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How do I get more information about book via API?

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message 1: by Aleksandr (new)

Aleksandr Motsjonov (soswow) | 2 comments search.books returns very few information about the books.
BAsically there is only
- author's name (+ id)
- Book title
- Book images
- Publication date
and some social stuff.
There is no ISBN! (which is very important) no description no genres no language

So how can I using search find out those three things?


message 2: by Michael (new)

Michael Economy (michaeleconomy) Sorry, you'll have to do additional calls at this point to get that data.


I understand this is a pain point.


message 3: by Aleksandr (new)

Aleksandr Motsjonov (soswow) | 2 comments Thanks. Yeah, this makes it usless.
I cant find the request I should do to get this. Can u help me and point me?


message 4: by Michael (new)

Michael Economy (michaeleconomy) For each record you can call the book/show endpoint. Pretty sure it has all of those things.


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