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

1. Go to the Google Cloud Console
2. Create a new project (or select an existing one)
3. Navigate to APIs & Services → Library, search for Books API, and click Enable
4. Go to APIs & Services → Credentials and click Create Credentials
5. Under Credential Type:
   • Set Select an API to Books API
   • Select Public data
   • Click Next
6. Copy the generated API key

Adding the Key to Raycast

1. Open Raycast and search for Google Books
2. Press ⌘ , to open the extension preferences (or right-click → Configure Extension)
3. Paste your API key into the Google Books API Key field