# GET /api/things is deprecated

Open Library API deprecated GET /api/things without giving a shutdown date yet.

- API: Open Library API (openlibrary.org)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `GET /api/things`
- Source: [Announcement](https://openlibrary.org/developers/api)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/open-library-api/breaking-changes/get-api-things-is-deprecated/

## What to use instead

Use the Search API (/search.json) or the Works, Editions and Authors APIs (/works/{id}.json, /books/{id}.json, /authors/{id}.json).

## Open Library API's words

> Legacy JSON API is deprecated and preserved for backward compatibility.