: Get a specific collection

API: loc.gov:library-of-congress-api
Endpoint: /collections/{collection_name}/
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 1071ms

Description

Returns items from a specific digital collection. Use kebab-case for collection names (e.g., civil-war-maps, baseball-americana).

Parameters (5)

c (integer, query, optional)

Number of results per page

collection_name (string, path, required)

Collection name in kebab-case

fo (string, query, optional)

Output format

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

q (string, query, optional)

Search query within collection

sp (integer, query, optional)

Page number

Examples (1)

Get a specific collection openapi-spec
curl 'https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-war-maps/?fo=json&c=25'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-war-maps/",
    params={
        'fo': 'json',
        'c': '25',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("library-of-congress")
result = api.fetch("collections/{collection_name}/", fo="json", c=25)

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://www.loc.gov/collections/civil-war-maps/?fo=json&c=25");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 03:37:51.880552 200 1071ms
2026-04-15 02:27:49.653216 200 940ms
2026-04-14 00:47:34.692616 200 1217ms
2026-04-12 13:27:37.549160 200 692ms
2026-04-10 04:25:43.192850 200 2193ms
2026-04-09 03:34:23.149455 ERR
2026-04-08 00:23:25.854557 200 929ms
2026-04-07 01:18:14.686693 200 944ms
2026-04-05 19:29:25.104307 200 258ms
2026-04-05 00:10:56.398618 200 1084ms
2026-04-04 02:29:55.460566 200 909ms
2026-04-03 12:56:36.026823 200 570ms
2026-03-30 02:57:08.216610 200 1010ms
2026-03-29 13:17:39.487779 200 938ms
2026-03-23 09:37:27.258668 200 858ms