`get_by_isbn`

Pack: google-books · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/google-books/mcp

Convenience: look up a volume by ISBN-10 or ISBN-13.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`isbn`	string	yes

Example call

Arguments

{
  "isbn": "9780134685991"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/google-books/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_by_isbn","arguments":{"isbn":"9780134685991"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_by_isbn', {
  "isbn": "9780134685991"
});

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`kind`	string	Resource kind identifier
`totalItems`	number	Total number of items found (0 or 1)
`items`	array	Array of volume results matching ISBN

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "kind": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Resource kind identifier"
    },
    "totalItems": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of items found (0 or 1)"
    },
    "items": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of volume results matching ISBN",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "kind": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Resource kind (books#volume)"
          },
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Unique volume identifier"
          },
          "etag": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Entity tag for caching"
          },
          "selfLink": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Link to this volume resource"
          },
          "volumeInfo": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Volume metadata",
            "properties": {
              "title": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Book title"
              },
              "authors": {
                "type": "array",
                "items": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "description": "Author names"
              },
              "publisher": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Publisher name"
              },
              "publishedDate": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Publication date"
              },
              "description": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Book description"
              },
              "industryIdentifiers": {
                "type": "array",
                "items": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "type": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "ISBN_10 or ISBN_13"
                    },
                    "identifier": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "ISBN value"
                    }
                  }
                },
                "description": "ISBN and other identifiers"
              },
              "pageCount": {
                "type": "number",
                "description": "Number of pages"
              },
              "printType": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "BOOK or MAGAZINE"
              },
              "categories": {
                "type": "array",
                "items": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "description": "Subject categories"
              },
              "language": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "ISO 639-1 language code"
              },
              "imageLinks": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "smallThumbnail": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "URL to small thumbnail"
                  },
                  "thumbnail": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "URL to thumbnail"
                  }
                },
                "description": "Book cover image links"
              }
            }
          },
          "saleInfo": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Sale and pricing information"
          },
          "accessInfo": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Access and viewability information"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-books": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/google-books/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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