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post/books/v1/search1 credit

search books: q OR fielded (title/author/subject/publisher/place/person/isbn/language); rich cards (ratings/reading-log/ebook_access/IA); sort=new|old|rating|want_to_read|editions; pagination

Working example
Parameters

Free-text search. Supply `q` OR at least one fielded param (title/author/subject/publisher/place/person/isbn/language).

Fielded search filter — match on title (OpenLibrary search). Combinable with other fielded params.

Fielded search filter — match on author (OpenLibrary search). Combinable with other fielded params.

Fielded search filter — match on subject (OpenLibrary search). Combinable with other fielded params.

Fielded search filter — match on publisher (OpenLibrary search). Combinable with other fielded params.

Fielded search filter — match on place (OpenLibrary search). Combinable with other fielded params.

Fielded search filter — match on person (OpenLibrary search). Combinable with other fielded params.

Fielded search filter — match on isbn (OpenLibrary search). Combinable with other fielded params.

Fielded search filter — match on language (OpenLibrary search). Combinable with other fielded params.

Result ordering (OpenLibrary sort). Common keys shown; other OpenLibrary sort keys also pass through.

Results per page (1-100, default 20); out-of-range values are clamped. (1–100)

1-based page number (clamped to 1-1000). (1–1000)

request preview
curl -X POST https://api.reefapi.com/books/v1/search \
  -H "x-api-key: $REEF_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"q":"the hunger games"}'

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