: Get item details

API: loc.gov:library-of-congress-apis
Endpoint: /item/{id}/
Response format: application/json +1 format
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 403
Latency: 141ms

Description

Retrieve detailed information about a specific Library of Congress item by its identifier.

Parameters (3)

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

Output format

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

id (string, path, required)

Item identifier (e.g., sn82016187, 2002713193)

st (string, query, optional)

View style (calendar, holdings, etc.)

Examples (2)

Get item details openapi-spec
curl 'https://www.loc.gov/item/2014711606/?fo=json'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://www.loc.gov/item/2014711606/",
    params={
        'fo': 'json',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

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

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://www.loc.gov/item/2014711606/?fo=json");
const data = await resp.json();
Get item details openapi-spec
curl 'https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82016187/'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82016187/")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("library-of-congress-apis")
result = api.fetch("item/{id}/")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82016187/");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 03:24:08.200700 403 141ms
2026-04-16 02:00:03.975811 ERR
2026-04-15 04:03:06.803254 200 150ms
2026-04-15 01:27:12.094877 403 166ms
2026-04-14 03:52:39.988609 403 123ms
2026-04-14 00:58:24.265919 ERR
2026-04-12 16:34:00.714374 403 127ms
2026-04-12 14:22:37.176783 200 980ms
2026-04-10 04:25:00.691890 403 103ms
2026-04-10 02:50:07.514402 ERR
2026-04-09 03:39:38.942629 403 171ms
2026-04-09 00:09:46.262132 ERR
2026-04-08 07:52:46.633429 403 124ms
2026-04-08 07:45:23.812403 200 1276ms
2026-04-07 01:17:55.169273 200 1366ms
2026-04-07 00:52:00.914985 403 137ms
2026-04-06 04:31:56.949591 403 165ms
2026-04-06 00:10:31.139129 200 408ms
2026-04-05 02:46:36.908869 403 183ms
2026-04-05 01:58:19.533568 200 1497ms
2026-04-04 03:21:21.137917 403 106ms
2026-04-04 03:13:10.816126 200 1268ms
2026-04-03 12:53:14.135556 403 154ms
2026-04-03 12:28:31.948127 200 1384ms
2026-03-30 03:00:22.245844 200 1642ms
2026-03-30 02:50:27.590892 403 121ms
2026-03-29 13:38:13.950176 403 107ms
2026-03-29 13:24:33.182729 200 897ms
2026-03-23 10:36:02.063769 403 96ms
2026-03-23 10:24:39.762316 200 1429ms