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Cornell University Library Catalog Search API

JSON search over Cornell University Library's catalog. The catalog is the library's own Blacklight deployment; appending .json to any catalog route returns a Solr-backed JSON envelope, and an OpenSearch description document is published at /catalog/opensearch.xml. Cornell publishes no API reference for it, so the contract in this repo is derived from live probes, not from a Cornell-authored spec. Item-level JSON is not offered (406).

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Cornell University Library Catalog Search API is one of 6 APIs that Cornell University publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Library, Discovery, Blacklight, and Catalog. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://catalog.library.cornell.edu.

3 operations 3 paths 0 schemas 3 GET

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://catalog.library.cornell.edu
Contact
Cornell University Library
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

library-catalog 3

Search the Cornell University Library catalog.

GET
/catalog.json
Search the library catalog
searchCatalog 4 params → 200
GET
/catalog/opensearch.xml
OpenSearch description document
getOpenSearchDescription → 200
GET
/catalog/opensearch.json
Search suggestions
getSearchSuggestions 1 param → 200

Specification

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Source

cornell-library-catalog-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
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cornell:library-catalog
Base URL
https://catalog.library.cornell.edu
Docs
https://www.library.cornell.edu/
Provider
Cornell University
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