Suggestions API
Help end users find materials more easily with automatic suggestions for alternate and preferred vocabulary and search terms.
- Status: Production
- Sandbox access: No
What You Get
The Suggestions API allows you to automatically suggest alternate and preferred vocabulary and search terms in end user searches:
- Get a list of alternate terms within a given controlled vocabulary
- Get a list of preferred terms within a given controlled vocabulary
- Get a list of search term suggestions based on a partial word string
This API is part of the WorldCat Discovery Premium API package that allows you to build and customize a full-featured discovery layer, enrich the discovery of collections on your website, and extend discovery to other websites, systems, and devices. Other APIs included in this package:
Who Can Use It
- Libraries that maintain a WorldCat Discovery Premium subscription
- Libraries that maintain a WorldShare Management Services (WMS) subscription