Books API . mylibrary . bookshelves

Instance Methods

volumes()

Returns the volumes Resource.

addVolume(shelf, volumeId, source=None, reason=None)

Adds a volume to a bookshelf.

clearVolumes(shelf, source=None)

Clears all volumes from a bookshelf.

get(shelf, source=None)

Retrieves metadata for a specific bookshelf belonging to the authenticated user.

list(source=None)

Retrieves a list of bookshelves belonging to the authenticated user.

moveVolume(shelf, volumeId, volumePosition, source=None)

Moves a volume within a bookshelf.

removeVolume(shelf, volumeId, source=None, reason=None)

Removes a volume from a bookshelf.

Method Details

addVolume(shelf, volumeId, source=None, reason=None)
Adds a volume to a bookshelf.

Args:
  shelf: string, ID of bookshelf to which to add a volume. (required)
  volumeId: string, ID of volume to add. (required)
  source: string, String to identify the originator of this request.
  reason: string, The reason for which the book is added to the library.
    Allowed values
      IOS_PREX - Volumes added from the PREX flow on iOS.
      IOS_SEARCH - Volumes added from the Search flow on iOS.
      ONBOARDING - Volumes added from the Onboarding flow.
clearVolumes(shelf, source=None)
Clears all volumes from a bookshelf.

Args:
  shelf: string, ID of bookshelf from which to remove a volume. (required)
  source: string, String to identify the originator of this request.
get(shelf, source=None)
Retrieves metadata for a specific bookshelf belonging to the authenticated user.

Args:
  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(source=None)
Retrieves a list of bookshelves belonging to the authenticated user.

Args:
  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.
  }
moveVolume(shelf, volumeId, volumePosition, source=None)
Moves a volume within a bookshelf.

Args:
  shelf: string, ID of bookshelf with the volume. (required)
  volumeId: string, ID of volume to move. (required)
  volumePosition: integer, Position on shelf to move the item (0 puts the item before the current first item, 1 puts it between the first and the second and so on.) (required)
  source: string, String to identify the originator of this request.
removeVolume(shelf, volumeId, source=None, reason=None)
Removes a volume from a bookshelf.

Args:
  shelf: string, ID of bookshelf from which to remove a volume. (required)
  volumeId: string, ID of volume to remove. (required)
  source: string, String to identify the originator of this request.
  reason: string, The reason for which the book is removed from the library.
    Allowed values
      ONBOARDING - Samples removed from the Onboarding flow.