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GET /v1/author-works

An author bibliography, each book with rating and want-to-read

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/bookstats-api/v1/author-works" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/bookstats-api/v1/author-works", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/bookstats-api/v1/author-works");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/bookstats-api/v1/author-works",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "sort": "rating",
        "count": 15,
        "works": [
            {
                "title": "Words of Radiance",
                "work_id": "OL16813053W",
                "already_read": 149,
                "rating_count": 89,
                "want_to_read": 268,
                "edition_count": 22,
                "rating_average": 4.685,
                "first_published": 2012,
                "open_library_url": "https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16813053W"
            },
            {
                "title": "The Hero of Ages",
                "work_id": "OL5738154W",
                "already_read": 176,
                "rating_count": 120,
                "want_to_read": 178,
                "edition_count": 27,
                "rating_average": 4.583,
                "first_published": 2008,
                "open_library_url": "https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5738154W"
            },
            {
                "title": "The Way of Kings",
                "work_id": "OL15358691W",
                "already_read": 242,
                "rating_count": 155,
                "want_to_read": 826,
                "edition_count": 30,
                "rating_average": 4.535,
                "first_published": 2010,
                "open_library_url": "https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15358691W"
            },
            {
                "title": "Oathbringer",
                "work_id": "OL17834026W",
                "already_read": 125,
                "rating_count": 87,
                "want_to_read": 223,
                "edition_count": 16,
                "rating_average": 4.552,
                "first_published": 2017,
                "open_library_url": "https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17834026W"
            },
            {
                "title": "The Final Empire",
                "work_id": "OL5738148W",
                "already_read": 246,
                "rating_count": 147,
                "want_to_read": 1159,
                "edition_count": 44,
                "rating_average": 4.422,
                "first_published": 2001,
                "open_library_url": "https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5738148W"
            },
            {
                "title": "The Well of Ascension",
                "work_id": "OL5738150W",
                "already_read": 213,
                "rating_count": 135,
                "want_to_read": 261,
                "edition_count": 36,
                "rating_average": 4.407,
                "first_published": 2007,
                "open_library_url": "https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5738150W"
            },
            {
                "title": "Rhythm of War",
                "work_id": "OL20842226W",
                "already_read": 81,
                "rating_count": 41,
                "want_to_read": 152,
                "edition_count": 14,
                "rating_average": 4.463,
                "first_published": 2011,
                "open_library_url": "https
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