WMS Acquisitions API
A read-write Web service for the Acquisitions module of OCLC WorldShare Management Services so library staff can create, update, delete and submit orders for materials they’d like to acquire. Provides developer-level access to order data.
Status: Production
Lets you create purchase orders as needed for your institution. Facilitates the ability to access and edit existing orders or update an individual order status, and submit purchase orders to fulfillment vendors. Through the Acquisitions API, you can combine your data with external fulfillment vendor data, such as that from Amazon, Alibris, YBP and others and save a lot of time, steps and screens in acquisitions workflows.
What you get
You can information about orders, including:
- Order data: Vendor, account numbers, internal and external identifiers, and comments
- Order item data: Worldcat resource, price, discount, shipping/service charges, tax, and notes
- Copy-level data: Branch/shelving location of items, fund information
Through this API, you can also edit orders and order item data.
Who can use it
Qualifying Institutions
Interested in commercial use of this service? Contact us.
Query protocols
OpenSearch
Record formats
XML
JSON
Authentication methods
- Developer Key
Base Service URL
https://acq.sd00.worldcat.org
Handouts
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