📌 What data can you collect from Google Books search results?
This template collects search-result records with BookTitle, BookSubtitle, BookURL, BuyLink1, BuyLink2, BuyLink3, Description, and Author. It is useful for authors, publishers, librarians, academic researchers, and book-market analysts.
Data is collected from Google Books. Google Books is a searchable catalog of books, bibliographic records, previews, and purchase links.
💰 Pricing
This template is currently free of charge and has no per-line usage fee. Octoparse plan or resource limits may still apply.
📦 Output
The current published implementation can return the following fields:
KeywordBookURLBookTitleBookSubtitleISBNAuthorPageCountPublishedFormatPublisherLanguageDescriptionOriginallyPublishedGenreSubjectBuyLink1BuyLink2BuyLink3
{
"Keyword": "Psychology",
"BookURL": "https://www.google.com/books/edition/Integral_Psychology/uAiQEAAAQBAJ?hl=en",
"BookTitle": "Integral Psychology",
"BookSubtitle": "Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy",
"ISBN": "9781570625541, 1570625549",
"Author": "Ken Wilber",
"PageCount": "303",
"Published": "May 16, 2000",
"Format": "Paperback",
"Publisher": "Shambhala",
"Language": "English",
"Description": "A leader in transpersonal psychology presents the first truly integrative model of spiritual consciousness and Western developmental psychology The goal of an “integral psychology” is to honor and embrace every legitimate aspect of human consciousness under one roof. Drawing on hundreds of sources—Eastern and Western, ancient and modern—Wilber creates a psychological model that includes waves of development, streams of development, states of consciousness, and the self, and follows the course of each from subconscious to self-conscious to superconscious. Included in the book are charts correlating over a hundred psychological and spiritual schools from around the world, including Kabbalah, Vedanta, Plotinus, Teresa of Ávila, Aurobindo, Theosophy, and modern theorists such as Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson, Jane Loevinger, Lawrence Kohlberg, Carol Gilligan, Erich Neumann, and Jean Gebser. Integral Psychology is Wilber's most ambitious psychological system to date and is already being called a landmark study in human development.",
"OriginallyPublished": "1994",
"Genre": "Self-help book",
"Subject": "Philosophy / Mind & Body, Psychology / Movements / Transpersonal, Religion / Spirituality, Consciousness, Evolution (Biology), Psychology -- Philosophy, Psychology / Psychotherapy / General, Psychotherapy, Transpersonal psychologyMORE",
"BuyLink1": null,
"BuyLink2": null,
"BuyLink3": null
}
🎯 Use Cases
- Build a structured research dataset organized by Keyword, BookTitle, and BookSubtitle.
- Analyze source content and timing through Description, Author, and Published.
- Use BookURL, BuyLink1, and BuyLink2 to audit source records or feed verified pages into downstream workflows.
- Segment and compare records using Publisher, Language, and Format.
🐙 Why Octoparse
- Ready-to-use workflow: The extraction steps for Google Books are already configured, so you do not need to build the scraper from scratch.
- Flexible execution: Choose the supported local or cloud run mode to fit one-off checks or repeatable collection work.
- Structured, repeatable output: Results are returned as consistent rows that are easier to compare, filter, deduplicate, and process than manually copied pages.
- Verified input guardrails: The form exposes the current inputs, selectable values, and meaningful limits configured for this template.
- Practical data handoff: Review results in Octoparse and export or process them using the options supported by your Octoparse environment.
📝 Input
Complete the following fields:
- Keyword (Required) — Enter a list of keywords for searching on Google Books. Up to 10 entries per run.
🚀 How to Use
- Open the template and select Try it or Start.
- Complete the input fields listed above.
- Start the task using the supported local or cloud run mode.
- Review the output rows and export or process the structured data.
⚠️ Limitations
Results depend on what the source site exposes at run time. A listed output field can be empty when the source page does not provide that value. Input limits shown above are enforced by the template.
💡 Tips
Use specific, valid inputs and review a representative result before starting a large batch. Remove duplicate inputs when repeated records are not needed.
❓ FAQ
How does this scraper work?
The automation submits Keyword (up to 10 per run), processes the returned search-result pages, follows matching detail pages, and writes structured rows including Keyword, BookURL, BookTitle, and BookSubtitle.
What do I need to enter?
Use the fields and accepted values shown in the Input section. Only user-relevant limits and selectable options are listed.
What data does this template return?
The current output fields and a representative JSON Data Preview are listed in the Output section. Field availability can vary when the source page does not display a value.
Is this template free to use?
It is currently free of charge and has no per-line usage fee. Octoparse plan or resource limits may still apply.
Why can some output fields be empty?
Source pages do not always expose every value for every record, and layouts can vary by item, market, or current site response. The template returns a field when the current page provides it.
Can I export the collected data?
You can review the structured rows in Octoparse and export or process them using the options supported by your Octoparse environment.
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