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In the software development world, practice makes perfect. Therefore, we should find as many ways to practice programming as possible. With free public APIs, we can practice programming by creating apps that use those APIs.
In this article, we’ll look at some practice project ideas that can use some of those APIs.
Bhagavad Gita API
The Bhagavad Gita API lets us access the Bhagavad Gita text all in one place.
To access the API, we need to authenticate via OAuth.
Bhagavad Gita is one of the most important Hindu religious texts.
British National Bibliography
The British National Bibliography API lets us search for book information.
It has data for journals, periodicals, magazines, newspapers, etc.
Authentication isn’t required to access this API.
Goodreads
The Goodreads API lets us access the data stored on the Goodreads website.
We can get data for authors, books, events, comments, followers, series, topics, users, reviews, and more.
Goodreads is a website with book reviews and book information.
We can access the data with an API key.
Google Books
The Google Books API lets us access data from the Google Books website.
We can use it to search for books by category, name, and more.
Also, we can add books to our own bookshelf and retrieve it.
OAuth is required to access this API.
The Library Genesis API
The Library Genesis API lets us query books by various fields.
They include title, author, and more.
Other fields that are returned include the series a book is in, periodical, language, number of pages, ISSN, color, DPI, scanned, file name, cover URL, and more.
We can also search for a book by date.
Libraries for Node.js and Python are available.
Authentication isn’t required to access this API.
Open Library
The Open Library API lets us get user and reading list data from the library.
Authentication isn’t required for accessing data.
We can also create and edit reading lists.
Penguin Publishing
The Penguin Publishing API lets us access book data for books published by Penguin Publishing.
We can use it to search for works, authors, titles, and author events.
It returns data in XML or JSON.
Authentication isn’t required to access this API.
Rig Veda
The Rig Veda API lets us access the categories, verses from ancient Indian texts.
Authentication isn’t required to access this API.
Vedic Society
The Vedic Society API lets us access data about names, places, animals, and things from Vedic literature.
Authentication isn’t required to access this API.
Conclusion
There are useful APIs to access books data and texts.
Top comments (7)
Can you please add the respective links of the API resources. Thanks a lot
Sure. Let me do that.
Bhagavad Gita - bhagavadgita.io/api
British National Bibliography - bnb.data.bl.uk/
Goodreads- goodreads.com/api
Google Books - developers.google.com/books/
LibGen - garbage.world/posts/libgen/
Open Library - openlibrary.org/developers/api
Penguin Publishing - penguinrandomhouse.biz/webservices...
Rig Veda - aninditabasu.github.io/indica/html...
Vedic Society - aninditabasu.github.io/indica/html...
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