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Europeana Search API

Discover records via keyword, faceted, and filtered search

Europeana Search API is one of 2 APIs that Europeana publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.europeana.eu/record/v2.

1 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://api.europeana.eu/record/v2
Authentication
API Key
License
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Europeana Search API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as wskey (apiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKeyAuth — Europeana API key. Register at https://pro.europeana.eu/pages/get-api.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Search 1

Discover records via keyword, faceted, and filtered search

GET
/search.json
Search records
searchRecords 8 params → 200401

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is SearchResponse (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SearchResponse
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

europeana-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Europeana publishes across the network.

Europeana Record API