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# Get Metadata for Multiple Catalog Books

Fetch metadata for books from the catalog by using their identifiers.

## Discussion

### Example Request and Response

**Request:**

```
?ids=510907372,1378977317&platform=iphone
```

**Response:**

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "510907372",
      "type": "books",
      "href": "/v1/catalog/us/books/510907372",
      "attributes": {
        "offers": [
          {
            "buyParams": "productType=PUB&price=0&salableAdamId=510907372&pricingParameters=PLUS&pg=default&marketType=EDU",
            "type": "get",
            "priceFormatted": "$0.00",
            "price": 0,
            "currencyCode": "USD",
            "assets": [
              {
                "flavor": "plusPublication",
                "size": 52007
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "genreNames": [
          "Poetry",
          "Books",
          "Fiction & Literature"
        ],
        "name": "book",
        "artistName": "author",
        "artwork": {
          "width": 665,
          "height": 982,
          "url": "https://isq11.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Publication7/v4/75/e6/59/75e65967-4481-f194-6ce8-fe0ee69bc5bf/coverArt.9e3ac1.jpg/{w}x{h}bb.{f}",
          "bgColor": "aa0500",
          "textColor1": "fff8fa",
          "textColor2": "efab9d",
          "textColor3": "edc7c8",
          "textColor4": "e18a7e"
        },
        "url": "https://books.apple.com/us/book/name/id510907372",
        "userRating": {
          "value": 0,
          "ratingCount": 0
        }
      },
      "relationships": {
        "genres": {
          "href": "/v1/catalog/us/books/510907372/genres",
          "data": [
            {
              "id": "10093",
              "type": "genres",
              "href": "/v1/catalog/us/genres/10093",
              "attributes": {
                "parentName": "Fiction & Literature",
                "name": "Poetry",
                "parentId": "9031",
                "url": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/genre/id10093"
              }
            },
            {
              "id": "38",
              "type": "genres",
              "href": "/v1/catalog/us/genres/38",
              "attributes": {
                "name": "Books",
                "url": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/genre/id38"
              }
            },
            {
              "id": "9031",
              "type": "genres",
              "href": "/v1/catalog/us/genres/9031",
              "attributes": {
                "parentName": "Books",
                "name": "Fiction & Literature",
                "parentId": "38",
                "url": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/genre/id9031"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "1378977317",
      "type": "books",
      "href": "/v1/catalog/us/books/1378977317",
      "attributes": {
        "offers": [
          {
            "buyParams": "productType=PUB&price=33990&salableAdamId=1378977317&pricingParameters=STDQ&pg=default&marketType=EDU",
            "type": "buy",
            "priceFormatted": "$33.99",
            "price": 33.99,
            "currencyCode": "USD",
            "assets": [
              {
                "flavor": "publication",
                "size": 4569258
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "genreNames": [
          "Biographies & Memoirs",
          "Books"
        ],
        "isbn": "9788233801021",
        "name": "bob",
        "artistName": "artistname",
        "artwork": {
          "width": 1600,
          "height": 2414,
          "url": "https://isq11.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Publication128/v4/49/b2/0e/49b20e3a-43f6-6a06-d351-8eed123ff336/9788233801021_H2_Harry_En_biografi_om_prinsen_Cover.jpg/{w}x{h}bb.{f}",
          "bgColor": "eaedf2",
          "textColor1": "0d0d11",
          "textColor2": "3d312b",
          "textColor3": "393a3e",
          "textColor4": "605752"
        },
        "url": "https://books.apple.com/us/book/harry/id1378977317",
        "userRating": {
          "value": 0,
          "ratingCount": 0
        }
      },
      "relationships": {
        "genres": {
          "href": "/v1/catalog/us/books/1378977317/genres",
          "data": [
            {
              "id": "9008",
              "type": "genres",
              "href": "/v1/catalog/us/genres/9008",
              "attributes": {
                "parentName": "Books",
                "name": "Biographies & Memoirs",
                "parentId": "38",
                "url": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/genre/id9008"
              }
            },
            {
              "id": "38",
              "type": "genres",
              "href": "/v1/catalog/us/genres/38",
              "attributes": {
                "name": "Books",
                "url": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/genre/id38"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Topics

### Responses

[`object BooksResponse`](/documentation/DeviceManagement/BooksResponse)

A response that contains the resource objects for the request.

[`object UnauthorizedResponse`](/documentation/DeviceManagement/UnauthorizedResponse)

A response that indicates an incorrect authorization header.

[`object ErrorsResponse`](/documentation/DeviceManagement/ErrorsResponse)

The collection of errors that occurred while processing the request.


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