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Gutendex

JSON search over the Project Gutenberg library

📖 Books & WordsUNMONITOREDchecked 58 min ago
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ?HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

A read-only web API over Project Gutenberg's public-domain book catalog. Search by author, title, language or topic and get back IDs, authors, download counts and file links. No key required.

—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
▶ Run liveDocs ↗
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Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://gutendex.com/books/?search=dickens

{
  "count": 230,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 564,
      "title": "The Mystery of Edwin Drood",
      "authors": [
        {
          "name": "Dickens, Charles",
          "birth_year": 1812,
          "death_year": 1870
        }
      ],
      "download_count": 39676
    }
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://gutendex.com/books/?search=dickens"
const res = await fetch("https://gutendex.com/books/?search=dickens");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://gutendex.com/books/?search=dickens")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 3On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
First rollup pending — GET /books/?search=dickens has been probed
GET/books/?search=dickensPROBED

JSON search over the Project Gutenberg library

GET/books/?limit=5

Books — documented GET route.

GET/books/?page=1

Books — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Gutendex: common questions

Is Gutendex free to use?

Yes — Gutendex is a free books & words API. Free tier: Free, no key. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Gutendex need an API key?

No — Gutendex needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Gutendex from the browser?

Yes — Gutendex returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Gutendex up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Gutendex is unmonitored. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.