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# winner-page

POST https://biblioreads.eu.org/api/awards/winner-page
Content-Type: application/json

## Winner Page

Scrapes detailed information about a specific Goodreads Choice Awards winner page using a direct category URL. Returns in-depth metadata about the winning book and the awards context.

***

## Request

**Method:** `POST`\
**URL:** `{{Instance Domain}}/api/awards/winner-page`

### Headers

| Key          | Value            | Description                        |
| ------------ | ---------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| Content-Type | application/json | Indicates the request body is JSON |

### Body

| Field    | Type   | Required | Description                                                                                                                          |
| -------- | ------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| queryURL | string | Yes      | The full Goodreads Choice Awards category page URL to scrape (e.g. `https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fiction-books-2023`) |

**Example Body:**

```json
{
  "queryURL": "https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fiction-books-2023"
}
```

***

## Response

### 200 Success

Returns a JSON object containing detailed information about the Choice Awards winner page.

```json
{
  "status": "Received",
  "statusCode": 200,
  ...
}
```

### Response Field Descriptions

| Field      | Type   | Description                                                                       |
| ---------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| status     | string | Human-readable status message                                                     |
| statusCode | number | HTTP status code of the response                                                  |
| category   | string | The awards category name                                                          |
| year       | string | The year of the Choice Awards                                                     |
| winner     | object | Detailed metadata about the winning book including title, author, and cover image |

Reference: https://docs.biblioreads.eu.org/api-endpoints/awards/winner-page

## Request

### Body (application/json)

- `queryURL` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

OK

- `status` (string, required)
- `source` (string, required)
- `scrapeURL` (string, required)
- `genre` (string, required)
- `cover` (string, required)
- `url` (string, required)
- `title` (string, required)
- `author` (list of object, required)
  - `id` (integer, required)
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `url` (string, required)
- `desc` (string, required)
- `longDesc` (string, required)
- `numberOfVotes` (string, required)
- `nominees` (list of object, required)
  - `id` (integer, required)
  - `url` (string, required)
  - `numberOfVotes` (string, required)
  - `cover` (string, required)
  - `title` (string, required)
- `lastScraped` (datetime, required)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "queryURL": "https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fiction-books-2023"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "status": "Received",
  "source": "https://github.com/nesaku/biblioreads",
  "scrapeURL": "https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fiction-books-2023",
  "genre": "Readers' Favorite Fiction",
  "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1671336608l/62047984.jpg",
  "url": "/book/show/62047984-yellowface",
  "title": "Yellowface",
  "author": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "R.F. Kuang",
      "url": "/author/show/16820001.R_F_Kuang"
    }
  ],
  "desc": "\nR.F. Kuang continues her astonishing ascent from genre specialist to literary sensation with Yellowface, a lacerating parable about the publishing industry itself. A combination of satire, metafiction, and slow-burn thriller, the book ultimately delivers a sly cultural critique concerning race and tokenism in the book business.\n",
  "longDesc": "",
  "numberOfVotes": "\n200,722\nvotes\n",
  "nominees": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "url": "/book/show/62047984-yellowface",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n200,722\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1671336608l/62047984.jpg",
      "title": "Yellowface by R.F. Kuang"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "url": "/book/show/61771675-hello-beautiful",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n60,171\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1687803098l/61771675._SY475_.jpg",
      "title": "Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "url": "/book/show/62926992-the-wishing-game",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n57,702\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1684817680l/62926992.jpg",
      "title": "The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer"
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "url": "/book/show/63241104-tom-lake",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n53,470\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1691084837l/63241104._SY475_.jpg",
      "title": "Tom Lake by Ann Patchett"
    },
    {
      "id": 5,
      "url": "/book/show/62873996-the-five-star-weekend",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n45,859\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1680591253l/62873996.jpg",
      "title": "The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand"
    },
    {
      "id": 6,
      "url": "/book/show/62971668-someone-else-s-shoes",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n44,333\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1666822989l/62971668.jpg",
      "title": "Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes"
    },
    {
      "id": 7,
      "url": "/book/show/62919793-the-invisible-hour",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n24,132\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1686761095l/62919793.jpg",
      "title": "The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman"
    },
    {
      "id": 8,
      "url": "/book/show/60784605-maame",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n21,854\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1666031380l/60784605._SY475_.jpg",
      "title": "Maame by Jessica George"
    },
    {
      "id": 9,
      "url": "/book/show/61214136-the-collected-regrets-of-clover",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n18,050\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1663608724l/61214136.jpg",
      "title": "The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer"
    },
    {
      "id": 10,
      "url": "/book/show/61246258-pineapple-street",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n17,864\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1659404866l/61246258.jpg",
      "title": "Pineapple Street by Jenny   Jackson"
    },
    {
      "id": 11,
      "url": "/book/show/60701439-big-swiss",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n7,486\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1653958990l/60701439.jpg",
      "title": "Big Swiss by Jen Beagin"
    },
    {
      "id": 12,
      "url": "/book/show/62919375-shark-heart",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n6,218\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1686092164l/62919375._SY475_.jpg",
      "title": "Shark Heart by Emily Habeck"
    },
    {
      "id": 13,
      "url": "/book/show/59381516-evil-eye",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n5,708\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1660158235l/59381516.jpg",
      "title": "Evil Eye by Etaf Rum"
    },
    {
      "id": 14,
      "url": "/book/show/62049729-the-celebrants",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n5,282\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1685352566l/62049729.jpg",
      "title": "The Celebrants by Steven  Rowley"
    },
    {
      "id": 15,
      "url": "/book/show/60784757-birnam-wood",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n4,425\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1653578326l/60784757.jpg",
      "title": "Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton"
    },
    {
      "id": 16,
      "url": "/book/show/61815336-the-connellys-of-county-down",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n3,589\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1665471122l/61815336.jpg",
      "title": "The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange"
    },
    {
      "id": 17,
      "url": "/book/show/62039166-the-bee-sting",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n3,083\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1674502938l/62039166.jpg",
      "title": "The Bee Sting by Paul Murray"
    },
    {
      "id": 18,
      "url": "/book/show/65650229-wellness",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n2,983\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1695742140l/65650229._SY475_.jpg",
      "title": "Wellness by Nathan  Hill"
    },
    {
      "id": 19,
      "url": "/book/show/65215321-blackouts",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n2,611\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1677161651l/65215321.jpg",
      "title": "Blackouts by Justin Torres"
    },
    {
      "id": 20,
      "url": "/book/show/123414019-family-meal",
      "numberOfVotes": "\n2,176\nvotes\n",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1679494794l/123414019.jpg",
      "title": "Family Meal by Bryan Washington"
    }
  ],
  "lastScraped": "2026-06-15T00:43:07Z"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://biblioreads.eu.org/api/awards/winner-page"

payload = { "queryURL": "https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fiction-books-2023" }
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://biblioreads.eu.org/api/awards/winner-page';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"queryURL":"https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fiction-books-2023"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://biblioreads.eu.org/api/awards/winner-page"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"queryURL\": \"https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fiction-books-2023\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://biblioreads.eu.org/api/awards/winner-page")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"queryURL\": \"https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fiction-books-2023\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://biblioreads.eu.org/api/awards/winner-page")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"queryURL\": \"https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fiction-books-2023\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://biblioreads.eu.org/api/awards/winner-page', [
  'body' => '{
  "queryURL": "https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fiction-books-2023"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://biblioreads.eu.org/api/awards/winner-page");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"queryURL\": \"https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fiction-books-2023\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]
let parameters = ["queryURL": "https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fiction-books-2023"] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://biblioreads.eu.org/api/awards/winner-page")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```