Community Plugin

gatsby-source-goodreads

Source plugin for pulling your shelved books into Gatsby from Goodreads API.

How to use

Install the plugin

npm i @balsick/gatsby-source-goodreads

Then configure the plugin in gatsby-config.js

// In your gatsby-config.js
module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    {
      resolve: "@balsick/gatsby-source-goodreads",
      options: {
        developerKey: "IAmDeveloperKey",
        goodReadsUserId: "IAmGoodreadsUserId",
        userShelf: "to-read" //optional
        userShelves: ['to-read','currently-reading','custom-shelf',...] //optional
      }
    }
  ],
}

Plugin options

developerKey: Use your Goodreads developer API key
goodReadsUserId: The Goodreads user ID of the user to get data for.
userShelf: OPTIONAL. read, currently-reading, to-read, etc.
userShelves: OPTIONAL. An array containing the names of the shelves to query.

If neither userShelf nor userShelves are set, all the user shelves are queried.

How to query your Goodread data using GraphQL

Below is a sample query for fetching the shelf’s books.

query goodRead {
  goodreadsShelves {
    goodreadsShelf {
      shelfName
      reviews {
        book {
          title
          smallImageUrl
          link
          description
        }
        dateAdded
        rating
      }
    }
  }
}

You can query all the set shelves, some shelves only or a single shelf. For querying a single shelf, a query like this can be used.

query goodRead {
  goodreadsShelf(shelfName: {eq: "to-read"}) {
    shelfName
    reviews {
      reviewID
      rating
      votes
      spoilerFlag
      spoilersState
      dateAdded
      dateUpdated
      book {
        bookID
      }
    }
  }
}