Ebook / book search (iTunes) API

Search ebooks via the keyless Apple iTunes Search API, normalized to title, author, genre(s), year, description, price, average rating, rating count, artwork, store URL, and ids. Complements book-search (Open Library). Answers 'find the ebook Dune','books by an author on Apple Books','ebook price','book release year and genre'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/data/media-ebook-search

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit60/minute

Cache3600s public

mediaebookbookbooksitunesapple-booksliteratureentertainment

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/data/media-ebook-search

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "query": "Dune Frank Herbert",
  "limit": 3
}

Example response

{
  "query": "Dune Frank Herbert",
  "count": 1,
  "ebooks": [
    {
      "title": "Dune",
      "author": "Frank Herbert",
      "genre": "Sci-Fi & Fantasy",
      "genres": [
        "Sci-Fi & Fantasy",
        "Books"
      ],
      "year": 1965,
      "releaseDate": "1965-08-01T08:00:00Z",
      "description": "Set on the desert planet Arrakis.",
      "price": 9.99,
      "currency": "USD",
      "rating": 4.9,
      "ratingCount": 8000,
      "artworkUrl": "https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/.../600x600bb.jpg",
      "url": "https://books.apple.com/us/book/dune/id123",
      "trackId": 123,
      "artistId": 456
    }
  ]
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "Dune",
        "Frank Herbert"
      ]
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 15,
      "examples": [
        10
      ]
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}