Node.js Books Scraper API

Introduction

The Node.js Books Scraper API allows you to retrieve fictional book data, including genres, titles, prices, stock availability, and more. It provides two main endpoints to access this data.

• Base URL: https://confused-threads-cod.cyclic.cloud/

Endpoints

1. Get All Genres

• Endpoint: /books
• Method: GET
• Description: This endpoint returns an array of available book genres.

Example

• Request:

  GET https://confused-threads-cod.cyclic.cloud/books

• Response:

  [
    "fiction",
    "mystery",
    "romance",
    ...
  ]

2. Get Books by Genre

• Endpoint: /books/:genre
• Method: GET
• Description: This endpoint allows you to retrieve a list of books for a specific genre.

Example

• Request:

  GET https://confused-threads-cod.cyclic.cloud/books/fiction

• Response:

  {
    "status": "success",
    "data": [
      {
        "title": "Book Title",
        "author": "Author Name",
        "price": "$19.99",
        "availability": "In stock",
        ...
      },
      ...
    ],
    "metadata": {
      "genre": "fiction",
      "total_items": 20,
      "total_pages": 2
    }
  }

Data Source

The data provided by this API is sourced from Books to Scrape, a fictional book store used for web scraping practice.

Getting Started

To use this API, make HTTP requests to the provided endpoints.