# Google Books

> Look up book metadata, including titles, authors, descriptions, ISBNs, and ratings, from the Google Books catalog.

App · Research & Academia · 1 action. Web page: https://docs.lodol.com/docs/integrations/google-books

## Actions

### Get book

Look up a book's metadata (title, authors, description, ISBNs, and more) from Google Books using its volume ID.

**Inputs**

- Volume ID (`volume_id`, text, required): The Google Books volume ID. It's the value after '/books/edition/_/' or the 'id=' parameter in a Google Books URL, for example, 'zyTCAlFPjgYC'.

**Outputs**

- `authors` (list): List of author names.
- `average_rating` (number): Average rating (1-5), if available.
- `categories` (list): Subject categories.
- `description` (text): Book description / synopsis.
- `id` (text): The volume ID.
- `info_link` (text): Link to the book on Google Books.
- `isbn_10` (text): ISBN-10, if available.
- `isbn_13` (text): ISBN-13, if available.
- `page_count` (number): Number of pages.
- `published_date` (text): Publication date.
- `publisher` (text): Publisher name.
- `subtitle` (text): Book subtitle, if any.
- `thumbnail` (text): Cover thumbnail image URL.
- `title` (text): Book title.

**Example output**

```json
{
  "authors": [
    "David A. Vise",
    "Mark Malseed"
  ],
  "average_rating": 3.5,
  "categories": [
    "Business & Economics"
  ],
  "description": "The definitive account of Google's rise.",
  "id": "zyTCAlFPjgYC",
  "info_link": "https://books.google.com/books?id=zyTCAlFPjgYC",
  "isbn_10": "0553902202",
  "isbn_13": "9780553902204",
  "page_count": 336,
  "published_date": "2005-11-15",
  "publisher": "Delacorte Press",
  "subtitle": null,
  "thumbnail": "http://books.google.com/books/content?id=zyTCAlFPjgYC&printsec=frontcover&img=1",
  "title": "The Google Story"
}
```