Web Services
If you’re ready to get down to the nitty gritty of OCLC web services, you’re in the right place. Find documentation for API URLs, content negotiation options, response formats and sample requests. Prefer to learn by doing? Try our APIs.
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Access Options API
Embed options for obtaining needed items, like e-resources and open access materials, in end user search results.
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API access to: WorldCat Discovery
Article Exchange API
A write web service for cloud-based document delivery. Provides developer level access to the Article Exchange document-sharing site. Article Exchange provides a single, secure location where lending libraries can place requested documents and the borrowing library can retrieve articles or book chapters the library user requested via interlibrary loan. This url can be used to retrieve a document from the web service
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API access to: WorldShare Interlibrary Loan
Citation API
Automate citation creation in applications via use of values like OCLC number, ISBN, and ISSN.
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API access to: WorldCat Discovery
Classify
Classify books, videos, CDs and other materials based on identifier: ISBN or OCLC Number
Discovery API
Surface both WorldCat and WorldCat Discovery central index data in search results and add modern search functionality like browsing and filtering.
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API access to: WorldCat Discovery
FAST API
Developer access to OCLC's Faceted Application of Subject Terminologies (FAST) subject headings data.
Interlibrary Loan Policies Directory
A read only web service that allows a developer to send a query about an OCLC member library using their OCLC Symbol or Registry ID and in return receive ILL policies information about that institution.
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API access to: WorldShare Interlibrary Loan
Library Profiles API
Help end users obtain the resources they discover in searches by surfacing library profile information like location and contact details.
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API access to: WorldCat Discovery
Lists API
Support uses cases like class reading lists, course reserves, and weeding projects with lists of library materials.
API access to: WorldCat Discovery
New Titles API
Display recent acquisitions cataloged in WorldCat on your library's website.
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API access to: WorldCat Discovery