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Hardcover

Consume Hardcover API

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Overview

The node named "Hardcover" integrates with the Hardcover API to retrieve data related to books, authors, editions, publishers, series, and search results. Specifically, for the "Author" resource with the operation "Get Author(s) By Name," it fetches author information based on a provided author name. This is useful in scenarios where you want to enrich your workflows with detailed author data, such as building book recommendation systems, managing bibliographic databases, or automating content curation involving authors.

For example, you can input an author's name like "J.K. Rowling" and get back structured information about that author from the Hardcover API.

Properties

Name Meaning
Author Name The full or partial name of the author to search for. This is a required string input used to query the Hardcover API for matching authors.

Output

The node outputs an array of JSON objects, each representing the result of the Hardcover API call for the requested operation. For the "Get Author(s) By Name" operation, the json output contains author details returned by the API, which may include fields such as author ID, name, biography, birthdate, and other metadata depending on the API response structure.

No binary data output is indicated in the source code.

Dependencies

  • Requires an active connection to the Hardcover API.
  • Needs an API key credential configured in n8n to authenticate requests to the Hardcover service.
  • The node depends on internal helper functions (executeSearchOperation and executeResourceOperation) to perform API calls, which handle different operations including author queries.

Troubleshooting

  • Common issues:

    • Missing or invalid API key credential will cause authentication failures.
    • Providing an empty or incorrect author name may return no results or errors.
    • Network connectivity problems can prevent successful API calls.

  • Error messages:

    • Errors thrown by the API (e.g., rate limits, invalid parameters) are caught and can be output as error messages if "Continue On Fail" is enabled.
    • If not handled, these errors will stop execution and display the error message.

  • Resolutions:

    • Ensure the API key credential is correctly set up and valid.
    • Verify the author name input is accurate and non-empty.
    • Check network connectivity and API service status.

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