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xOCLCNum

Submit an OCLC Number, LCCN or OCLC work ID to this service and get back a list of associated OCLC numbers and brief metadata. OCLC Numbers are sorted by the number of times each items represented is held by a WorldCat Library: highest to lowest.

Status: Production

  • getVariants: list different variants of same OCLC number
  • getEditions: list all relevant OCLC numbers and edition information
  • getMetadata: get metadata

What you get


Who can use it

Non-commercial Use

Interested in commercial use of this service? Contact us.

Usage Limit

500 queries per day

Query protocols

REST, OpenURL, unAPI

Record formats

XML, JSON, CSV, TEXT, Python, PHP, Ruby, and HTML

Authentication methods

  • Token
  • IP

Frequency of Update

Monthly

Base Service URL

http://xisbn.worldcat.org/webservices/xid/

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