Books API . bookshelves

Instance Methods

volumes()

Returns the volumes Resource.

get(userId, shelf, source=None)

Retrieves metadata for a specific bookshelf for the specified user.

list(userId, source=None)

Retrieves a list of public bookshelves for the specified user.

Method Details

get(userId, shelf, source=None)
Retrieves metadata for a specific bookshelf for the specified user.

Args:
  userId: string, ID of user for whom to retrieve bookshelves. (required)
  shelf: string, ID of bookshelf to retrieve. (required)
  source: string, String to identify the originator of this request.

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    {
    "kind": "books#bookshelf", # Resource type for bookshelf metadata.
    "description": "A String", # Description of this bookshelf.
    "created": "A String", # Created time for this bookshelf (formatted UTC timestamp with millisecond resolution).
    "volumeCount": 42, # Number of volumes in this bookshelf.
    "title": "A String", # Title of this bookshelf.
    "updated": "A String", # Last modified time of this bookshelf (formatted UTC timestamp with millisecond resolution).
    "access": "A String", # Whether this bookshelf is PUBLIC or PRIVATE.
    "volumesLastUpdated": "A String", # Last time a volume was added or removed from this bookshelf (formatted UTC timestamp with millisecond resolution).
    "id": 42, # Id of this bookshelf, only unique by user.
    "selfLink": "A String", # URL to this resource.
  }
list(userId, source=None)
Retrieves a list of public bookshelves for the specified user.

Args:
  userId: string, ID of user for whom to retrieve bookshelves. (required)
  source: string, String to identify the originator of this request.

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    {
    "items": [ # A list of bookshelves.
      {
        "kind": "books#bookshelf", # Resource type for bookshelf metadata.
        "description": "A String", # Description of this bookshelf.
        "created": "A String", # Created time for this bookshelf (formatted UTC timestamp with millisecond resolution).
        "volumeCount": 42, # Number of volumes in this bookshelf.
        "title": "A String", # Title of this bookshelf.
        "updated": "A String", # Last modified time of this bookshelf (formatted UTC timestamp with millisecond resolution).
        "access": "A String", # Whether this bookshelf is PUBLIC or PRIVATE.
        "volumesLastUpdated": "A String", # Last time a volume was added or removed from this bookshelf (formatted UTC timestamp with millisecond resolution).
        "id": 42, # Id of this bookshelf, only unique by user.
        "selfLink": "A String", # URL to this resource.
      },
    ],
    "kind": "books#bookshelves", # Resource type.
  }