generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/Does-Goodreads-support-the-use-of-APIs
status: retired
summary: >-
  Goodreads (an Amazon company) retired its public developer API program. As of
  2020-12-08 it stopped issuing new developer keys and announced it would retire
  the existing API. Access was disabled for keys unused for more than 30 days.
  Remaining integrations run on legacy keys that meet the API Terms of Service;
  no new public API is offered and there is no published versioning policy.
versioning:
  scheme: none-current
  current: null
  docs: https://www.goodreads.com/api
  notes: The legacy XML API was unversioned (per-endpoint under /api).
deprecation:
  policy_url: https://help.goodreads.com/s/article/Does-Goodreads-support-the-use-of-APIs
  announced: '2020-12-08'
  sunset_header: false
  notes: >-
    New developer key issuance halted 2020-12-08; keys idle >30 days disabled.
    Goodreads has not committed a hard shutdown date for remaining active users.
sla:
  url: null
  uptime_target: null
status_page: null
deprecated_operations: []
references:
- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/21788520-api-deprecation
- https://developers.slashdot.org/story/20/12/17/1522242/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy