Check out a digital title to a patron via the OverDrive Patron API
domain: developer.overdrive.com · 4 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Authenticate the patron via the Patron Authentication API to obtain a patron-scoped bearer token
POST to https://patron.api.overdrive.com/v1/patrons/me/checkouts with a JSON body containing a fields array of name/value objects, e.g. {"fields":[{"name":"reserveId","value":"<reserveId>"}]} — not a flat top-level reserveId key
Optionally add a formatType entry to the fields array to lock the checkout to a specific format
On a 201 Created response, parse the expiration date and download/access links
Known gotchas
An invalid reserveId returns an error rather than a generic not-found; the reserveId must come from a valid prior Search or Metadata API lookup
Checkout fails when copiesAvailable is zero; the caller must place a hold via the separate holds endpoint instead of assuming checkout always succeeds
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