Goodreads

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Read thousands of book reviews by your friends and other Goodreads members, keep a virtual bookshelf of what you've read, and build your to-read list as you discover great books on the website.Goodreads is a free service for everyone who reads. We have more than 35 million members who have added more than 1 billion books.

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72 endpoints
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Goodreads endpoints

MethodEndpointDescription
POST addBookToShelf
/addBookToShelf 		Add a book to a shelf.
POST GetlistopiasByBookId
/GetlistopiasByBookId 		Get the listopia lists for a given book.Version of list/book.
POST addBooksToMultipleShelves
/addBooksToMultipleShelves 		Add a list of books to many current user's shelves.
POST addFriend
/addFriend 		Sends a friend request to a user. You'll need to register your app (required).
POST addOwnedBook
/addOwnedBook 		Adds a book to user's list of owned books.You'll need to register your app (required).
POST addQuote
/addQuote 		If you don't specify an author_id, it will try to look one up based on the author_name you provide. You'll need to register your app (required).
POST compareBooksWithMember
/compareBooksWithMember 		Get a response with stats comparing your books to another member's.
POST confirmFriendRequest
/confirmFriendRequest 		Confirm a friend request for the current user. You'll need to register your app (required).
POST createBookShelf
/createBookShelf 		Add book shelves for members.
POST createComment
/createComment 		Creates a new comment. You'll need to register your app (required).
POST createReview
/createReview 		Add book reviews for members. You'll need to register your app (required).
POST createTopic
/createTopic 		Create a new topic.
POST declineFriendRequest
/declineFriendRequest 		Decline a friend request for the current user. You'll need to register your app (required).
POST deleteOwnedBook
/deleteOwnedBook 		Deletes a book a user owns. You'll need to register your app (required).
POST deleteUserStatus
/deleteUserStatus 		Delete status updates for members.
POST followAnAuthor
/followAnAuthor 		Make the signed-in user follow an author.
POST followUser
/followUser 		Start following a user. You'll need to register your app (required).
POST getAccessCredentials
/getAccessCredentials 		Get Access Credentials (accessToken/accessTokenSecret), after getRequestToken use `/oauth/authorize` url.
POST getAllEditionsByWork
/getAllEditionsByWork 		List of all the available editions of a particular work. This API requires extra permission.
POST getAllRecentReviews
/getAllRecentReviews 		Get a response with the most recently added reviews from all members.
POST getAuthorBooks
/getAuthorBooks 		Get a response with a paginated list of an authors books.
POST getAuthorByName
/getAuthorByName 		Get an response with the Goodreads url for the given author name.
POST getAuthorFollowingInformation
/getAuthorFollowingInformation 		Get a response describing the association between a user and an author.
POST getAuthorInfo
/getAuthorInfo 		Get a response with info about an author.
POST getAuthorizedUser
/getAuthorizedUser 		Get an response with the Goodreads user_id for the user who authorized access.
POST getBookIdByISBNs
/getBookIdByISBNs 		Get Goodreads book IDs given one or more ISBNs. Response contains IDs without any markup.
POST getBookReview
/getBookReview 		Get a response that contains embed code for the iframe reviews widget. The reviews widget shows an excerpt (first 300 characters) of the most popular reviews of a book for a…
POST getBookReviewsByISBN
/getBookReviewsByISBN 		Get a response that contains embed code for the iframe reviews widget that shows excerpts (first 300 characters) of the most popular reviews of a book for a given ISBN. The…
POST getListOwnedBooksByUserId
/getListOwnedBooksByUserId 		List books owned by a user.
POST getBookReviewsByTitle
/getBookReviewsByTitle 		Get a response that contains embed code for the iframe reviews widget, which shows an excerpt (first 300 characters) of the most popular reviews of a book for a given…
POST getBooksByMultipleFields
/getBooksByMultipleFields 		Get a response with the most popular books for the given query. This will search all books in the title/author/ISBN fields and show matches, sorted by popularity on Goodreads.…
POST getBooksOnMembersShelf
/getBooksOnMembersShelf 		Get the books on a members shelf. Customize the feed with the below variables. Viewing members with profiles who have set them as visible to members only or just their friends.
POST getCommentsList
/getCommentsList 		Creates a new comment. You'll need to register your app (required).
POST getCurrentUsersNotifications
/getCurrentUsersNotifications 		Viewing any new notifications here will mark them as `viewed`.
POST getEventsInYourArea
/getEventsInYourArea 		Shows events nearby the authenticating user or you can get a list of events near a location by passing lat/lng coordinates.
POST getFriendRequests
/getFriendRequests 		Returns a response with the current user's friend requests. You'll need to register your app (required).
POST getFriendUpdates
/getFriendUpdates 		Get your friend updates (the same data you see on your homepage).
POST getGroup
/getGroup 		Get info about a group by id.
POST getGroupBySearchQuery
/getGroupBySearchQuery 		Search group titles and descriptions for the given string.
POST getGroupMembers
/getGroupMembers 		Returns a response list of members of the group.
POST getListTopicsByGroupFolder
/getListTopicsByGroupFolder 		Returns a list of topics in a group's folder specified either by group id.
POST getMember
/getMember 		Get a response with the public information about the given Goodreads user.
POST getOwnedBooks
/getOwnedBooks 		List books owned by a user.
POST getPeopleUserIsFollowing
/getPeopleUserIsFollowing 		Get a response with people the given user is following.
POST getRecommendation
/getRecommendation 		Get information about a particular recommendation that one user made for another. Includes comments and likes. You'll need to register your app (required).
POST getRequestToken
/getRequestToken 		Get Request Token.
POST getReview
/getReview 		Get a response that contains the review and rating.
POST getReviewStatisticsByISBNs
/getReviewStatisticsByISBNs 		Get review statistics for books given a list of ISBNs.You can mix ISBN10s and ISBN13s, but you'll receive a 422 error if you don't specify any, and you'll receive a 404 if none…
POST getSeries
/getSeries 		Info on a series.
POST getSeriesByAuthorId
/getSeriesByAuthorId 		List of all series by an author.
+ 22 more endpoints on the provider's documentation.

Goodreads pricing

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