WorldCat Search Member Shared Print Holdings 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 Member Shared Print Holdings. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.
This API exposes
1 operation
across 1 path,
and defines 53 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.
1 operations1 paths53 schemas1 GET
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
WorldCat Search Member Shared Print Holdings 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 1
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Search Member Shared Print Holdings 1
GET
/worldcat/search/bibs-retained-holdings
Find member shared print holdings for a known item
The contract defines 53 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]
The identifier in the WorldCat Registry for the institution
BibBriefResultSet
object
3 properties
SummaryOfHoldings
string
Summary of Holdings [https://www.loc.gov/marc/holdings/echdcntf.html]
ItemSubType
string
Facet values returned and possible filter Values itemSubType [Admin/OCLCDef/StdRT1 + Admin/OCLCDef/StdRT2]
ItemType
string
Filter values for General Format
HasSharedPrintCommitment
string
institution has shared print commitment [Holdings/LibHasSharedPrint || LHR - HldDetRec/Admin/SPReg]
HoldingLocation
object
Local holding location [LHR - v852sa,b,c]
3 properties
Issn
string
International Standard Serial Number [v022sal v700,v710,v711,v773,v776,v777,v780,v785 - sx]
SearchFacet
object
3 properties
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
SubFacet
object
3 properties
MaterialSpecified
string
[876-8 |3]
EditionStatement
string
Edition Statement [v250sa]
FacetValue
object
4 properties
CreatorString
string
List of creators as single string
ProblemType
string
A URI reference [RFC3986] that identifies the problem type.
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.
