{identifier}: Get item metadata

API: archive.org:archive.org-api
Endpoint: /metadata/{identifier}
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 2080ms

Description

Retrieve detailed metadata for a specific item including files, metadata fields, and server locations.

Parameters (1)

identifier (string, path, required)

The unique identifier of the item (e.g., 'goody', 'TheInternetArchive')

Examples (5)

Get item metadata openapi-spec
curl 'https://archive.org/metadata/tolstoy_egilchri'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://archive.org/metadata/tolstoy_egilchri")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("metadata/{identifier}")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/metadata/tolstoy_egilchri");
const data = await resp.json();
Get Item Metadata openapi-spec
curl 'https://archive.org/metadata/principleofrelat00eins'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://archive.org/metadata/principleofrelat00eins")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("metadata/{identifier}")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/metadata/principleofrelat00eins");
const data = await resp.json();
Get item metadata openapi-spec
curl 'https://archive.org/metadata/Europython_2018_YtXw9OWx'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://archive.org/metadata/Europython_2018_YtXw9OWx")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("metadata/{identifier}")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/metadata/Europython_2018_YtXw9OWx");
const data = await resp.json();
Get item metadata openapi-spec
curl 'https://archive.org/metadata/nasa'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://archive.org/metadata/nasa")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("metadata/{identifier}")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/metadata/nasa");
const data = await resp.json();
Get item metadata openapi-spec
curl 'https://archive.org/metadata/goody'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://archive.org/metadata/goody")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("metadata/{identifier}")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/metadata/goody");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

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