# Book search

Search books by title, author or keyword in Open Library (Internet Archive): work key, title, authors, first publication year, edition count, languages, cover. Needs q. Served by Open Library.

Search books by title, author or keyword in Open Library (Internet Archive): work key, title, authors, first publication year, edition count, languages, cover id.

- Tool ID: `open-library/search`
- Name in the catalog: Book search (Open Library)
- Provider: [Open Library](/providers/open-library.md)
- Capability: [Wikipedia, books & web archives](/tools/knowledge/reference.md)
- Price: no charge per call
- Authentication: an authorised Agentik workspace is required for execution, including zero-price tools.

## Pricing contract

No charge per call. A workspace is still needed so your agent can call it.


```json
{
  "model": "per_call",
  "amountUsd": 0
}
```

## Complete input schema


```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "q": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "Free text, or fielded like 'title:dune author:herbert'"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 20,
      "default": 5
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 20,
      "default": 1
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "q"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Published example

This is the provider tool’s published example. Replace example values with the user’s requested inputs, respecting the schema; do not execute an example merely to test a connection.


```json
{
  "tool_id": "open-library/search",
  "input": {
    "q": "the pragmatic programmer",
    "limit": 2
  }
}
```

## Execute and retrieve

Inspect again before execution, explain the price and obtain the required authority. Use MCP run_tool or POST /v1/run with this tool ID, valid input and an idempotency key. Save the returned run ID and follow the actual state. If Agentik answers that the tool is temporarily unavailable, do not retry it blindly; use discovery to propose an alternative.

A partial or uncertain result can still have consumed provider resources. Consult [billing](/docs/billing.md), [idempotency](/docs/idempotency.md) and [asynchronous results](/docs/async.md).

Licence: Open Library API (Internet Archive).

Attribution: Data from Open Library (openlibrary.org).

[Provider documentation](https://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/search)

[REST inspection](https://api.agentik.cc/v1/tools/open-library/search) · [OpenAPI](/openapi.json) · [Connection guide](/connect.md)

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[HTML page](/providers/open-library/search) · [Agent index](/llms.txt)