Show authors of a book by ISBN with Google Books API (Python).

request-authors-by-isbn-with-gbooks-api.py

# How to run:
# python3 request-authors-by-isbn-with-gbooks-api.py
# just write required isbn in the "isbn = ..." line below

import json
import requests

# example of isbn. It can be 10 digits or 13 digits. It can be with hyphens or without them. 
isbn = "978-1-119-70711-0"

url = "https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=isbn:" + isbn

response = requests.get(url)

print (response)

data = response.json()

# all information
# print(json.dumps(data, indent=2))

authors = data['items'][0]['volumeInfo']['authors']

print("authors:")
for author in authors:
	print('\t', author)