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OverDrive API: Check library availability

Finds ebook and audiobook editions a public library owns on OverDrive, with copies, holds and estimated wait when unavailable.

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.

Title, requiredtitle

Book title, for example Lessons in Chemistry.

Lessons in Chemistry

Author optionalauthor

Optional author name, for example Bonnie Garmus.

Bonnie Garmus

Format optionalformat

Choose any, ebook, or audiobook; for example audiobook.

any (default)

One of any, ebook, audiobook.

Library, requiredlibrary

Public library name or city, for example New York Public Library or Seattle.

New York Public Library

Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026.
{  "editions": [    {      "title": "Lessons in Chemistry",      "author": "Bonnie Garmus",      "format": "ebook",      "catalog_link": "https://nypl.overdrive.com/media/6384649",      "copies_owned": 17,      "available_now": false,      "number_of_holds": 76,      "cover_image_link": "https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0111-1/{66227E65-A2C4-42E1-883A-43B8272BBE13}IMG400.JPG",      "copies_available_now": 0,      "estimated_wait_weeks": 9.1    },    {      "title": "Lessons in Chemistry",      "author": "Bonnie Garmus",      "format": "audiobook",      "catalog_link": "https://nypl.overdrive.com/media/6397003",      "copies_owned": 81,      "available_now": false,      "number_of_holds": 6,      "cover_image_link": "https://img2.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/1191-1/{5AC0CB3C-7696-490C-9FBE-9D2E53167A7F}IMG400.JPG",      "copies_available_now": 0,      "estimated_wait_weeks": 0.3    }  ],  "library_name": "New York Public Library"}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
overdrive.com/check_library_availability
Returns
editions with title, author, format, copies owned and available, holds, estimated wait weeks, cover and catalog link

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method overdrive.com/check_library_availability with the inputs above.

Ask your agent

  • Is Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus available as an audiobook at the Seattle Public Library right now, and how long is the hold wait?
  • Check if my local library has the ebook version of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and how many copies are free to borrow.
  • Find any audiobook editions of Project Hail Mary at New York Public Library with current holds and estimated wait time.
  • Does the Austin library on OverDrive own a digital copy of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, and what's the queue like?
  • Search overdrive.com for the audiobook of Circe by Madeline Miller at the Chicago Public Library, showing copies owned and holds.

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