GET /vital_books/:vbid - Read

This API returns VitalBook asset information for a given VBID.  

• Verb/URI
• Data Definitions
• Request Headers
  • Request header - default example (using cURL)
• Response
  • Response body - default
  • Response descriptions
• Error Codes

Verb/URI

GET https://services.vitalbook.com/vital_books/{{VBID}}.xml

Data Definitions

The minimum fields needed to request a VBID 

Request Headers

Request header - default example (using cURL)

curl -X GET \
 'https://services.vitalbook.com/vital_books/L-999-70049.xml?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE' \
 -H 'Accept: */*' \
 -H 'Accept-Type: application/xml' \
 -H 'Host: services.vitalbook.com' \

Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <vital_book vbid="L-999-70049">
  <build_status>approved</build_status>
  <title>Great Expectations</title>
  <price/>
  <store_price/>
  <digital_list_price/>
  <edition>0</edition>
  <imprint_id>100</imprint_id>
  <vbk_format>epub</vbk_format>
  <fpid/>
  <faculty_review_only>0</faculty_review_only>
  <fulfillment_only>0</fulfillment_only>
 </vital_book>