Google Books Search for Raycast
Extension for Raycast to search Google Books.
Features
- Search Google Books by keywords with debounced queries and result caching
- Detail Sidebar — toggleable metadata panel in List view showing type, author, publisher, published date, pages, rating, language, maturity, price, eBook status, ISBN, categories, and links
- Multiple Views — switch between List and Book Covers
- Category Filter — filter results by category
- View Book Cover — full-page cover image with actions to download, copy image, or copy URL
Setup (Optional)
This extension works out of the box, but without an API key requests share a global quota and may be rate-limited. To avoid this, you can provide your own free Google Books API key.
Getting a Google Books API Key
- Go to the Google Cloud Console
- Create a new project (or select an existing one)
- Navigate to APIs & Services → Library, search for Books API, and click Enable
- Go to APIs & Services → Credentials and click Create Credentials
- Under Credential Type:
- Set Select an API to Books API
- Select Public data
- Click Next
- Copy the generated API key
Adding the Key to Raycast
- Open Raycast and search for Google Books
- Press
⌘ , to open the extension preferences (or right-click → Configure Extension)
- Paste your API key into the Google Books API Key field
