{field}: Get Item Metadata Field

API: archive.org:archive.org-api
Endpoint: /metadata/{identifier}/{field}
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 2888ms

Description

Returns a specific field from item metadata using partial reads

Parameters (4)

count (integer, query, optional)

Number of elements to return (for array fields)

field (string, path, required)

Field name (e.g., 'server', 'metadata', 'files')

identifier (string, path, required)

Item identifier

start (integer, query, optional)

Index to begin array slice (for array fields)

Examples (3)

Get item metadata field curl
curl 'https://archive.org/metadata/TheInternetArchive/metadata'
import requests

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

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

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/metadata/TheInternetArchive/metadata");
const data = await resp.json();
Get files with pagination curl
curl 'https://archive.org/metadata/TheInternetArchive/files?start=0&count=10'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://archive.org/metadata/TheInternetArchive/files",
    params={
        'start': '0',
        'count': '10',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("metadata/{identifier}/{field}", start=0, count=10)

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/metadata/TheInternetArchive/files?start=0&count=10");
const data = await resp.json();
Get server information curl
curl 'https://archive.org/metadata/TheInternetArchive/server'
import requests

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

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

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

Probe History

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