Google Books API search access with Python. Anonymous Access is rate limited by google. An alternative is the python google data api.
import googlebooks
api = googlebooks.Api()
api.list('isbn:0596007973')Returns the following json response
{
"totalItems": 1,
"items": [
{
"kind": "books#volume",
"volumeInfo": {
"publisher": "O'Reilly Media",
"description": "Demonstrates the programming language's strength as a Web development tool, covering syntax, data types, built-ins, the Python standard module library, and real-world examples.",
"language": "en",
"publishedDate": "2005-03-18",
"imageLinks": {
"smallThumbnail": "http://bks9.books.google.de/books?id=1Shx_VXS6ioC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl&source=gbs_api",
"thumbnail": "http://bks9.books.google.de/books?id=1Shx_VXS6ioC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api"
},
"previewLink": "http://books.google.de/books?id=1Shx_VXS6ioC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:0596007973&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api",
"title": "Python Cookbook",
"printType": "BOOK",
"pageCount": 807,
"canonicalVolumeLink": "http://books.google.de/books/about/Python_Cookbook.html?hl=&id=1Shx_VXS6ioC",
"contentVersion": "0.1.0.0.preview.3",
"industryIdentifiers": [
{
"identifier": "0596007973",
"type": "ISBN_10"
},
{
"identifier": "9780596007973",
"type": "ISBN_13"
}
],
"authors": [
"Alex Martelli",
"Anna Martelli Ravenscroft",
"David Ascher"
],
"ratingsCount": 21,
"infoLink": "http://books.google.de/books?id=1Shx_VXS6ioC&dq=isbn:0596007973&hl=&source=gbs_api",
"categories": [
"Computers"
],
"averageRating": 3.5
},
"searchInfo": {
"textSnippet": "Demonstrates the programming language's strength as a Web development tool, covering syntax, data types, built-ins, the Python standard module library, and real-world examples."
},
"saleInfo": {
"country": "DE",
"saleability": "NOT_FOR_SALE",
"isEbook": false
},
"etag": "jd9A6ca9s2s",
"accessInfo": {
"webReaderLink": "http://books.google.de/books/reader?id=1Shx_VXS6ioC&hl=&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&source=gbs_api",
"publicDomain": false,
"embeddable": true,
"country": "DE",
"textToSpeechPermission": "ALLOWED_FOR_ACCESSIBILITY",
"pdf": {
"isAvailable": true
},
"viewability": "PARTIAL",
"epub": {
"isAvailable": true
},
"accessViewStatus": "SAMPLE"
},
"id": "1Shx_VXS6ioC",
"selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes/1Shx_VXS6ioC"
}
],
"kind": "books#volumes"
}