LibraryThing Web Services API

The current stable release version for the LibraryThing Services API is 1.1.
You may direct your API calls to a specific version by changing the path in the request.

REST

This format is a simple HTTP GET or POST action and expects method information. Requests follow the following format:

example: http://www.librarything.com/services/rest/1.1/?method=librarything.ck.getwork&id=1060&apikey=d231aa37c9b4f5d304a60a3d0ad1dad4

By default, REST requests will send a REST response.

REST

This response is an XML block.

Here is an example REST response for the work Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

JSON (coming soon)

This response is a text string in Javascript Object Notation (JSON).
Although originally designed to be a portable data solution for Javascript most other languages can also make use of the format.