# YorSearch Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-york/yorsearch-primo/  
**Provider:** University of York — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-york/  
**Documentation:** https://www.york.ac.uk/library/resources/yorsearch-help/

YorSearch Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo) is one of 2 APIs that [University of York](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-york/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, Discovery, Primo, Alma, and Ex Libris. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

YorSearch is the University of York library discovery service, built on the Ex Libris Primo platform with an Alma library services backend (view id 44YORK-NUI). Primo exposes programmatic discovery via its REST and PNX/X-Services interfaces; access is not openly documented by the university and typically requires institutional credentials or an Ex Libris API key. The discovery UI is confirmed live (HTTP 200).

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://www.york.ac.uk/library/resources/yorsearch-help/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-york/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other University of York APIs (1)

- [University of York Oai2 API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-york/university-of-york-oai2-api/)

## Tags

Library, Discovery, Primo, Alma, Ex Libris, Catalogue

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