OCLC APIs

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Resource Sharing API

Status: Production
Sandbox access: No

Create new resource sharing requests, obtain lists of requests, and get request details.

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API access to: WorldShare Interlibrary Loan

Suggestions API

Status: Production
Sandbox access: No

Help end users find materials more easily with automatic suggestions for alternate and preferred vocabulary and search terms.

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API access to: WorldCat Discovery , WorldCat Discovery Notes

VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)

Status: Production
Sandbox access: No

Access to linked names for the same entity across the world's major name authority files, including national and regional variations in language, character set, and spelling.

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API access to: VIAF

WMS Acquisitions API

Status: Production
Sandbox access: Yes

A read-write Web service for the Acquisitions module of OCLC WorldShare Management Services so library staff can create, update, delete and submit orders and get invoices for materials they’d like to acquire. Provides developer-level access to order, invoice, budget and funding data.

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API access to: WorldShare Management Services