Skills/Books/Look up by ISBN

Look up by ISBN

0.1 credits / lookup

Resolves one or more ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 numbers into clean bibliographic records. Each record includes the title, authors, publisher, publish date, page count, subjects, and cover image URLs. Use this when you have a barcode or ISBN number and want the corresponding book details.

Use when

You have an ISBN (typed or scanned) and want the book's title, authors, publisher, and cover.

Not for

Searching by title or keyword, or fetching a work record by its id.

Cost

0.1 credits / lookup

What it accepts

Set these inside the intent when you run it.

isbnrequired

One or more ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 numbers to look up.

What you get back

Bibliographic records for each resolved ISBN, with title, authors, publisher, publish date, page count, and cover image URL.

Run it

Run this sub-skill directly: pin it with operation and pass its inputs in the intent. (Omit operation and the Books skill will route from your intent instead.)

curl -X POST "https://skill.askfaro.com/skills/books/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FARO_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"intent":{"operation":"book_by_isbn","isbn":"9780451526538"}}'

Example requests

›What book is ISBN 9780451526538?
›Look up these ISBNs: 0451526538 and 9780743273565
›I scanned a barcode, ISBN 9780062315007 - what is this book?

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