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# winners-list

POST https://biblioreads.eu.org/api/awards/winners-list
Content-Type: application/json

## Winners List

Scrapes the list of winners from a Goodreads Choice Awards category page using a direct category URL. Returns structured information about all winning books in the specified awards category.

***

## Request

**Method:** `POST`\
**URL:** `{{Instance Domain}}/api/awards/winners-list`

### 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 the list of winners from the specified Choice Awards category.

```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                                                    |
| winners    | array  | List of winning books in the awards category, each with title, author, and metadata |

Reference: https://docs.biblioreads.eu.org/api-endpoints/awards/winners-list

## Request

### Body (application/json)

- `queryURL` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

OK

- `status` (string, required)
- `source` (string, required)
- `scrapeURL` (string, required)
- `genres` (list of object, required)
  - `id` (integer, required)
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `url` (string, required)
  - `cover` (string, required)
  - `title` (string, required)
- `lastScraped` (datetime, required)

## Examples

**Request**

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

**Response**

```json
{
  "status": "Received",
  "source": "https://github.com/nesaku/biblioreads",
  "scrapeURL": "https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2023",
  "genres": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "\nFiction\n",
      "url": "/choiceawards/best-fiction-books-2023",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1671336608l/62047984.jpg",
      "title": "Yellowface"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "name": "\nHistorical Fiction\n",
      "url": "/choiceawards/best-historical-fiction-books-2023",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1677756582l/60654349._SY475_.jpg",
      "title": "Weyward"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "name": "\nMystery & Thriller\n",
      "url": "/choiceawards/best-mystery-thriller-books-2023",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1664729357l/62848145._SY475_.jpg",
      "title": "The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)"
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "name": "\nRomance\n",
      "url": "/choiceawards/best-romance-books-2023",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1660145160l/61718053.jpg",
      "title": "Happy Place"
    },
    {
      "id": 5,
      "name": "\nRomantasy\n",
      "url": "/choiceawards/best-romantasy-books-2023",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1761312598l/61431922._SY475_.jpg",
      "title": "Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)"
    },
    {
      "id": 6,
      "name": "\nFantasy\n",
      "url": "/choiceawards/best-fantasy-books-2023",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1648744814l/60652997.jpg",
      "title": "Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2)"
    },
    {
      "id": 7,
      "name": "\nScience Fiction\n",
      "url": "/choiceawards/best-science-fiction-books-2023",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1699617963l/60784549._SY475_.jpg",
      "title": "In the Lives of Puppets"
    },
    {
      "id": 8,
      "name": "\nHorror\n",
      "url": "/choiceawards/best-horror-books-2023",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1674418461l/65916344.jpg",
      "title": "Holly (Holly Gibney, #3)"
    },
    {
      "id": 9,
      "name": "\nYoung Adult Fantasy\n",
      "url": "/choiceawards/best-young-adult-fantasy-books-2023",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1655928079l/60784546.jpg",
      "title": "Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)"
    },
    {
      "id": 10,
      "name": "\nYoung Adult Fiction\n",
      "url": "/choiceawards/best-young-adult-fiction-books-2023",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1678378842l/60683957.jpg",
      "title": "Check & Mate"
    },
    {
      "id": 11,
      "name": "\nDebut Novel\n",
      "url": "/choiceawards/best-debut-novel-2023",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1677756582l/60654349._SY475_.jpg",
      "title": "Weyward"
    },
    {
      "id": 12,
      "name": "\nNonfiction\n",
      "url": "/choiceawards/best-nonfiction-books-2023",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1665696294l/61358638._SY475_.jpg",
      "title": "Poverty, by America"
    },
    {
      "id": 13,
      "name": "\nMemoir & Autobiography\n",
      "url": "/choiceawards/best-memoir-autobiography-books-2023",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1689090540l/63133205._SY475_.jpg",
      "title": "The Woman in Me"
    },
    {
      "id": 14,
      "name": "\nHistory & Biography\n",
      "url": "/choiceawards/best-history-biography-books-2023",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1659407155l/61714633.jpg",
      "title": "The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder"
    },
    {
      "id": 15,
      "name": "\nHumor\n",
      "url": "/choiceawards/best-humor-books-2023",
      "cover": "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1677855868l/65215014.jpg",
      "title": "Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond"
    }
  ],
  "lastScraped": "2026-06-15T00:43:13Z"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://biblioreads.eu.org/api/awards/winners-list"

payload = { "queryURL": "https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-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/winners-list';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"queryURL":"https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-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/winners-list"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"queryURL\": \"https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-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/winners-list")

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-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/winners-list")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"queryURL\": \"https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-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/winners-list', [
  'body' => '{
  "queryURL": "https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2023"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://biblioreads.eu.org/api/awards/winners-list");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"queryURL\": \"https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-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-books-2023"] as [String : Any]

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

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://biblioreads.eu.org/api/awards/winners-list")! 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()
```