Europeana Search & Record API

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This Swagger API console provides an overview of the Europeana Search & Record API. You can build and test anything from the simplest search to a complex query using facetList such as dates, geotags and permissions. For more help and information, head to our comprehensive online documentation .

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET basic search function following the OpenSearch specification

basic search function following the OpenSearch specification

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/opensearch.rss?count=12&startIndex=1&searchTerms=example

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/opensearch.rss?count=12&startIndex=1&searchTerms=example"

import requests
params = {
    "count": "12",
    "startIndex": "1",
    "searchTerms": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/opensearch.rss",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/opensearch.rss');
url.searchParams.set('count', '12');
url.searchParams.set('startIndex', '1');
url.searchParams.set('searchTerms', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/opensearch.rss")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("count", "12")
	q.Set("startIndex", "1")
	q.Set("searchTerms", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/opensearch.rss")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "count" => "12",
  "startIndex" => "1",
  "searchTerms" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/opensearch.rss?" . http_build_query([
    "count" => "12",
    "startIndex" => "1",
    "searchTerms" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET search for records

search for records

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/search.json?qf=example&lang=en&rows=12&sort=desc&boost=example&facet=example&media=true&query=test&start=1&theme=example&wskey=example&cursor=example&hit.fl=example&profile=standard&callback=example&q.source=example&q.target=example&thumbnail=true&landingpage=true&reusability=example&colourpalette=example&hit.selectors=example&text_fulltext=true

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/search.json?qf=example&lang=en&rows=12&sort=desc&boost=example&facet=example&media=true&query=test&start=1&theme=example&wskey=example&cursor=example&hit.fl=example&profile=standard&callback=example&q.source=example&q.target=example&thumbnail=true&landingpage=true&reusability=example&colourpalette=example&hit.selectors=example&text_fulltext=true"

import requests
params = {
    "qf": "example",
    "lang": "en",
    "rows": "12",
    "sort": "desc",
    "boost": "example",
    "facet": "example",
    "media": "true",
    "query": "test",
    "start": "1",
    "theme": "example",
    "wskey": "example",
    "cursor": "example",
    "hit.fl": "example",
    "profile": "standard",
    "callback": "example",
    "q.source": "example",
    "q.target": "example",
    "thumbnail": "true",
    "landingpage": "true",
    "reusability": "example",
    "colourpalette": "example",
    "hit.selectors": "example",
    "text_fulltext": "true"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/search.json",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/search.json');
url.searchParams.set('qf', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('lang', 'en');
url.searchParams.set('rows', '12');
url.searchParams.set('sort', 'desc');
url.searchParams.set('boost', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('facet', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('media', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('query', 'test');
url.searchParams.set('start', '1');
url.searchParams.set('theme', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('wskey', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('cursor', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('hit.fl', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('profile', 'standard');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('q.source', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('q.target', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('thumbnail', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('landingpage', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('reusability', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('colourpalette', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('hit.selectors', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('text_fulltext', 'true');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/search.json")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("qf", "example")
	q.Set("lang", "en")
	q.Set("rows", "12")
	q.Set("sort", "desc")
	q.Set("boost", "example")
	q.Set("facet", "example")
	q.Set("media", "true")
	q.Set("query", "test")
	q.Set("start", "1")
	q.Set("theme", "example")
	q.Set("wskey", "example")
	q.Set("cursor", "example")
	q.Set("hit.fl", "example")
	q.Set("profile", "standard")
	q.Set("callback", "example")
	q.Set("q.source", "example")
	q.Set("q.target", "example")
	q.Set("thumbnail", "true")
	q.Set("landingpage", "true")
	q.Set("reusability", "example")
	q.Set("colourpalette", "example")
	q.Set("hit.selectors", "example")
	q.Set("text_fulltext", "true")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/search.json")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "qf" => "example",
  "lang" => "en",
  "rows" => "12",
  "sort" => "desc",
  "boost" => "example",
  "facet" => "example",
  "media" => "true",
  "query" => "test",
  "start" => "1",
  "theme" => "example",
  "wskey" => "example",
  "cursor" => "example",
  "hit.fl" => "example",
  "profile" => "standard",
  "callback" => "example",
  "q.source" => "example",
  "q.target" => "example",
  "thumbnail" => "true",
  "landingpage" => "true",
  "reusability" => "example",
  "colourpalette" => "example",
  "hit.selectors" => "example",
  "text_fulltext" => "true"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/search.json?" . http_build_query([
    "qf" => "example",
    "lang" => "en",
    "rows" => "12",
    "sort" => "desc",
    "boost" => "example",
    "facet" => "example",
    "media" => "true",
    "query" => "test",
    "start" => "1",
    "theme" => "example",
    "wskey" => "example",
    "cursor" => "example",
    "hit.fl" => "example",
    "profile" => "standard",
    "callback" => "example",
    "q.source" => "example",
    "q.target" => "example",
    "thumbnail" => "true",
    "landingpage" => "true",
    "reusability" => "example",
    "colourpalette" => "example",
    "hit.selectors" => "example",
    "text_fulltext" => "true"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET translate a term to different languages

translate a term to different languages

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/translateQuery.json?term=test&wskey=example&profile=example&callback=example&languageCodes=example

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/translateQuery.json?term=test&wskey=example&profile=example&callback=example&languageCodes=example"

import requests
params = {
    "term": "test",
    "wskey": "example",
    "profile": "example",
    "callback": "example",
    "languageCodes": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/translateQuery.json",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/translateQuery.json');
url.searchParams.set('term', 'test');
url.searchParams.set('wskey', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('profile', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('languageCodes', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/translateQuery.json")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("term", "test")
	q.Set("wskey", "example")
	q.Set("profile", "example")
	q.Set("callback", "example")
	q.Set("languageCodes", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/translateQuery.json")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "term" => "test",
  "wskey" => "example",
  "profile" => "example",
  "callback" => "example",
  "languageCodes" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/europeana.eu/version unknown/record/v2/translateQuery.json?" . http_build_query([
    "term" => "test",
    "wskey" => "example",
    "profile" => "example",
    "callback" => "example",
    "languageCodes" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with Europeana Search & Record API?

Europeana Search & Record API is a Data API. Developers commonly use data APIs for:

enriching your app with third-party datasets
building data pipelines and ETL workflows
querying and searching large datasets
powering research, analysis, and reporting tools
syncing reference data into your own systems

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. Europeana Search & Record API is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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