Get a book by ISBN

GEThttps://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/isbn/{isbn}Sign in to see this endpoint's URL

Parameters 1

Name	Type	Description
`isbn`required	path · string	ISBN-13, with or without hyphens.

Responses

200: The book.
404: No book with this ISBN does not exist.

Example

Request

curl -X GET "https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/isbn/9780132350884" \
  -H "X-TestingApis-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response200 OK

{
  "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,
  "available": true,
  "tags": ["craftsmanship", "refactoring"]
}

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curl 'https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/isbn/9780132350884' \
  -H 'X-TestingApis-Key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch("https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/isbn/9780132350884", {
  headers: {
    "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
});
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

// The shape of the example response in the docs.
type ApiResponse = {
  id: number;
  title: string;
  author: string;
  isbn: string;
  genre: string;
  publishedYear: number;
  pages: number;
  language: string;
  price: number;
  rating: number;
  available: boolean;
  tags: string[];
};

const res = await fetch("https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/isbn/9780132350884", {
  headers: {
    "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
});
const body = (await res.json()) as ApiResponse;
console.log(res.status, body);

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/isbn/9780132350884",
    headers={
        "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    },
)
print(res.status_code, res.text)

using var client = new HttpClient();
using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/isbn/9780132350884");
request.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY");
using var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine($"{(int)response.StatusCode} {await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync()}");

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/isbn/9780132350884"))
                .header("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
                .GET()
                .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        System.out.println(response.statusCode() + " " + response.body());
    }
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/isbn/9780132350884", nil)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	data, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(res.StatusCode, string(data))
}

GEThttps://api.testingapis.com/api/Books/isbn/9780132350884

Path

isbnrequiredstring