Books API
Books with real ISBN-13s, genres, ratings and availability. Hardcoded in-memory data: writes last until the app restarts.
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- GET
https://api.testingapis.com/api/BooksList books with filtering, sorting, search and paginationList books with filtering, sorting, search and pagination. - POST
https://api.testingapis.com/api/BooksCreate a bookCreate a book. - GETHEAD
https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/{id}Get a book by IDGet a book by ID (HEAD returns the headers only). - PUT
https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/{id}Replace a bookReplace a book. - PATCH
https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/{id}Partially update a book with a JSON merge patchPartially update a book with a JSON merge patch. - DELETE
https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/{id}Delete a bookDelete a book. - GET
https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/authorsList authors with the number of books by eachList authors with the number of books by each. - POST
https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/bulkCreate up to 100 books in one requestCreate up to 100 books in one request. - DELETE
https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/bulkDelete several books by IDDelete several books by ID. - GET
https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/countCount all booksCount all books. - GET
https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/genresList genres, sorted and without duplicatesList genres, sorted and without duplicates. - GET
https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/isbn/{isbn}Get a book by ISBNGet a book by ISBN.
Example request
List books with filtering, sorting, search and pagination. Full reference and a Send button.
curl -X GET "https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books?limit=2" \
-H "X-TestingApis-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"[
{
"id": 1,
"title": "Clean Code",
"author": "Robert C. Martin",
"isbn": "9780132350884",
"genre": "programming",
"publishedYear": 2008,
"pages": 464,
"language": "English",
"price": 37.99,
"rating": 4.4,
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Filtering, sorting and pagination
The list endpoint accepts limit, page, offset, sort, order and q, and any field name as an exact filter. Totals come back in the X-Total-Count header. Writes are kept in memory until the server restarts, so tests can create, change and delete records freely. Query parameter reference.