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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: WorldCat Knowledge base API
  version: 1.0.0
  title: WorldCat Knowledge Base Member Enabled Collections API
servers:
- url: https://worldcat.org/webservices/kb
security:
- api_key: []
tags:
- name: Member Enabled Collections
paths:
  /rest/collections/search:
    get:
      tags:
      - Member Enabled Collections
      summary: Find member enabled collections in the WorldCat Knowledge base
      description: Given metadata find collections enabled by member library
      operationId: find-kb-collections
      parameters:
      - name: alt
        in: query
        description: Format to return results in. application/xml or application/json
        schema:
          type: string
          default: xml
          enum:
          - xml
          - json
        required: false
      - name: q
        in: query
        description: Keyword query to search by
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        example: Nature Publishing Group
      - name: title
        in: query
        description: Search by title
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        examples:
          keyword:
            value: Nature
          exact-match:
            value: Nature
          starts-with:
            value: Nature%
      - name: provider_uid
        in: query
        description: Identifier of the provider associated with the collection
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        example: NPG
      - name: collection_uid
        in: query
        description: Identifier of the collection
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        example: NPG.journals
      - name: search-type
        in: query
        description: Restrict to holdings held by Institutions in requested state
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - search
          - atoz
          default: search
        example: atoz
      - name: startIndex
        in: query
        description: start position of the results to return (1 based), default 1
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 1
        example: 10
      - name: itemsPerPage
        in: query
        description: maximum number of records to return, maximum 50, default 10
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 10
        example: 50
      - name: orderBy
        in: query
        description: Criteria for sorting the results. possible sorting criteria are title, relevancy, holdings, preference, issn, isbn, oclcnum
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: title asc
        example: relevancy
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful search
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CollectionSearchResults'
              examples:
                success-search-collection:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/success-search-collection'
        '400':
          description: Invalid query. The request was unacceptable, often due to missing a required parameter.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
              examples:
                missing-query-parameter:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/missing-query-parameter'
        '405':
          description: Method not supported, see response Allow header
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
              example:
                summary: Error when invalid HTTP method used
                value:
                  title: NOT_ALLOWED
                  detail: POST method not allowed
        '500':
          description: Something went wrong (hopfully rare) - please try again
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
      security:
      - api_key: []
  /rest/collections/{collection_uid}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Member Enabled Collections
      summary: Read member enabled collections in the WorldCat Knowledge base by ID
      description: Given metadata find collections enabled by member library
      operationId: read-kb-collection
      parameters:
      - name: alt
        in: query
        description: Format to return results in. application/xml or application/json
        schema:
          type: string
          default: xml
          enum:
          - xml
          - json
        required: false
      - name: collection_uid
        in: path
        description: Identifier of the collection
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        example: NPG.journals
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful search
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Collection'
              examples:
                success-read-collection:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/success-read-collection'
        '400':
          description: Invalid query. The request was unacceptable, often due to missing a required parameter.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
              examples:
                missing-query-parameter:
                  $ref: '#/components/examples/missing-query-parameter'
        '405':
          description: Method not supported, see response Allow header
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
              example:
                summary: Error when invalid HTTP method used
                value:
                  title: NOT_ALLOWED
                  detail: POST method not allowed
        '500':
          description: Something went wrong (hopfully rare) - please try again
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
      security:
      - api_key: []
components:
  examples:
    success-read-collection:
      summary: successful request to read a collection
      value:
        title: Nature Publishing Group
        id: http://worldcat.org/webservices/kb/rest/collections/NPG.journals
        updated: '2014-02-15T20:20:12Z'
        links:
        - href: http://worldcat.org/webservices/kb/rest/collections/NPG.journals
          rel: self
        - href: http://worldcat.org/webservices/kb/rest/collections/NPG.journals.html
          rel: alternate
        - href: http://www.nature.com
          rel: via
        - href: http://worldcat.org/webservices/kb/export/6569/6569_NPG.journals_kbart.txt
          rel: enclosure
          title: kbart file
          length: 52000
        provider_uid: NPG
        provider_name: Nature Publishing Group
        collection_uid: NPG.journals
        owner_institution: '6569'
        source_institution: '6569'
        collection_status: raw
        collection_type: browsable
        title_link_template: '[[localstem]][[url]]'
        linkscheme: npg
        uhf_version: release134
        marcdelivery_no_delete: 'false'
        google_scholar_enabled: 'true'
        open: 'true'
        available_entries: '104'
        selected_entries: '104'
        localstem: 'true'
    missing-query-parameter:
      summary: Error returned when required query parameter not sent
      value:
        type: MISSING_QUERY_PARAMETER
        title: Validation Failure
        detail: Required String parameter 'q' is not present
    success-search-collection:
      summary: successful search of collections
      value:
        title: 'WorldCat KnowledgeBase Search: Nature'
        updated: '2019-12-12T16:44:25.434Z'
        id: urn:uuid:e318046f4275b7e1dcd64e20a4cd13aa
        author: OCLC
        links:
        - href: http://worldcat.org/webservices/kb/rest/collections/search?q=Nature&startIndex=1&search-type=search&itemsPerPage=10&scope=my&orderBy=title+asc&institution_id=128807
          rel: self
        os:totalResults: '1'
        os:startIndex: '1'
        os:itemsPerPage: '10'
        os:Query: q=Nature&startIndex=1&search-type=search&itemsPerPage=10&scope=my&orderBy=title+asc&institution_id=128807
        entries:
        - title: Nature Open Access Content
          id: http://worldcat.org/webservices/kb/rest/collections/NPG.openAccess,128807
          updated: '2019-11-26T16:24:16Z'
          published: '2012-07-24T01:05:53Z'
          links:
          - href: http://worldcat.org/webservices/kb/rest/collections/NPG.openAccess,128807
            rel: self
          - href: http://worldcat.org/webservices/kb/rest/collections/NPG.openAccess,128807.html
            rel: alternate
          - href: https://www.nature.com
            rel: via
          - href: http://worldcat.org/webservices/kb/rest/collections/NPG.openAccess
            rel: parent
          - href: http://worldcat.org/webservices/kb/export/128807/128807_NPG.openAccess_kbart.txt
            rel: enclosure
            title: kbart file
            length: 53000
          provider_uid: NPG
          provider_name: Nature Publishing Group
          collection_uid: NPG.openAccess
          owner_institution: '128807'
          source_institution: '6569'
          collection_status: copy
          collection_type: autoapprove browsable openaccess
          title_link_template: '[[localstem]][[url]]'
          linkscheme: npg
          uhf_version: release1574104235-NPG
          wcsync_enabled: 'false'
          marcdelivery_enabled: 'false'
          marcdelivery_no_delete: 'false'
          open: 'false'
          available_entries: '106'
          selected_entries: '106'
          localstem: 'true'
  schemas:
    CollectionSearchResults:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          description: name of the results
          type: string
        updated:
          description: date query run
          type: string
        id:
          description: ID for result set
          type: string
        author:
          description: who created the result set
          type: string
        links:
          description: Link to the results
          type: string
        totalResults:
          description: Total number of results
          type: integer
          format: int32
        startIndex:
          description: start position of the results
          type: integer
          format: int32
        itemsPerPage:
          description: number of items per page
          type: integer
          format: int32
        Query:
          description: query sent to API
          type: string
        entries:
          description: actual results
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Collection'
    Collection:
      type: object
      required:
      - title
      - id
      - links
      - provider_uid
      - provider_name
      - collection_uid
      - available_entries
      - selected_entries
      - open
      properties:
        title:
          description: Name of Collection
          type: string
        id:
          description: URL for Collection in API
          type: string
        links:
          description: links associated with Collection
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
        provider_uid:
          description: Id for provider who supplies the collection
          type: string
        provider_name:
          description: name for provider who supplies the collection
          type: string
        collection_uid:
          description: Id for collection
          type: string
        owner_institution:
          description: Institution who has holdings set fo the collection
          type: string
        source_institution:
          description: The institution who originally added the collection to the knowledge base. 6569 represents OCLC
          type: string
        collection_status:
          description: Status of the collection
          type: string
          enum:
          - raw
          - copy
          - select
          - empty
        collection_type:
          description: Kind of collection
          type: string
          enum:
          - openaccess
          - browseable
        title_link_template:
          description: pattern for creating link to title
          type: string
        uhf_version:
          description: something
          type: string
        marcdelivery_no_delete:
          description: Whether or not to deliver MARC records for collection
          type: boolean
        open:
          description: If the collection is open access
          type: boolean
        available_entries:
          description: Number of available entries in a collection
          type: integer
          format: int32
        selected_entries:
          description: Number of selected entries in a collection
          type: integer
          format: int32
        localstem:
          description: something
          type: boolean
    Link:
      type: object
      properties:
        href:
          type: string
        rel:
          type: string
          enum:
          - self
          - alternate
          - parent
          - enclosure
          - via
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      type: apiKey
      name: wskey
      in: query
externalDocs:
  description: Find out more about WorldCat Knowledge Base API
  url: https://www.oclc.org/developer/api/oclc-apis/worldcat-knowledge-base-api.en.html