Google Books JS

This is a simple Javascript wrapper for the Google Books API. The goal of this library is to make easy retrieving information from their API. You can use it on a NodeJS project or a Web project.

Installation

$ npm install google-books-js

Usage

Searching for books

import { GoogleBooksAPI } from "google-books-js";

const googleBooksApi = new GoogleBooksAPI();

async function fetchBooks(): Promise<void> {
  const books = await googleBooksApi.search({
    filters: {
      title: "Bartleby",
    },
  });

  console.log(books);
}

fetchBooks();

Getting a book by its ID

import { GoogleBooksAPI } from "google-books-js";

const googleBooksApi = new GoogleBooksAPI();

async function fetchBook(): Promise<void> {
  const book = await googleBooksApi.getVolume("bookId");

  console.log(book);
}

fetchBook();

Methods

• search()

  • parameters:

    • filters:
      • title: string
      • author: string
      • subject: string
      • isbn: string

  • returns SearchResult:

    • kind: string
    • totalItems: number
    • items: Volume[]

  • example:

    const books = await googleBooksApi.search({
      filters: {
        title: "The old and the sea",
        author: "Ernest Heminghway",
      },
    });

• getVolume()

  • parameters:

    • volumeId: string

  • returns Volume

  • example:

  const book = await api.getVolume("SDepCQAAQBAJ");

Types

• SearchResult:

  • kind: string
  • totalItems: number
  • items: Volume[]

• Volume

  • id: string
  • etag: string
  • kind: string
  • selfLink: string
  • volumeInfo:
    • title: string
    • subtitle: string
    • description: string
    • authors: string[]
    • publisher: string
    • publishedDate: string
    • industryIdentifiers:
      • type: string
      • identifier: string
    • pageCount: number
    • printType: string
    • categories: string[]
    • maturityRating: string
    • imageLinks:
      • smallThumbnail: string
      • thumbnail: string
    • previewLink: string
    • infoLink: string
    • canonicalVolumeLink: string

Roadmap

• Implemented the API Key support
• Implement the pagination on search
• Improve typings