Bookshelf: get

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The provided content details how to retrieve a specific Bookshelf resource for a specified user using a GET request to the Google Books API.
Required parameters for the request are shelf (the ID of the bookshelf) and userId (the ID of the user).
An optional parameter, source , can be used to identify the originator of the request.
A successful request returns a Bookshelf resource in the response body.
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Retrieves a specific Bookshelf resource for the specified user. Try it now .

More information about user IDs can be found in the section Google Books IDs .

GET https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/users/ userId 
/bookshelves/ shelf

Parameter Name

Value

Description

Required Parameters

shelf

string

ID of bookshelf to retrieve.

userId

string

ID of user for whom to retrieve bookshelves.

Optional Parameters

source

string

String to identify the originator of this request.

Do not supply a request body with this method.

If successful, this method returns a Bookshelf resource in the response body.

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