Google Books
live BooksGoogle Books search + volume metadata (~40M+ books). Public reads keyless; optional key for higher rate limits.
4 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day
Tools
search
required: query Full-text search.
Parameters
Name Type Description
query req string — search_field opt string intitle | inauthor | inpublisher | subject | isbn | lccn | oclc filter opt string — language opt string — print_type opt string — order_by opt string — limit opt number — offset opt number — Try it
Response
get_volume
required: id Volume detail.
Parameters
Name Type Description
id req string — Try it
Response
get_by_isbn
required: isbn Lookup by ISBN-10 or ISBN-13.
Parameters
Name Type Description
isbn req string — Try it
Response
list_bookshelf
required: user_id Public bookshelf by user id.
Parameters
Name Type Description
user_id req string — shelf opt string — Try it
Response
Test with curl
The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.
List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/google-books/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/google-books/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","arguments":{"query": "hello"}}}'Use with the SDK
Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.
TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search", {"query":"example"}); ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("google books search + volume metadata (~40m+ books)");