Best Seller List
GET {{baseUrl}}/lists.{{format}}
Get Best Sellers list. If no date is provided returns the latest list.
Request Params
| Key | Datatype | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
list | string | The name of the Times best-seller list. To get valid values, use a list names request. |
Be sure to replace spaces with hyphens (e.g., e-book-fiction or hardcover-fiction, not E-Book Fiction or Hardcover Fiction). (The parameter is not case sensitive.) |
| weeks-on-list | string | | The number of weeks that the best seller has been on list-name, as of bestsellers-date |
| bestsellers-date | string | | YYYY-MM-DD
The week-ending date for the sales reflected on list-name. Times best-seller lists are compiled using available book sale data. The bestsellers-date may be significantly earlier than published-date. For additional information, see the explanation at the bottom of any best-seller list page on NYTimes.com (example: Hardcover Fiction, published Dec. 5 but reflecting sales to Nov. 29). |
| date | string | | YYYY-MM-DD The date the best-seller list was published on NYTimes.com (compare bestsellers-date) |
| isbn | string | | International Standard Book Number, 10 or 13 digits |
| published-date | string | | YYYY-MM-DD
The date the best-seller list was published on NYTimes.com (compare bestsellers-date) |
| rank | string | | The rank of the best seller on list-name as of bestsellers-date |
| rank-last-week | string | | The rank of the best seller on list-name one week prior to bestsellers-date |
| offset | string | | Sets the starting point of the result set |
| sort-order | string | | Sets the sort order of the result set |
RESPONSES
status: OK
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