# IIT Kanpur PKK Library OAI-PMH API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/iit-kanpur/iit-kanpur-oai-pmh-api/  
**Provider:** Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur — https://apis.io/providers/iit-kanpur/  
**Base URL:** https://libserv.iitk.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/oai.pl  
**Documentation:** https://libserv.iitk.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/oai.pl?verb=Identify

IIT Kanpur PKK Library OAI-PMH API is one of 3 APIs that [Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur](https://apis.io/providers/iit-kanpur/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Metadata, OAI-PMH, Open Access, and Library. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata-harvesting endpoint for the P.K. Kelkar Library catalog, operated on the institution's own Koha installation. Verified live on 2026-09-01: Identify returns repositoryName "PKK Library", adminEmail libcirc@iitk.ac.in, granularity YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ, deletedRecord persistent and earliestDatestamp 2016-09-28T08:43:15Z; ListMetadataFormats returns oai_dc, marc21 and marcxml; ListIdentifiers returns live records. ListSets returns noSetHierarchy — no sets are defined. Requires no authentication. OAI-PMH is a named standard in the Kin Score education regime and this is IIT Kanpur's one domain-standard conformance.

## Operations (1)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/oai.pl` | OAI-PMH 2.0 request |

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/iit-kanpur/refs/heads/main/openapi/iit-kanpur-oai-pmh-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html
- **x-conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/iit-kanpur/refs/heads/main/conformance/iit-kanpur-conformance.yml

## Other Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur APIs (2)

- [IIT Kanpur PKK Library Koha REST API](https://apis.io/apis/iit-kanpur/iit-kanpur-koha-rest-api/)
- [IIT Kanpur ROR Registry Record](https://apis.io/apis/iit-kanpur/iit-kanpur-ror-registry-record/)

## Tags

Metadata, OAI-PMH, Open Access, Library

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