# Cornell University Library Catalog Search API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cornell/library-catalog/  
**Provider:** Cornell University — https://apis.io/providers/cornell/  
**Base URL:** https://catalog.library.cornell.edu  
**Documentation:** https://www.library.cornell.edu/

Cornell University Library Catalog Search API is one of 6 APIs that [Cornell University](https://apis.io/providers/cornell/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Library, Discovery, Blacklight, and Catalog. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

JSON search over Cornell University Library's catalog. The catalog is the library's own Blacklight deployment; appending .json to any catalog route returns a Solr-backed JSON envelope, and an OpenSearch description document is published at /catalog/opensearch.xml. Cornell publishes no API reference for it, so the contract in this repo is derived from live probes, not from a Cornell-authored spec. Item-level JSON is not offered (406).

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cornell/refs/heads/main/openapi/cornell-library-catalog-api-openapi.yml
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cornell/refs/heads/main/examples/cornell-library-catalog-search-example.json
- **Documentation** — https://guides.library.cornell.edu/

## Other Cornell University APIs (5)

- [Cornell Class Roster API](https://apis.io/apis/cornell/class-roster/)
- [CUGIR — Cornell University Geospatial Information Repository API](https://apis.io/apis/cornell/cugir/)
- [eBird API 2.0](https://apis.io/apis/cornell/ebird/)
- [eCommons Institutional Repository (DSpace REST + OAI-PMH) — tenant](https://apis.io/apis/cornell/ecommons/)
- [Cornell Events Calendar API (Localist) — tenant](https://apis.io/apis/cornell/events-calendar/)

## Tags

Library, Discovery, Blacklight, Catalog

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/cornell/library-catalog/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/cornell/.