: Search film and videos

API: loc.gov:library-of-congress-api
Endpoint: /film-and-videos/
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 5338ms

Description

Search and browse film and video materials from the Library of Congress collections.

Parameters (4)

c (integer, query, optional, default: 25)

Count/items per page

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

Output format

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

q (string, query, optional)

Search term

sp (integer, query, optional)

Start page number

Examples (3)

Search films and videos openapi-spec
curl 'https://www.loc.gov/film-and-videos/?q=history&fo=json'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://www.loc.gov/film-and-videos/",
    params={
        'q': 'history',
        'fo': 'json',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("library-of-congress")
result = api.fetch("film-and-videos/", q="history", fo="json")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://www.loc.gov/film-and-videos/?q=history&fo=json");
const data = await resp.json();
Search films and videos openapi-spec
curl 'https://www.loc.gov/film-and-videos/?fo=json'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://www.loc.gov/film-and-videos/",
    params={
        'fo': 'json',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("library-of-congress")
result = api.fetch("film-and-videos/", fo="json")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://www.loc.gov/film-and-videos/?fo=json");
const data = await resp.json();
Search film and videos probe-gate
curl 'https://www.loc.gov/film-and-videos/?fo=json&c=25'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://www.loc.gov/film-and-videos/",
    params={
        'fo': 'json',
        'c': '25',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("library-of-congress")
result = api.fetch("film-and-videos/", fo="json", c=25)

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

Probe History

Latency

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