REST Request - Settings
Building a query:
The purpose of the Settings service is to provide developers with the ability to retrieve information about a specific institution within the WorldCat Knowledge Base.
The basic URL structure of the service is the following:
http://worldcat.org/webservices/kb/rest/settings/{instid}
Example queries:
Please note: As with most OCLC APIs, this service requires the use of a WSKey, which has been removed from the examples below.
| EXAMPLE URL | NOTES |
|---|---|
| http://worldcat.org/webservices/kb/rest/settings/105357 | Returns institution information about institution 105357. |
Query options:
These are the standard Open Platform Data Protocol query options available through the WorldCat Knowledge Base API (all of them are optional):
PARAMETER | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
alt | Alternate representation type. Alternative means of setting the representation type instead of the Accept header. Supported values include
Default value is xml |
wskey | The client key for accessing this service |
institution_id | This field must be supplied if the user is authorized to multiple institutions, otherwise the value should be obtained by authorization |
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