Google Books

liveBooks

Google Books search + volume metadata (~40M+ books). Public reads keyless; optional key for higher rate limits.

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Tools

get_volumerequired: id

Volume detail.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
idreqstring—
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get_by_isbnrequired: isbn

Lookup by ISBN-10 or ISBN-13.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
isbnreqstring—
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list_bookshelfrequired: user_id

Public bookshelf by user id.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
user_idreqstring—
shelfoptstring—
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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/google-books/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/google-books/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","arguments":{"query": "hello"}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search", {"query":"example"});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("google books search + volume metadata (~40m+ books)");