WorldCat Basic API News Archive

Downtime for the WorldCat Search and Basic APIs 13 January 2013

On this Sunday, 13 January 2013 there will be a scheduled service downtime for the OCLC WorldCat Search APIs available through the Platform from 2:00 am to 4:00 am ET (-5 GMT).

During the downtime, the WorldCat APIs will receive planned maintenance. Downtime will be minimized as much as possible.

Any questions, please let us know.

Submitted by meyerst on Fri, 01/11/2013 - 3:56pm

Announcements

Introduction to Web Services Webinar scheduled for Thursday, July 28

Heard people talk about "using APIs and Web Services" and not quite sure what they were talking about? Or more likely--been talking about Web Services to your colleagues or manager/director and gotten blank looks?

Join Karen Coombs of the OCLC Developer Network as she demystifies the topic. Send your fellow staff members, to help them understand what you do.

Submitted by alicesneary on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 10:20am

Webinars

WorldCat Basic API now available

Now anyone and everyone can create apps and mash-ups using library data from WorldCat, the world's largest library catalog. Because the WorldCat Basic API is here! This new API is a simplified version of the WorldCat Search API. Send it RESTful URI queries in OpenSearch, and it retrieves results in RSS or Atom.

Submitted by alicesneary on Thu, 12/10/2009 - 1:14pm