WorldCat Manage Bibliographic Records API is one of 20 APIs that WorldCat publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Manage Bibliographic Records. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.
This API exposes
6 operations
across 5 paths,
and defines 49 schemas.
It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.2, at version 1.0.6.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://id.oclc.org/worldcat.
6 operations5 paths49 schemas2 GET3 POST1 PUT
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
WorldCat Manage Bibliographic Records API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (entity_data_auth) using the clientCredentials and authorizationCode flows, exposing 2 scopes.
Paths & Operations 6
Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 2 GET, 3 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
The contract defines 49 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are HoldingPart (14 properties), HoldingBrief (14 properties), BibRecordBrief (14 properties), HoldingDetail (13 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
SharedPrintCommitment
object
11 properties
HoldingPart
object
14 properties
PostalCode
string
Postal Code
DisplayCallNumber
string
Display call Number [LHR - v852 |k,h,i,m / |j/ |l]
see https://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/schema/MARC21slim.xsd
InstitutionHolding
object
3 properties
State
string
Name of the State/Province, per ISO 3166-2.
OclcNumber
integer
the oclc number of a given bibliographic record
Date
string
machine readable date 008
Problem
object
RFC 7807 description of an error.
5 properties
Address
object
8 properties
GeneralFormat
string
General Format Type [Admin/OCLCDef/StdRT]
SimpleTitle
string
Linked [v880sa,b] if present or [v245sa,b]
ProblemType
string
A URI reference [RFC3986] that identifies the problem type.
CallNumber
object
Local call number [LHR - v852sh,i,j,k,l,m]
9 properties
Isbns
array
International Standard Book Number [v020sa]
RegistryId
integer
The identifier in the WorldCat Registry for the institution
SummaryOfHoldings
string
Summary of Holdings [https://www.loc.gov/marc/holdings/echdcntf.html]
HasSharedPrintCommitment
string
institution has shared print commitment [Holdings/LibHasSharedPrint || LHR - HldDetRec/Admin/SPReg]
HoldingLocation
object
Local holding location [LHR - v852sa,b,c]
3 properties
BibMatchResult
object
2 properties
Issn
string
International Standard Serial Number [v022sal v700,v710,v711,v773,v776,v777,v780,v785 - sx]
Issns
array
International Standard Serial Numbers
TextualHoldingsStatement
string
[866-8 |a]
CatalogingLanguage
string
Language record was cataloged in [v040sb]
detailedHoldings
array
BibRecordBrief
object
14 properties7 required
Latitude
number
Latitude
ItemLanguage
string
Language of the item [v041sa,j]
HoldingRange
object
2 properties
MaterialSpecified
string
[876-8 |3]
EditionStatement
string
Edition Statement [v250sa]
CreatorString
string
List of creators as single string
ShelvingLocation
string
Shelving location [LHR - v852sc]
CaptionValuePair
object
The caption and value pair for a caption describing a numeric, alphabetic, and/or date designation for an item. The caption is defined as an attribute on the e…
2 properties
HoldingBrief
object
14 properties
TemporaryLocation
string
Temporary location [876-878 |l]
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
