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books

Book publication with author, ISBN, publisher, publication details, genre, pricing, and ratings. Used for bookstores, libraries, e-book platforms, and literary databases.

🎯 Request Builder

https://api.mockly.codes/books?page=1&limit=10&count=10
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Configure your request and click Send Request to see the response here.

Endpoints

GET/books

Get a collection of books

Alternative: /media/books
GET/books/:id

Get a single book by ID

Alternative: /media/books/:id
GET/books/meta

Get resource metadata and schema

Alternative: /media/books/meta
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How to Use Search

The search feature allows you to filter results by searching for text across all or specific fields. Choose between ?q= or ?search= parameter names.

1. Basic Search

Search across all text fields:

Basic Search
GET https://api.mockly.codes/books?q=laptop

2. Search Specific Fields

Field-Specific Search
GET https://api.mockly.codes/books?q=laptop&search_fields=name,description

💡 Pro Tips

  • •Search is case-insensitive and performs partial matching
  • •Without search_fields, all text fields are searched
  • •Combine with pagination to handle large result sets efficiently

Code Examples

JavaScript

Fetch Collection
// Get 10 books
fetch('https://api.mockly.codes/books?count=10')
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data));

Python

Fetch with Requests
import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://api.mockly.codes/books?count=10'
)
data = response.json()

cURL

Command Line
curl "https://api.mockly.codes/books?count=10"

Bypass Cache

Get Fresh Data
fetch('https://api.mockly.codes/books?nocache=true')

Schema Properties

idinteger

Unique identifier for the book

Gen:random_int
titlestring

Title of the book

Gen:book_title
authorstring

Full name of the book author

Gen:name
isbnstring

International Standard Book Number (ISBN-10 or ISBN-13)

Gen:isbn
descriptionstring

Book synopsis or description

Gen:paragraph
genrestring

Book genre or category (e.g., Fiction, Non-Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Biography)

Gen:book_genre
publisherstring

Name of the publishing company

Gen:company
published_datestring

Date when the book was first published

Gen:past_datedate
pagesinteger

Total number of pages in the book

Gen:book_pages
languagestring

Language code of the book content (e.g., en, es, fr)

Gen:language
pricenumber

Book price in the specified currency

Gen:price
currencystring

ISO currency code for the book price (e.g., USD, EUR, GBP)

Gen:currency
ratingnumber

Average reader rating, typically on a scale of 1-5

Gen:rating
coverstring

URL to the book cover image

Gen:image_urluri

Query Parameters

countinteger

Number of items to return (default: 10, max: 100)

seedinteger

Seed for reproducible data generation

nocacheboolean

Bypass cache and generate fresh data on every request