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📚 Project Gutenberg (Gutendex) Scraper

🚀 Export 70,000+ public-domain books with metadata and full-text download links in seconds.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-26 · 📊 10 fields per record · 70,000+ books · 60+ languages · 10+ formats per book

This Apify Actor extracts structured data from Project Gutenberg (Gutendex), returning clean JSON / CSV / Excel / XML datasets ready for analytics, integrations, or research workflows. Built by ParseForge for reliability and freshness.

📋 What the Project Gutenberg (Gutendex) Scraper does

• Queries the public Project Gutenberg (Gutendex) API / feed and structures the response
• Returns one record per item with 10 normalized fields
• Supports filters configurable from the input schema
• Outputs to CSV, Excel, JSON, XML via Apify dataset
• Auto-limits to 10 items on the free plan; up to 1,000,000 on paid

💡 Why it matters: clean, ready-to-query data without manual scraping, parsing, or babysitting an API client.

🎬 Full Demo (🚧 Coming soon)

⚙️ Input

{"maxItems":50}

{"maxItems":1000}

⚠️ Good to Know: the free plan caps results at 10 items per run. Upgrade to a paid plan to unlock the full dataset.

📊 Output

{
"id":"...",
"title":"...",
"scrapedAt":"2026-05-26T00:00:00.000Z",
"error":null
}

✨ Why choose this Actor

📈 How it compares to alternatives

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 credit
2. Open this Actor and click Try for free
3. Configure the input (maxItems and any filters)
4. Click Start
5. Download the dataset as CSV / Excel / JSON / XML

💼 Business use cases

📊 Analytics & BI — feed Project Gutenberg (Gutendex) records into Looker, Tableau, Metabase for live dashboards.

🧠 Data enrichment — append Project Gutenberg (Gutendex) fields to your CRM / CDP records for better targeting.

🔍 Monitoring — schedule daily runs to detect new records, changes, or anomalies.

🤖 ML training data — use structured Project Gutenberg (Gutendex) data as features in models or test fixtures.

🔌 Automating Project Gutenberg (Gutendex) Scraper

Connect via Apify integrations: Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Discord, Airbyte, Google Drive, Google Sheets, GitHub, Webhook, REST API.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

🔬 Research — academics, journalists, policy researchers building public datasets.

🎨 Personal — hobbyists tracking favorite topics, building personal projects, exploring data.

🤝 Non-profit — NGOs, civic-tech, open-data initiatives needing structured Project Gutenberg (Gutendex) extracts.

🧪 Experimentation — students, builders, indie devs prototyping with real-world data.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Drop a link to this page into ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, or Copilot and ask: "What can I do with the Project Gutenberg (Gutendex) Scraper?"

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

❓ Is the data fresh? Yes. Every run queries Project Gutenberg (Gutendex) in real time. No cached responses.

💰 How does pricing work? Pay-per-result: charged once per record collected. Free plan: 10 items per run preview.

🧾 What format is the output? CSV, Excel, JSON, XML — Apify dataset supports all four.

🔐 Do I need an API key? No. Project Gutenberg (Gutendex) public data only, no login required.

📈 What's the max I can scrape? 1,000,000 items per run on paid plans.

⏱️ How long does a run take? Typically seconds to minutes depending on maxItems.

🌍 Is this affiliated with Project Gutenberg (Gutendex)? No. Independent tool. Only publicly accessible data collected.

🛠️ What if a run fails? You're never charged for failed records. Errors appear as {error: "..."} rows.

🤝 Can I use this commercially? Yes, under Apify's standard terms and Project Gutenberg (Gutendex)'s public-data policies.

📞 Where do I get help? Open our contact form.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Apify's full integration list: Make · Zapier · n8n · Slack · Discord · Webhook · REST API · GitHub · Airbyte · Google Drive · Google Sheets · Gmail · HubSpot · Pipedream.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with Project Gutenberg (Gutendex). Only publicly available data collected.