# Books API . layers . volumeAnnotations

## Instance Methods

Gets the volume annotation.

Gets the volume annotations for a volume and layer.

Retrieves the next page of results.

### Method Details

`get(volumeId, layerId, annotationId, source=None, locale=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)
      source: string, String to identify the originator of this request.
      locale: string, The locale information for the data. ISO-639-1 language and ISO-3166-1 country code. Ex: 'en_US'.

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

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

`list(volumeId, layerId, contentVersion, endPosition=None, locale=None, startOffset=None, volumeAnnotationsVersion=None, pageToken=None, updatedMin=None, endOffset=None, showDeleted=None, updatedMax=None, maxResults=None, startPosition=None, source=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)
      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'.
      startOffset: string, The start offset to start retrieving data from.
      volumeAnnotationsVersion: string, The version of the volume annotations that you are requesting.
      pageToken: string, The value of the nextToken from the previous page.
      updatedMin: string, RFC 3339 timestamp to restrict to items updated since this timestamp (inclusive).
      endOffset: string, The end offset to end retrieving data from.
      showDeleted: boolean, Set to true to return deleted annotations. updatedMin must be in the request to use this. Defaults to false.
      updatedMax: string, RFC 3339 timestamp to restrict to items updated prior to this timestamp (exclusive).
      maxResults: integer, Maximum number of results to return
      startPosition: string, The start position to start retrieving data from.
      source: string, String to identify the originator of this request.

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        {
        "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.
        "items": [ # A list of volume annotations.
          {
            "annotationType": "A String", # The type of annotation this is.
            "kind": "books#volumeannotation", # Resource Type
            "updated": "A String", # Timestamp for the last time this anntoation was updated. (RFC 3339 UTC date-time format).
            "deleted": True or False, # Indicates that this annotation is deleted.
            "contentRanges": { # The content ranges to identify the selected text.
              "contentVersion": "A String", # Content version applicable to ranges below.
              "gbTextRange": { # Range in GB text format for this annotation for version above.
                "startPosition": "A String", # The starting position for the range.
                "endPosition": "A String", # The ending position for the range.
                "startOffset": "A String", # The offset from the starting position.
                "endOffset": "A String", # The offset from the ending position.
              },
              "cfiRange": { # Range in CFI format for this annotation for version above.
                "startPosition": "A String", # The starting position for the range.
                "endPosition": "A String", # The ending position for the range.
                "startOffset": "A String", # The offset from the starting position.
                "endOffset": "A String", # The offset from the ending position.
              },
              "gbImageRange": { # Range in GB image format for this annotation for version above.
                "startPosition": "A String", # The starting position for the range.
                "endPosition": "A String", # The ending position for the range.
                "startOffset": "A String", # The offset from the starting position.
                "endOffset": "A String", # The offset from the ending position.
              },
            },
            "selectedText": "A String", # Excerpt from the volume.
            "volumeId": "A String", # The Volume this annotation is for.
            "annotationDataId": "A String", # The annotation data id for this volume annotation.
            "annotationDataLink": "A String", # Link to get data for this annotation.
            "pageIds": [ # Pages the annotation spans.
              "A String",
            ],
            "layerId": "A String", # The Layer this annotation is for.
            "data": "A String", # Data for this annotation.
            "id": "A String", # Unique id of this volume annotation.
            "selfLink": "A String", # URL to this resource.
          },
        ],
        "kind": "books#volumeannotations", # Resource type
        "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).
        "totalItems": 42, # The total number of volume annotations found.
      }

`list_next(previous_request, previous_response)`

    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.