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WorldCat Search Local Holdings Resources API

The Search Local Holdings Resources API from WorldCat — 4 operation(s) for search local holdings resources.

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WorldCat Search Local Holdings Resources API is one of 20 APIs that WorldCat publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 26 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://metadata.api.oclc.org.

4 operations 4 paths 26 schemas 4 GET

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.0.0
Base URL
https://americas.discovery.api.oclc.org/worldcat/search/v2
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

WorldCat Search Local Holdings Resources API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (worldcat_metadata_auth) using the clientCredentials and authorizationCode flows, exposing 15 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Search Local Holdings Resources 4
GET
/worldcat/search/retained-holdings
Search for shared print LHR Resources
search-retrained-lhr 10 params → 200400405406500
GET
/worldcat/search/my-holdings/{controlNumber}
Retrieve LHR Resource
retrieve-lhr 2 params → 200400404405406500
GET
/worldcat/search/my-holdings
Search LHR Resources
search-lhr 6 params → 200400405406500
GET
/worldcat/browse/my-holdings
Browse LHR Resources
browse-lhr 7 params → 200400405406500

Schemas 26

The contract defines 26 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ItemSummary (19 properties), HoldingPart (14 properties), HoldingDetail (13 properties), SharedPrintCommitment (11 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DisplayCallNumber
string
Display call Number [LHR - v852 |k,h,i,m / |j/ |l]
TextualHoldingsStatement
string
[866-8 |a]
ItemId
string
canonical item id in the circulation system
SummaryOfHoldings
string
Summary of Holdings [https://www.loc.gov/marc/holdings/echdcntf.html]
HoldingDetail
object
13 properties 7 required
SublocationCollection
string
Sublocation or collection [LHR - v852sb]
CallNumber
object
Local call number [LHR - v852sh,i,j,k,l,m]
9 properties
OclcNumber
integer
the oclc number of a given bibliographic record
HoldingRange
object
2 properties
ItemResultsSet
object
a result set consisting of items
2 properties
PieceDesignation
string
Piece Designation [852/863-865/866-868/876-878 |p]
HoldingResultSet
object
2 properties
HoldingPart
object
14 properties
RegistryId
integer
The identifier in the WorldCat Registry for the institution
HoldingLocation
object
Local holding location [LHR - v852sa,b,c]
3 properties
SharedPrintCommitment
object
11 properties
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
ProblemType
string
A URI reference [RFC3986] that identifies the problem type.
ItemSummary
object
19 properties
HasSharedPrintCommitment
string
institution has shared print commitment [Holdings/LibHasSharedPrint || LHR - HldDetRec/Admin/SPReg]
TemporaryLocation
string
Temporary location [876-878 |l]
LHRControlNumber
integer
the accession number of a given local holding record
ShelvingLocation
string
Shelving location [LHR - v852sc]
Problem
object
RFC 7807 description of an error.
5 properties
OCLCSymbol
string
institution OCLC Symbol. Special characters need to be encoded properly.
MaterialSpecified
string
[876-8 |3]

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

worldcat-search-local-holdings-resources-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
worldcat:worldcat-search-local-holdings-resources-api
Base URL
https://americas.discovery.api.oclc.org/worldcat/search/v2
Docs
https://www.oclc.org/developer/api/oclc-apis/worldcat-search-api.en.html
Provider
WorldCat
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