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license: cc-by-4.0
language:
- en
pretty_name: "Open Library Scraper \u00b7 Books, Authors, Editions & Subjects"
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
tags:
- "reapx"
- "web-scraping"
- "open-data"
- "open-library-scraper"
- "open"
- "library"
- "books"
- "authors"
- "editions"
- "subjects"
configs:
- config_name: default
data_files:
- split: train
path: open-library-scraper.jsonl
---
# Open Library Scraper · Books, Authors, Editions & Subjects
Scrape Open Library books, authors, subjects, editions, and metadata via Open Library API. Fast HTTP scraper charging per returned record with tiered pricing.
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| --- | --- |
| Rows in this dataset | 3,880 |
| Fields | 21 |
| Collector runs behind it | 50 |
| Most recent observation | 2026-08-04 |
| Browsable presentation | [https://reapx.dev/data/open-library-scraper/](https://reapx.dev/data/open-library-scraper/) — 3,880 entity pages |
| Run the collector yourself | [https://apify.com/reapx/open-library-scraper](https://apify.com/reapx/open-library-scraper) |
## What this is
Every row here was returned by a real run of a public collector. Nothing is generated from a
template over a keyword list: a row exists because a run observed it.
A browsable presentation of the subset that carries an addressable `slug` is published as
3,880 entity pages at [https://reapx.dev/data/open-library-scraper/](https://reapx.dev/data/open-library-scraper/), one page per entity. **This dataset is
the larger of the two** — rows whose payload has no field that can address a page are here and
are not published there.
## Provenance
Each row carries `_run_id` and `_dataset_id`, naming the collector run that produced it, so any
row can be traced back to the run that observed it. Rows observed by more than one run are
deduplicated on content; 720 duplicate observations were collapsed.
## Files
- `open-library-scraper.jsonl` — one JSON object per row, the canonical form
- `open-library-scraper.csv` — the same rows flattened; nested values are JSON-encoded within their cell
so they round-trip
- `dataset.json` — schema.org `Dataset` metadata
## Loading it
```python
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("reapxdev/open-library-scraper", split="train")
```
## A sample of the published entities
- [Fall into Darkness](https://reapx.dev/data/open-library-scraper/ol1000784w/)
- [Pictures from Italy](https://reapx.dev/data/open-library-scraper/ol14869503w/)
- [The Power of Habit](https://reapx.dev/data/open-library-scraper/ol16015154w/)
- [The Man Who Loved Only Numbers](https://reapx.dev/data/open-library-scraper/ol1857638w/)
- [Physics for Computer Science Students](https://reapx.dev/data/open-library-scraper/ol2085228w/)
- [Quantum Physics for Beginners](https://reapx.dev/data/open-library-scraper/ol25467412w/)
- [Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway Illustrated](https://reapx.dev/data/open-library-scraper/ol27249507w/)
- [Life among the savages](https://reapx.dev/data/open-library-scraper/ol3171086w/)
- [Orlando](https://reapx.dev/data/open-library-scraper/ol39360w/)
- [Forward the Foundation](https://reapx.dev/data/open-library-scraper/ol46299w/)
- [Mark Twain's Letters V1](https://reapx.dev/data/open-library-scraper/ol53975w/)
- [Orthodoxy](https://reapx.dev/data/open-library-scraper/ol76350w/)
## Related
- All sources: <https://reapx.dev/data/> · machine-readable index: <https://reapx.dev/llms.txt>
- The collector is a public Apify Actor; agents reach it through <https://mcp.apify.com>
## Licence
Collected from public sources. This metadata and the published pages are
[CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); the underlying records remain under
the terms of their originating source.
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