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GET /v1/isbn

Resolve an ISBN to its book, edition details and work id

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/bookstats-api/v1/isbn" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/bookstats-api/v1/isbn", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/bookstats-api/v1/isbn");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/bookstats-api/v1/isbn",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "isbn": "9780547928227",
        "pages": 300,
        "title": "The Hobbit",
        "source": "Open Library",
        "work_id": "OL27482W",
        "subtitle": null,
        "work_url": "https://openlibrary.org/works/OL27482W",
        "languages": [
            "eng"
        ],
        "publishers": [
            "Mariner Books"
        ],
        "publish_date": "2012",
        "physical_format": "Paperback",
        "open_library_url": "https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780547928227"
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-13T13:54:29.068Z",
        "request_id": "3f242447-aaac-4366-95fb-8ff3619b7f29"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "ISBN resolved successfully",
    "success": true
}