Open Library Read API

Open Library openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/read

Legacy partner API that returns availability and read URLs for books matched by ISBN, OCLC, LCCN, or OLID identifiers across libraries and the Internet Archive.

reads kind undeclared Media & Content · inferred probed 2/6 apis.iogithub.com/public-apis

Coordinates in the economy

Capability
openLibraryReadAPI · hints, unresolved
Vertical
Media & Content · NAICS 512, 515-516
Register key
media-entertainment (inferred)
Class
reads · answers a query per call · inferred
NAICS node
513130 · national-industry · inferred (sourceCategory:books)
Ruled name
apis.productions
Occupations
Records

Every offering binds one capability (the provider-independent resource) to one provider, and resolves to one category of the register board — the vertical it serves or the function it performs, with the occupations whose work it carries and the records it keeps. Browsing the directory is browsing the economy graph.

Machine face

# this entry, as data
curl https://apis.directory/apis/open-library/open-library-read-api.json

# the whole register
curl https://apis.directory/index.json

Adjacent in the register