search-books
search-books
## Search Books
Searches Goodreads for books matching a given query string. Returns a list of matching books with their metadata, useful for discovering books by title, author, or keyword.
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## Request
**Method:** `POST`
**URL:** `{{Instance Domain}}/api/search/books`
### Headers
| Key | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content-Type | application/json | Indicates the request body is JSON |
### Body
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| query | string | Yes | The search term to look up on Goodreads (e.g. `"Harry Potter"`) |
**Example Body:**
```json
{
"query": "Harry Potter"
}
```
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## Response
### 200 Success
Returns a JSON object containing a list of books matching the search query.
```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 |
| results | array | List of books matching the search query, each with title, author, cover image, and Goodreads URL |
Request
This endpoint expects an object.
queryURL
Response
OK
status
source
apiURL
searchType
numberOfResults
result
lastScraped

