, authors, covers, and editions. Keyless. It exposes 3 endpoints over GET, including GET /search.json, GET /search/authors.json, GET /subjects/{subject}.json.
Install the OmniStream SDK for your language and call Open Library through it. The client is generated from this API's OpenAPI spec, so parameters and responses are fully typed, and the same client also calls every other API in the marketplace.
You can start on the free plan. OmniStream charges for the unified SDK, key storage and proxy rather than for Open Library itself.
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