Request downloaded content access in Google Books
A documented Google Books operation that changes something in your account. Describe the outcome you want in plain words — HumDay writes the program, proves it, and runs it.
What this operation does
Request downloaded content access for specified volumes on the My eBooks shelf.
- POSTChanges data · myconfig
books.googleapis.com/books/v1/myconfig/syncVolumeLicenses
How HumDay uses it
- You describe the outcome. Not this operation by name — what you want to happen. HumDay works out which operations it needs.
- The contract names it. Before anything is built, you see exactly which Google Books operations the program may use, and this is one of them.
- You approve access. Because this one changes data, it cannot run until you have explicitly granted it.
Other Google Books operations
- Add a user-upload volume and triggers processingPOST · changes data
- Initiates sharing of the content with the user's familyPOST · changes data
- Updates a user-upload volumePOST · changes data
- Initiates revoking content that has already been sharedPOST · changes data
- Inserts a new annotationPOST · changes data
- Sets the settings for the userPOST · changes data
- Rate a recommended book for the current userPOST · changes data
- Accepts the promo offerPOST · changes data
Questions
- Can HumDay request downloaded content access in Google Books?
- Yes. This operation is published in Google Books's own API description, so HumDay can use it without a hand-built connector — once you have approved it for your automation.
- Will this change my Google Books data?
- Yes — this is a POST operation, so it changes something in Google Books. HumDay holds anything that writes behind an approval you grant explicitly, and the contract you approve says what it may touch.
- Do I need to write code?
- No. You describe the outcome you want in plain words. HumDay agrees a contract with you, writes the program, and shows you a proof run before anything touches your Google Books account.
Where this came from
Read from a published API description for Google Books at books.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1. The description above is the provider’s own wording, not ours. Last published 2023-04-21.