Open Library provides dumps of all the data in various formats. Currently these dumps are generated every month. All of the dumps are formatted as tab separated files with the following columns:
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type
- type of record (/type/edition, /type/work etc.)
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key
- unique key of the record. (/books/OL1M etc.)
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revision
- revision number of the record
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last_modified
- last modified timestamp
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JSON
- the complete record in JSON format
Dumps:
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editions dump (~ 5.7G)
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works dump (~ 1.6G)
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authors dump (~ 0.3G)
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all types dump (~ 7.8G): includes editions, works, authors, redirects, etc.
- complete dump (~ 18.3G): also includes past revisions of all the records in Open Library
For past dumps, see: https://archive.org/details/ol_exports?sort=-publicdate
Format of JSON records
A JSON schema for the various types is located at https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary-client/tree/master/olclient/schemata
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Author Records: JSON serialization of a type/author
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Edition Records: JSON serialization of a type/edition
- Work Records: JSON serialization of a type/work
OL Covers Dump
:TODO:
History
- Created December 14, 2011
- 24 revisions
March 22, 2024 | Edited by raybb | Edited without comment. |
October 8, 2023 | Edited by raybb | update dump sizes |
February 3, 2023 | Edited by Tom Morris | Update sizes for dumps of main entities |
November 17, 2021 | Edited by raybb | update file sizes |
December 14, 2011 | Created by Anand Chitipothu | Documented Open Library Data Dumps |