Get Book Block

Get a block of content from the book.

Gets a block of content from the book, returning the results in the requested format. A block is a small section of the book that is located between to headings tags in the ePub book.

The syntax of the API is as follows:

https://api.pearson.com/ftpress/block/[block_id].[format]?apikey=[apikey]&jsonp=[callback name]

where:

  • [block_id] is a composite of [book_id]-[item_id]-[block_num] where:
    • [book_id] is the 13 digit ISBN code, obtained from one from a previous search
    • [item_id] is the item in the ePub that contains the blocks, typically ch01. The item id is obtained form the Get Book Information api.
    • [block_num] is an integer index of the block number
  • [format] is the representation to be used for returning the results, can be one of the following:
    • html
    • xml
    • json
  • [callback name] when the format requested is json, the jsonp parameter is used to wrap the response in a jsonp style callback

 

Note: When accessing the full production API, remember to use your full production API key instead of your sandbox API key