advancedsearch.php: Search the Internet Archive

API: archive.org:archive.org-api
Endpoint: /advancedsearch.php
Response format: text/html +1 format
Charset: utf-8
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 741ms

Description

Search for items in the Internet Archive using a Solr-like query syntax. Returns matching items with their metadata.

Parameters (7)

fl (array, query, optional)

Comma-separated list of fields to return (can be specified multiple times)

output (string, query, optional, default: json)

Output format

Constraints: {'enum': ['json', 'xml']}

page (integer, query, optional, default: 1)

Page number (alternative to start)

q (string, query, required)

Search query string (e.g., 'title:internet', 'collection:etree', 'mediatype:texts')

rows (integer, query, optional, default: 10)

Number of results to return (max 10000)

Constraints: {'maximum': 10000}

sort (string, query, optional)

Sort field and direction (e.g., 'date desc', 'downloads asc')

start (integer, query, optional, default: 0)

Starting offset for pagination

Examples (9)

Search Internet Archive items openapi-spec 
curl 'https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?q=title%3Awar+and+peace'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php",
    params={
        'q': 'title:war and peace',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("advancedsearch.php", q="title:war and peace")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?q=title%3Awar+and+peace");
const data = await resp.json();
Advanced Search openapi-spec 
curl 'https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?q=title%3Ascience'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php",
    params={
        'q': 'title:science',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("advancedsearch.php", q="title:science")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?q=title%3Ascience");
const data = await resp.json();
Search Internet Archive openapi-spec 
curl 'https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?q=title%3Apython&fl=%5B%27identifier%27%2C+%27title%27%2C+%27creator%27%5D&rows=10&sort=downloads+desc'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php",
    params={
        'q': 'title:python',
        'fl': "['identifier', 'title', 'creator']",
        'rows': '10',
        'sort': 'downloads desc',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("advancedsearch.php", q="title:python", fl="['identifier', 'title', 'creator']", rows=10, sort="downloads desc")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?q=title%3Apython&fl=%5B%27identifier%27%2C+%27title%27%2C+%27creator%27%5D&rows=10&sort=downloads+desc");
const data = await resp.json();
Search items probe-gate 
curl 'https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?rows=10&page=1&output=json'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php",
    params={
        'rows': '10',
        'page': '1',
        'output': 'json',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("advancedsearch.php", rows=10, page=1, output="json")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?rows=10&page=1&output=json");
const data = await resp.json();
Search Archive.org items openapi-spec 
curl 'https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?q=title%3Ahistory+AND+mediatype%3Atexts&rows=10&start=0&fl=identifier%2Ctitle%2Ccreator%2Cmediatype&sort=downloads+desc&output=json&page=1'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php",
    params={
        'q': 'title:history AND mediatype:texts',
        'rows': '10',
        'start': '0',
        'fl': 'identifier,title,creator,mediatype',
        'sort': 'downloads desc',
        'output': 'json',
        'page': '1',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("advancedsearch.php", q="title:history AND mediatype:texts", rows=10, start=0, fl="identifier,title,creator,mediatype", sort="downloads desc", output="json", page=1)

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?q=title%3Ahistory+AND+mediatype%3Atexts&rows=10&start=0&fl=identifier%2Ctitle%2Ccreator%2Cmediatype&sort=downloads+desc&output=json&page=1");
const data = await resp.json();
Search Archive.org items probe-gate 
curl 'https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?q=title%3Ahistory+AND+mediatype%3Atexts&rows=10&start=0&fl=identifier%2Ctitle%2Ccreator%2Cmediatype&sort=downloads+desc&output=json&page=1'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php",
    params={
        'q': 'title:history AND mediatype:texts',
        'rows': '10',
        'start': '0',
        'fl': 'identifier,title,creator,mediatype',
        'sort': 'downloads desc',
        'output': 'json',
        'page': '1',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("advancedsearch.php", q="title:history AND mediatype:texts", rows=10, start=0, fl="identifier,title,creator,mediatype", sort="downloads desc", output="json", page=1)

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?q=title%3Ahistory+AND+mediatype%3Atexts&rows=10&start=0&fl=identifier%2Ctitle%2Ccreator%2Cmediatype&sort=downloads+desc&output=json&page=1");
const data = await resp.json();
Search Archive.org items probe-gate 
curl 'https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?fl=identifier%2Ctitle&rows=10&page=1&start=0&output=json'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php",
    params={
        'fl': 'identifier,title',
        'rows': '10',
        'page': '1',
        'start': '0',
        'output': 'json',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("advancedsearch.php", fl="identifier,title", rows=10, page=1, start=0, output="json")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?fl=identifier%2Ctitle&rows=10&page=1&start=0&output=json");
const data = await resp.json();
Search the Internet Archive openapi-spec 
curl 'https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?q=title%3Ainternet&rows=10&fl=%5B%27identifier%27%2C+%27title%27%2C+%27creator%27%2C+%27date%27%5D&sort=downloads+desc'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php",
    params={
        'q': 'title:internet',
        'rows': '10',
        'fl': "['identifier', 'title', 'creator', 'date']",
        'sort': 'downloads desc',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("advancedsearch.php", q="title:internet", rows=10, fl="['identifier', 'title', 'creator', 'date']", sort="downloads desc")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?q=title%3Ainternet&rows=10&fl=%5B%27identifier%27%2C+%27title%27%2C+%27creator%27%2C+%27date%27%5D&sort=downloads+desc");
const data = await resp.json();
Search the Internet Archive probe-gate 
curl 'https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?q=title%3Ainternet&output=json&rows=10&start=0&fl=%5B%27identifier%27%2C+%27title%27%2C+%27creator%27%2C+%27date%27%5D&sort=downloads+desc&page=1'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php",
    params={
        'q': 'title:internet',
        'output': 'json',
        'rows': '10',
        'start': '0',
        'fl': "['identifier', 'title', 'creator', 'date']",
        'sort': 'downloads desc',
        'page': '1',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("advancedsearch.php", q="title:internet", output="json", rows=10, start=0, fl="['identifier', 'title', 'creator', 'date']", sort="downloads desc", page=1)

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php?q=title%3Ainternet&output=json&rows=10&start=0&fl=%5B%27identifier%27%2C+%27title%27%2C+%27creator%27%2C+%27date%27%5D&sort=downloads+desc&page=1");
const data = await resp.json();

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