: Get item bibliographic information

API: loc.gov:library-of-congress-api
Endpoint: /item/{item_id}/
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 1424ms

Description

Returns detailed bibliographic information for a specific item by its identifier.

Parameters (2)

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

Output format

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

item_id (string, path, required)

Item identifier

Examples (1)

Get item details openapi-spec
curl 'https://www.loc.gov/item/2016687038/?fo=json'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://www.loc.gov/item/2016687038/",
    params={
        'fo': 'json',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("library-of-congress")
result = api.fetch("item/{item_id}/", fo="json")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://www.loc.gov/item/2016687038/?fo=json");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 16:58:52.369260 200 1424ms
2026-04-16 02:20:39.507713 200 1470ms
2026-04-15 00:13:45.838903 ERR
2026-04-14 01:01:40.264827 200 1113ms
2026-04-12 12:33:54.092327 200 1334ms
2026-04-10 02:37:29.176655 ERR
2026-04-09 01:06:27.473219 200 1511ms
2026-04-08 00:05:55.844654 200 1347ms
2026-04-07 00:48:21.125572 200 1676ms
2026-04-06 04:41:08.684462 200 1412ms
2026-04-05 02:59:37.856161 200 1492ms
2026-04-04 02:16:09.173088 200 1792ms
2026-04-03 12:52:53.068306 200 1494ms
2026-03-30 02:53:46.174799 200 1829ms
2026-03-29 13:12:56.464253 200 1379ms
2026-03-23 09:04:06.998625 200 1624ms