# Books API . layers . volumeAnnotations

## Instance Methods

Close httplib2 connections.

Gets the volume annotation.

Gets the volume annotations for a volume and layer.

Retrieves the next page of results.

### Method Details

`close()`

    Close httplib2 connections.

`get(volumeId, layerId, annotationId, locale=None, source=None, x__xgafv=None)`

    Gets the volume annotation.

    Args:
      volumeId: string, The volume to retrieve annotations for. (required)
      layerId: string, The ID for the layer to get the annotations. (required)
      annotationId: string, The ID of the volume annotation to retrieve. (required)
      locale: string, The locale information for the data. ISO-639-1 language and ISO-3166-1 country code. Ex: 'en_US'.
      source: string, String to identify the originator of this request.
      x__xgafv: string, V1 error format.
        Allowed values
          1 - v1 error format
          2 - v2 error format

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        {
      "annotationDataId": "A String", # The annotation data id for this volume annotation.
      "annotationDataLink": "A String", # Link to get data for this annotation.
      "annotationType": "A String", # The type of annotation this is.
      "contentRanges": { # The content ranges to identify the selected text.
        "cfiRange": { # Range in CFI format for this annotation for version above.
          "endOffset": "A String", # The offset from the ending position.
          "endPosition": "A String", # The ending position for the range.
          "startOffset": "A String", # The offset from the starting position.
          "startPosition": "A String", # The starting position for the range.
        },
        "contentVersion": "A String", # Content version applicable to ranges below.
        "gbImageRange": { # Range in GB image format for this annotation for version above.
          "endOffset": "A String", # The offset from the ending position.
          "endPosition": "A String", # The ending position for the range.
          "startOffset": "A String", # The offset from the starting position.
          "startPosition": "A String", # The starting position for the range.
        },
        "gbTextRange": { # Range in GB text format for this annotation for version above.
          "endOffset": "A String", # The offset from the ending position.
          "endPosition": "A String", # The ending position for the range.
          "startOffset": "A String", # The offset from the starting position.
          "startPosition": "A String", # The starting position for the range.
        },
      },
      "data": "A String", # Data for this annotation.
      "deleted": True or False, # Indicates that this annotation is deleted.
      "id": "A String", # Unique id of this volume annotation.
      "kind": "A String", # Resource Type
      "layerId": "A String", # The Layer this annotation is for.
      "pageIds": [ # Pages the annotation spans.
        "A String",
      ],
      "selectedText": "A String", # Excerpt from the volume.
      "selfLink": "A String", # URL to this resource.
      "updated": "A String", # Timestamp for the last time this anntoation was updated. (RFC 3339 UTC date-time format).
      "volumeId": "A String", # The Volume this annotation is for.
    }

`list(volumeId, layerId, contentVersion, endOffset=None, endPosition=None, locale=None, maxResults=None, pageToken=None, showDeleted=None, source=None, startOffset=None, startPosition=None, updatedMax=None, updatedMin=None, volumeAnnotationsVersion=None, x__xgafv=None)`

    Gets the volume annotations for a volume and layer.

    Args:
      volumeId: string, The volume to retrieve annotations for. (required)
      layerId: string, The ID for the layer to get the annotations. (required)
      contentVersion: string, The content version for the requested volume. (required)
      endOffset: string, The end offset to end retrieving data from.
      endPosition: string, The end position to end retrieving data from.
      locale: string, The locale information for the data. ISO-639-1 language and ISO-3166-1 country code. Ex: 'en_US'.
      maxResults: integer, Maximum number of results to return
      pageToken: string, The value of the nextToken from the previous page.
      showDeleted: boolean, Set to true to return deleted annotations. updatedMin must be in the request to use this. Defaults to false.
      source: string, String to identify the originator of this request.
      startOffset: string, The start offset to start retrieving data from.
      startPosition: string, The start position to start retrieving data from.
      updatedMax: string, RFC 3339 timestamp to restrict to items updated prior to this timestamp (exclusive).
      updatedMin: string, RFC 3339 timestamp to restrict to items updated since this timestamp (inclusive).
      volumeAnnotationsVersion: string, The version of the volume annotations that you are requesting.
      x__xgafv: string, V1 error format.
        Allowed values
          1 - v1 error format
          2 - v2 error format

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        {
      "items": [ # A list of volume annotations.
        {
          "annotationDataId": "A String", # The annotation data id for this volume annotation.
          "annotationDataLink": "A String", # Link to get data for this annotation.
          "annotationType": "A String", # The type of annotation this is.
          "contentRanges": { # The content ranges to identify the selected text.
            "cfiRange": { # Range in CFI format for this annotation for version above.
              "endOffset": "A String", # The offset from the ending position.
              "endPosition": "A String", # The ending position for the range.
              "startOffset": "A String", # The offset from the starting position.
              "startPosition": "A String", # The starting position for the range.
            },
            "contentVersion": "A String", # Content version applicable to ranges below.
            "gbImageRange": { # Range in GB image format for this annotation for version above.
              "endOffset": "A String", # The offset from the ending position.
              "endPosition": "A String", # The ending position for the range.
              "startOffset": "A String", # The offset from the starting position.
              "startPosition": "A String", # The starting position for the range.
            },
            "gbTextRange": { # Range in GB text format for this annotation for version above.
              "endOffset": "A String", # The offset from the ending position.
              "endPosition": "A String", # The ending position for the range.
              "startOffset": "A String", # The offset from the starting position.
              "startPosition": "A String", # The starting position for the range.
            },
          },
          "data": "A String", # Data for this annotation.
          "deleted": True or False, # Indicates that this annotation is deleted.
          "id": "A String", # Unique id of this volume annotation.
          "kind": "A String", # Resource Type
          "layerId": "A String", # The Layer this annotation is for.
          "pageIds": [ # Pages the annotation spans.
            "A String",
          ],
          "selectedText": "A String", # Excerpt from the volume.
          "selfLink": "A String", # URL to this resource.
          "updated": "A String", # Timestamp for the last time this anntoation was updated. (RFC 3339 UTC date-time format).
          "volumeId": "A String", # The Volume this annotation is for.
        },
      ],
      "kind": "A String", # Resource type
      "nextPageToken": "A String", # Token to pass in for pagination for the next page. This will not be present if this request does not have more results.
      "totalItems": 42, # The total number of volume annotations found.
      "version": "A String", # The version string for all of the volume annotations in this layer (not just the ones in this response). Note: the version string doesn't apply to the annotation data, just the information in this response (e.g. the location of annotations in the book).
    }

`list_next()`

    Retrieves the next page of results.

            Args:
              previous_request: The request for the previous page. (required)
              previous_response: The response from the request for the previous page. (required)

            Returns:
              A request object that you can call 'execute()' on to request the next
              page. Returns None if there are no more items in the collection.