# Book recommendation OG image template

A book cover standing on the table with its page edges showing, a reader's quote in a large serif and star rating.

- Slug: `book-card`
- Preview (real render): https://shareglint.com/storage/template-previews/book-card.jpg
- Page: https://shareglint.com/en/templates/book-card

For book clubs, reading apps, bookstores and newsletters recommending or reviewing a book. The stars fill to the rating out of five (halves too), the quote shrinks to fit and clamps, and without a cover the book is drawn with its title and author on the accent colour. Wide frames give the cover a column of its own; square frames set the title beside the cover and the quote across under both; vertical frames stack cover, title and quote.

## Fields

Every field is optional. Long text shrinks to fit instead of overflowing; an image field takes a public URL that we fetch on our side.

| Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| `quote` | text | The reader's words about the book. | A quiet, salt-stung novel about a family orchard on a drowning coast. I read it in two sittings and still think about the last chapter. |
| `title` | text | Book title. | The Salt Orchard |
| `author` | text | Author's name. | Inés Marlowe |
| `rating` | text | Rating out of 5, e.g. 4.5; fills the stars and is shown beside them. | 4.5 |
| `reviewer` | text | Who said it, e.g. Hana Okafor, Northwind Book Club. | Hana Okafor, Northwind Book Club |
| `genre` | text | Genre or shelf, in small capitals, e.g. Literary fiction. | Literary fiction |
| `buy_url` | text | Where to get it, at the bottom. | harborlight.press/salt-orchard |
| `cover` | image URL | Book cover, portrait (2:3). | https://example.com/images/b07-book-cover.png |
| `accent` | colour | Brand colour as hex, e.g. #6366f1. Drives buttons, highlights and the background glow. (default: #9a3412) | #9a3412 |
| `theme` | dark | light | Colour scheme: dark or light. (default: light) | — |

## Render it with one request

```bash
curl -X POST "https://shareglint.com/v1/images?wait=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "template": "book-card",
    "modifications": {
        "quote": "A quiet, salt-stung novel about a family orchard on a drowning coast. I read it in two sittings and still think about the last chapter.",
        "title": "The Salt Orchard",
        "author": "Inés Marlowe",
        "rating": "4.5",
        "reviewer": "Hana Okafor, Northwind Book Club",
        "genre": "Literary fiction",
        "buy_url": "harborlight.press/salt-orchard",
        "cover": "https://example.com/images/b07-book-cover.png"
    }
}'
```

## Make it yours

accent and theme change per request. For anything more, copy the template into your account: you get an ordinary HTML template with the same fields that you can edit in the dashboard or through the API. If the slug is free on your account, the copy takes it — your integrations switch to your version without changing a line.

```bash
curl -X POST "https://shareglint.com/v1/templates/library/book-card/copy" -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_YOUR_KEY"
```