Storing goodreads IDs and ISBN-13 values

[Nikhil]

We are working on a goodreads integration for our iOS app.To ensure that we communicate with goodreads API as efficiently as possible, and limit the number of API calls, we wanted to store the goodreads IDs and the ISBN-13 on our servers ONLY FOR THE BOOKS THAT ARE IN OUR DATABASE.

Can you please comment on whether this is allowed?

[Michael]

Hey Nikhil,

What is the iOS app?

[Nikhil]

Hi Michael,

The app is called LikeSplash. You can find it here (currently only available in US): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/likes...

Thanks for your help!

[Michael]

I think caching the goodreads book IDs is fine, but as book ids may change, you might run into some difficulties.


If your app is commercial (you're making revenue) you're likely breaking our API terms.
https://www.goodreads.com/api/terms

[Nikhil]

Thanks for the response Michael. Is there any other ID we can use instead of goodreads book IDs that will not change? Could we store ISBN-13 instead?

I have sent a note to your support group to make sure we are in compliance with the API terms.

Thanks for your help

[Michael]

Isbn/isbn13 should change less often, it makes sense to store those for your use case.

[Nikhil]

Thanks Michael.

Nikhil