Gutendex
live BooksSearch and browse Project Gutenberg books via the Gutendex API
4 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day
Tools
search_books
required: query Search Project Gutenberg books by title or author name.
Parameters
Name Type Description
query req string Title or author name to search for. Try it
Response
get_book
required: id Get detailed information for a specific Project Gutenberg book by its numeric ID.
Parameters
Name Type Description
id req number The numeric Project Gutenberg book ID. Try it
Response
popular_books Get the most downloaded / popular books on Project Gutenberg.
No parameters required.
Try it
Response
books_by_topic
required: topic Browse Project Gutenberg books by topic or subject keyword.
Parameters
Name Type Description
topic req string Topic or subject keyword to filter books by (e.g. "science", "love", "history"). 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/gutendex/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/gutendex/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_books","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_books", {"query":"example"}); ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("search and browse project gutenberg books via the gutendex api");Related packs
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