`get_author`

Pack: books · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/get_author for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Fetch an author’s profile from Open Library by their author key (e.g., ‘OL23919A’). Returns name, birth_date, death_date, biographical summary, and Wikipedia URL.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`author_key`	string	yes	Open Library author key (e.g., OL23919A)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "author_key": "OL23919A"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/books/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_author","arguments":{"author_key":"OL23919A"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_author', {
  "author_key": "OL23919A"
});

Response shape

Always returns: name, birth_date, death_date, bio, wikipedia_url

Field	Type	Description
`name`	string	Author name
`birth_date`	string \| null	Birth date if available
`death_date`	string \| null	Death date if available
`bio`	string \| null	Biographical summary
`wikipedia_url`	string \| null	Wikipedia URL if available

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Author name"
    },
    "birth_date": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Birth date if available"
    },
    "death_date": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Death date if available"
    },
    "bio": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Biographical summary"
    },
    "wikipedia_url": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Wikipedia URL if available"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "name",
    "birth_date",
    "death_date",
    "bio",
    "wikipedia_url"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the books pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "books": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/books/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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