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WorldCat Member Enabled Providers API

The Member Enabled Providers API from WorldCat — 2 operation(s) for member enabled providers.

WorldCat Member Enabled Providers API is one of 20 APIs that WorldCat publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 3 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.

2 operations 2 paths 3 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.2
API Version
1.0.6
Base URL
https://americas.discovery.api.oclc.org/worldcat/search/v2
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

WorldCat Member Enabled Providers 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 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Member Enabled Providers 2
GET
/rest/providers/search
Find member enabled providers in the WorldCat Knowledge base
find-kb-providers 7 params → 200400405500
GET
/rest/providers/{provider_ID}
Read member enabled providers in the WorldCat Knowledge base by ID
read-kb-provider 2 params → 200400405500

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Provider (10 properties), ProviderSearchResults (10 properties), Link (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ProviderSearchResults
object
10 properties
Link
object
2 properties
Provider
object
10 properties 9 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

worldcat-member-enabled-providers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs WorldCat publishes across the network.

WorldCat Knowledge Base API
WorldCat Bibliographic Resources API
WorldCat Local Bib Resources API
WorldCat Local Holdings Resources API
WorldCat Manage Bibliographic Records API
WorldCat Manage Institution API
WorldCat Manage Local Bibliographic Data API
WorldCat Manage Local Holdings Records API
WorldCat Member Enabled Collections API
WorldCat Member Enabled Title by OpenURL API
WorldCat Member Enabled Titles API
WorldCat Member Enabled Titles by OpenURL API