Worldcat: Search Items
Worldcat via Parse · education
Full-text search across the WorldCat catalog. Returns paginated results sorted by relevance. Supports filtering by author, item type, and publication date range. Requires Cloudflare Turnstile verification which is handled automatically. Access the WorldCat global catalog of library materials. Search for books and other items, get detailed metadata, find nearby libraries, check library holdings, get search suggestions, and access item reviews. Fulfilled by Parse from worldcat.org.
- education
- maps-geo
- parse
- platform-key
- reviews-ratings
- worldcat
- worldcat-org
Price and execution
- Price
- $0.04 USD credits / call
- Trust tier
- Verified
- Execution
- Managed call
- Capability group
- education
Interface snapshot
- Protocol
- HTTP operation
- Operation
- GET /scraper/ae20a0f3-8b30-441c-82ea-4d91b529f5a3/search_items
- Interface artifact
- sha256:a9a3bbe80975b328b6144c8997316bc312cbd5f363ab25a3889bea9aec791f2b
- Manifest digest
- sha256:7f8bd7cb829dcc03002868bb8de06b6f733eec2d75052b75545e16a3db18f0bb
Request fields
- limit (integer): Number of results to return per page
- query (string, required): Search keyword or phrase
- author (string): Filter by author name
- offset (integer): Offset for pagination (1-based)
- itemType (string): Filter by item type. Accepted values include: Book, PrintBook, Digital, ArtChap, Archv, AudioBook, CompFile, Image, IntMM, Jrnl, Kit, Map, Music, MsscrptLang, News, Object, Score, Serial, Toy, Video, Vis, Web
- datePublished (string): Filter by publication year range in format YYYY-YYYY (e.g. 2020-2024)
Example queries
- {"limit":"5","query":"python programming","offset":"1","itemType":"Book"}