Is there an API for Booksie?

Booksie does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 4 maintained endpoints for booksie.com. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.

How do I scrape Booksie data?

POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when booksie.com changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.

Do I need a Booksie account?

No. Every Booksie action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.

What does the Booksie API cost?

Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.

Entertainment

Booksie API

booksie.com

Booksie - self-published stories by genre, reading, and author profiles.

Actions: 4
Category: Entertainment
Login: Not required
Output: JSON

Get an API key Wire API reference

Call the Booksie API

Submit a task, then poll the job until it settles. This example runs act_booksie_author_profile.

curl -X POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task \
  -H "X-API-Key: $ANAKIN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "action_id": "act_booksie_author_profile",
    "params": {
      "author_slug": "norma-jones-417489"
    }
  }'

4 actions on booksie.com

Read

Author Profile
act_booksie_author_profileread1 credit / call
Returns an author profile with biography, published works, and follower statistics.
author_slug
string · required
Genre Listing
act_booksie_genre_listingread2 credits / call
Returns a genre-filtered story listing with cards, titles, links, and pagination.
genre_slug
string · required
Story Details
act_booksie_story_detailread1 credit / call
Returns a full story or work page with title, body text, metadata, and author link.
story_id
string · required
story_slug
string · required
story_path
string
Story Listing
act_booksie_story_listingread2 credits / call
Returns the all-content browse page with story cards, genres, types, and sort tabs.

Booksie API questions

Is there an API for Booksie?: Booksie does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 4 maintained endpoints for booksie.com. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.
How do I scrape Booksie data?: POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when booksie.com changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.
Do I need a Booksie account?: No. Every Booksie action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.
What does the Booksie API cost?: Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.