: Get resource information

API: loc.gov:library-of-congress-api
Endpoint: /resource/{resource_id}/
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 975ms

Description

Returns information about a specific resource by its identifier.

Parameters (2)

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

Output format

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

resource_id (string, path, required)

Resource identifier

Examples (1)

Get details for a baseball card resource probe-gate
curl 'https://www.loc.gov/resource/bbc.0006f/?fo=json'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://www.loc.gov/resource/bbc.0006f/",
    params={
        'fo': 'json',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

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

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://www.loc.gov/resource/bbc.0006f/?fo=json");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 17:04:03.498346 200 975ms
2026-04-16 00:15:12.816188 200 1206ms
2026-04-15 02:10:49.500527 200 1220ms
2026-04-14 03:22:02.063709 200 2338ms
2026-04-12 16:18:13.531395 ERR
2026-04-10 00:55:39.528357 200 12266ms
2026-04-09 02:02:59.976561 ERR
2026-04-08 00:57:10.228252 200 935ms
2026-04-07 00:19:01.836646 200 1171ms
2026-04-06 04:07:48.414978 200 1247ms
2026-04-05 14:04:27.530452 200 301ms
2026-04-05 00:14:01.439892 200 1110ms
2026-04-04 03:11:18.427970 200 1423ms
2026-04-03 12:19:40.581186 200 1269ms
2026-03-30 02:25:07.989908 200 820ms
2026-03-29 13:14:00.799417 200 1129ms