How to get book cover from ISBN using Google Book API?

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Chan picture Chan · Jan 20, 2013 · Viewed 22.3k times · Source

Is there a simple way to get book cover in JSON format from ISBN using Google Book API?

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user529758 picture user529758 · Jan 20, 2013

You can use the isbn: query, like this:

https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=isbn:0771595158

This will return a proper JSON response containing either the book information or an error description if the ISBN is not found.

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