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API Versioning
The version number of the API is specified in the base URL (e.g. “v2”). A version number is always required when accessing the API. The version number will be incremented whenever breaking (non backwards-compatible) changes are made to the API.
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This section describes the fields available for searching through the API. In some cases, fields available through the API aggregate multiple fields within the MODS records. When applicable, this is identified in the MODS field mapping column.
| Name | Exact Match Search | Alpha Sort | Can Facet | MODS Field Mapping | Examples/Notes | ||||||
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abstractTOC | No | No | No | abstract | This query returns items with the keyword "justinian" in an abstract or table of contents field: https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?abstractTOC=Justinian | ||||||
classification | Yes | No | Yes | classification Physical organization code. Includes bibliographic-level classification but not holdings. See shelfLocator for holdings-level classification. | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?classification=F1435.3 Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
collectionId | Yes | No | Yes | extension.sets.systemId Query by the set/collection ID assigned to items that have been grouped together for delivery via Harvard Digital Collections. | This query returns items associated with a specific set by its identifier: Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
collectionTitle
| Yes | No | Yes | extension.sets.setName Query by the set/collection title assigned to items that have been grouped together for delivery via Harvard Digital Collections. | This query returns items associated with a specific set by set title: Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
copyrightDate | Yes | No | Yes | originInfo.copyrightDate Use YYYY format to search. | |||||||
dateCaptured | Yes | No | Yes | originInfo.dateCaptured | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?dateCaptured=2016&genre=performed+music Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
dateCreated | Yes | No | Yes | originInfo.dateCreated | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?q=daguerreotypes&dateCreated=1806 Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
dateIssued | Yes | No | Yes | originInfo.dateIssued | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?name=asimov isaac&dateIssued=1961 Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
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| dates.start | No | No | No | originInfo.dateIssued Use YYYY format to search. | This query returns all works by Molière published from 1990 forward: This query returns all works by Molière published from 1990 backward: This query returns all works by Molière published from 1990 to 2000: | ||||||
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edition | Yes | No | Yes | originInfo.edition | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?name=Molière&edition=7th. ed. Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
genre | Yes | No | Yes | genre | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?q=fish+watercolor&genre=Drawings Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
identifier
| Yes | No | No | identifier (Identifier of an item in another system) | This query returns an item by it's ISBN: | ||||||
isCollection
| Yes | No | Yes | typeOfResource (where collection="yes") Values are “true” or “false”. Indicates whether or not a record describes a collection of items. | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?q=colonial+north+america&isCollection=true | ||||||
isManuscript
| Yes | No | Yes | typeOfResource (where manuscript="yes") Values are “true” or “false”. Indicates whether or not a record describes manuscript or archival material. | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?q=colonial+north+america&isManuscript=true | ||||||
isOnline
| No | Yes† | Yes | "true" if location.url[@access = 'raw object'] exists, "false" otherwise Indicates whether or not an item is available in digital form; values are "true" or "false". See also inDRS. | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?q=earhart amelia&isOnline=true †Will sort all @access=raw object items together in a result set. | ||||||
issuance | Yes | No | Yes | originInfo.issuance | This query returns items with subject "astronomy" issued as a serial: https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject=astronomy&issuance=serial | ||||||
languageCode | Yes | No | Yes | language.languageTerm (where languageTerm type="code") Search is based on language ISO code. | This query returns items of Shakespeare in Chinese: https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?name=shakespeare&languageCode=chi | ||||||
languageText | Yes | No | Yes | language.languageTerm (where languageTerm type="text") Facet as "language" rather than "languageText". Search is based on language name text. | This query returns items by or about Laozi in Chinese: https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?title=laozi&language=Chinese | ||||||
name | Not available | No | Yes | name.namePart e.g. "Greenblatt, Stephen" | Will find term in any name field: | ||||||
originDate | Yes | No | Yes | originInfo.dateIssued | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?name=asimov+isaac&originDate=1961 Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
originPlace | Yes | No | Yes | originInfo.place.placeTerm | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?q=colonial+north+america&originPlace=Boston Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
physicalDescription
| No | No | physicalDescription.form | This query returns items in print form with "peanut" in the title: https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?title=peanut&physicalDescription=print | |||||||
physicalLocation
| No | No | Yes | location.physicalLocation Includes Harvard repository names but also non-Harvard locations, especially for artworks. | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?physicalLocation=tozzer&subject=cylinder seals | ||||||
publisher | Yes | No | Yes | originInfo.publisher | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?q=shakespeare&publisher=Arden Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
recordIdentifier | Yes | No | No | recordInfo.recordIdentifier at the top level only priorrecordids.recordIdentifier e.g. recordIdentifier=sch00443c00117 (for finding aids), recordIdentifier=S26791_olvsurrogate827653 (for images), recordIdentifier=012956251 (for Aleph) Internal recordInfo.recordIdentifier elements in finding aid components and image records can be searched as keywords. | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?recordIdentifier=990148733450203941 (for Alma) https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?recordIdentifier=014873345 (for Aleph) https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?recordIdentifier=sch00227c00197 (for finding aids) https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?recordIdentifier=W42143_urn-3:FHCL:1176307 (for images) Use a keyword query to retrieve items based on record ID in finding aid components and image records: | ||||||
repository
| Yes | No | Yes | Search: location.physicalLocation (where @type="repository") Facet: extension.librarycloud.HarvardRepositories.HarvardRepository Includes Harvard repositories only. A search will query the long form repository name (e.g.Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library); faceting will return the short form repository name (e.g. Loeb Music). | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?q=peanuts&repository=Oakes Ames | ||||||
resourceType (4/11/19: not working correctly) | Yes | No | Yes | typeOfResource | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?name=shakespeare&resourceType=three dimensional object | ||||||
role | Yes | No | Yes | name.namePart.role.roleTerm | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?name=shakespeare&role=publisher | ||||||
| seriesTitle | Yes | No | Yes | In relatedItem[@type='series']: titleInfo.title facet as "relatedItem" rather than "seriesTitle" | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?seriesTitle=Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series | ||||||
| Yes | No | Yes | location.shelfLocator | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?q=peanuts&shelfLocator=Film Mas Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
source | No | Yes | Yes | recordInfo.recordIdentifier source attribute Sources are currently MH:ALMA (from Alma), MH:VIA (image items from JSTOR forum), or MH:OASIS (finding aid components from ArchivesSpace). Attribute occurs only on top-level recordInfo.recordIdentifier elements | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?q=earhart amelia&source=MH:ALMA | ||||||
subject | Yes | No | Yes | subject.topic | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject=perseus Case-sensitive exact match: Note: An exact query can match on contents of a single field only. In LibraryCloud MODS, a subject heading and its subdivision(s) are split into separate fields, e.g. the subject heading "Older people -- Services for" appears in the LibCloud MODS record as these fields: <mods:topic>Older people</mods:topic>
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subject.genre | Yes | No | Yes | subject.genre | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.genre=folklore Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
subject.geographic | Yes | No | Yes | subject.geographic | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.geographic=giza Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
subject.hierarchicalGeographic | Yes | No | No | subject.hierarchicalGeographic.continent | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.hierarchicalGeographic=Boston | ||||||
subject.hierarchicalGeographic.area | Yes | No | Yes | subject.hierarchicalGeographic.area | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.hierarchicalGeographic.area=galicia | ||||||
subject.hierarchicalGeographic.city | Yes | No | Yes | subject.hierarchicalGeographic.city | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.hierarchicalGeographic.city=Cochituate&q=maps | ||||||
subject.hierarchicalGeographic.citySection | Yes | No | Yes | subject.hierarchicalGeographic.citySection | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.hierarchicalGeographic.citySection=charlestown | ||||||
subject.hierarchicalGeographic.continent | Yes | No | Yes | subject.hierarchicalGeographic.continent | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.hierarchicalGeographic.continent=africa | ||||||
subject.hierarchicalGeographic.country | Yes | No | Yes | subject.hierarchicalGeographic.country | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.hierarchicalGeographic.country=canada | ||||||
subject.hierarchicalGeographic.county | Yes | No | Yes | subject.hierarchicalGeographic.county | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.hierarchicalGeographic.county=middlesex | ||||||
subject.hierarchicalGeographic.extraterrestrialArea | Yes | No | Yes | subject.hierarchicalGeographic.extraterrestrialArea | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.hierarchicalGeographic.extraterrestrialArea=* | ||||||
subject.hierarchicalGeographic.island | Yes | No | Yes | subject.hierarchicalGeographic.island | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.hierarchicalGeographic.island=* | ||||||
subject.hierarchicalGeographic.province | Yes | No | Yes | subject.hierarchicalGeographic.province | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.hierarchicalGeographic.province=quebec | ||||||
subject.hierarchicalGeographic.region | Yes | No | Yes | subject.hierarchicalGeographic.region | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.hierarchicalGeographic.region=nile | ||||||
subject.hierarchicalGeographic.state | Yes | No | Yes | subject.hierarchicalGeographic.state | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.hierarchicalGeographic.state=massachusetts&q=maps | ||||||
subject.hierarchicalGeographic.territory | Yes | No | Yes | subject.hierarchicalGeographic.territory | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.hierarchicalGeographic.territory=* | ||||||
subject.name | Yes | No | Yes | subject.name | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.name=kubrick stanley Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
subject.name.role | Yes | No | Yes | subject.name.role.roleTerm Terms may be expressed as a word (photographer.) or abbreviation ("cmp" for composer). | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.name.role=cmp Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
subject.temporal | Yes | No | Yes | subject.temporal | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?q=samurai&subject.temporal=edo Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
subject.titleInfo | Yes | No | Yes | subject.titleInfo.title | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.titleInfo=Middlemarch Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
subject.topic | Yes | No | Yes | subject.topic | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject.topic=mochica pottery Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
title | Yes | No | No | titleInfo.title | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?title=complete motown singles Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
url | Yes | No | No | location.url Can be URLs or URNs; includes links to digital content and catalog records. | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?q=earhart amelia&url=*RAD.SCHL* Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
url.access
| Yes | No | Yes | location.url.access (range = <preview, raw object>) facet as url.access.preview or url.access.raw_object Query for records containing a url field with a specific @access attribute. Values are: "preview"= indicates link to image thumbnail
| This query returns items containing a url with the attribute access="preview" (i.e., an image thumbnail link is present): **At this time, only url.access=preview works. | ||||||
urn
| No | No | No | location.url Queries an item by its NRS URN (the URN only e.g., " urn-3:FHCL:1155043" minus the actionable URL components). | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?urn=urn-3:FHCL:1155043 | ||||||
| DRS Extensions | |||||||||||
| Yes | No | Yes | extension.HarvardDRS.accessFlag (range = <P, R, N, B>) P (publicly accessible), R (restricted to Harvard), N (not available for delivery), B (bypass, access handled differently) See also: availableTo to query human-readable version of DRS accessFlags. | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?genre=daguerreotype&accessFlag=P | ||||||
| Yes | No | Yes | extension.HarvardDRS.contentModel (range = <AUDIO, DOCUMENT, PDS DOCUMENT, PDS DOCUMENT LIST, STILL IMAGE, TEXT, VIDEO>) Use _exact query to find "DOCUMENT". See also: digitalFormat to query by human-readable value derived from the contentModel for an object in Harvard's Digital Repository Service (DRS). | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?title=biodiversity&limit=100&contentModel=PDS DOCUMENT Use the case-sensitive exact match query to find "DOCUMENT": | ||||||
fileDeliveryURL (valid if inDRS=true)
| Yes | No | No | extension.HarvardDRS.fileDeliveryURL, eg. "http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.HOUGH:1090399" Query an item by its full delivery URL. | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?title=annual+report&fileDeliveryURL=https://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HMS.COUNT:22923642 | ||||||
| Yes | No | Yes | extension.HarvardDRS.inDRS (range = <"true", "false">) Query for items in Harvard Library's digital repository service. See also isOnline. | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?genre=daguerreotype&inDRS=true | ||||||
| maxImageDeliveryDimension (future) | Future | No | Future | extension.HarvardDRS.maxImageDeliveryDimension - e.g., "600". Value is in pixels. | |||||||
metsLabel (valid if inDRS=true)
| Yes | No | No | extension.HarvardDRS.metsLabel eg. Any text string Query for items by keywords in the descriptive METS label - if defined in DRS metadata. | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?metsLabel=seward Case-sensitive exact match: | ||||||
modified.after (valid if inDRS=true)
| Yes | No | No | extension.HarvardDRS.lastModifiedDate - eg. "2016-05-03 Query items by the "last modified" date of a linked digital object in DRS (in YYYY-MM-DD format). | This query returns items in DRS last modified after 2016-01-05: This query returns items in DRS last modified before a specific date: This query returns items in DRS last modified on 2016-01-05: https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?q=*&modified.after=2016-01-04&modified.before=2016-01-06 | ||||||
| modified.before (valid if inDRS=true) | No | No | This query returns items in DRS last modified prior to 2015-01-01: https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?q=*&modified.before=2015-01-01 | ||||||||
| ownerCode (valid if inDRS=true) | Yes | No | Yes | extension.HarvardDRS.ownerCode, eg. "FHCL.HOUGH" | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?q=cookbook*&ownerCode=RAD.SCHL | ||||||
| ownerCodeDisplayName (valid if inDRS=true) | Yes | No | Yes | extension.HarvardDRS.ownerCodeDisplayName, eg. "Houghton Library" | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?q=daguerreotype&ownerCodeDisplayName=Schlesinger | ||||||
uriType (valid if inDRS=true)
| Yes | No | Yes | extension.HarvardDRS.uriType (range = <FDS, IDS, PDS, PDS_LIST, SDS, SDS_VIDEO>) Query for items by type of delivery urn, which is a proxy for type of delivery service. Delivery service types: FDS (text documents), IDS (images), PDS (page-turned objects), PDS_LIST (list of page-turned objects), SDS (streaming audio), (SDS_VIDEO (streaming video) | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject=jazz&uriType=SDS | ||||||
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| Yes | No | Yes | extension.librarycloud.availableTo Human-readable values for access to digital content in Harvard's Digital Repository Service (DRS). Values are "Everyone" (corresponds to accessFlag=P) and "Harvard only" (corresponds to accessFlag=R). See also: availableTo to query by DRS accessFlag. | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?q=colonialism&availableTo=Everyone | ||||||
| No | Yes | extension.librarycloud.digitalFormats.digitalFormat Human readable values derived from the contentModel for an object in Harvard's Digital Repository Service (DRS). Values are audio, books and documents, images, and video. See also: contentModel to query by the DRS content model of an object in Harvard's Digital Repository Service (DRS). | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?subject=poetry&digitalFormat=audio | |||||||
processed.after | Yes | No | No | extension.librarycloud.processingDate Use YYYY-MM-DD format to search. This processing date indicates the most recent re-ingest of a metadata record (an "item") into LibraryCloud from its source catalog. | This query returns items processed after the date specified: This query returns items processed before the date specified: This query returns items processed between the specified dates: | ||||||
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| setName | No | Yes | extension.sets.set.setName Human-readable names that identify a set of materials selected by, for example, a curator for administrative or discovery purposes or for harvesting via OAI-PMH. | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?setName=chinese rare books | |||||||
| setSpec | No | Yes | extension.sets.set.setSpec Codes used to identify a set of materials selected by, for example, a curator for administrative or discovery purposes or for harvesting via OAI-PMH. | https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?setSpec=crb | |||||||
More Query Examples
#Search all of LibraryCloud for “peanuts” in the title:
https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?title=peanuts
#Search finding aid components for “peanuts” in the title:
https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?title=peanuts&source=MH:OASIS (can use MH:OASIS, MH:VIA, or MH:ALMA)
#Search for a specific component identifier in a finding aid:
https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?source=MH:OASIS&recordIdentifier=sch00443c00072
#Search for a specific image component identifier in JSTOR Forum (the identifier actually has the form "<viaRecordId>_<URN>", but the wildcard matches the URN portion if not known:
https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?recordIdentifier=W188002*
#Search for all components in an OASIS record:
https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?recordIdentifier=sch00443*
#Look up the MODS for a PDS object given its URN:
https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?urn=urn-3:FHCL.HOUGH:25620083
#Search all of library cloud for VIA records that are public and have “peanuts” in the title:
https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?title=peanuts&source=MH:VIA&accessFlag=P
#Get the facet counts for collections with various collection titles:
https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?facets=collectionTitle
#Get all manuscripts from Schlesinger Library that contain either the string "electronic finding aid available" OR "electronic container list available":
https://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items?physicalLocation=sch&isManuscript=true&q=(electronic finding aid available) OR (electronic container list available)
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