AutoSuggest: Auto-suggest authority clusters

API: viaf.org:viaf-api
Endpoint: /viaf/AutoSuggest
Response format: application/json
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 2243ms

Description

Get suggested authority clusters matching a search string. Useful for autocomplete/typeahead functionality.

Parameters (1)

query (string, query, required)

Search term to look up

Examples (3)

Auto-suggest authority records openapi-spec
curl 'https://viaf.org/viaf/AutoSuggest?query=shakespeare'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://viaf.org/viaf/AutoSuggest",
    params={
        'query': 'shakespeare',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("viaf")
result = api.fetch("viaf/AutoSuggest", query="shakespeare")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://viaf.org/viaf/AutoSuggest?query=shakespeare");
const data = await resp.json();
Auto-suggest authority clusters openapi-spec
curl 'https://viaf.org/viaf/AutoSuggest?query=Emma+Goldman'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://viaf.org/viaf/AutoSuggest",
    params={
        'query': 'Emma Goldman',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("viaf")
result = api.fetch("viaf/AutoSuggest", query="Emma Goldman")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://viaf.org/viaf/AutoSuggest?query=Emma+Goldman");
const data = await resp.json();
Auto-suggest authority clusters probe-gate
curl 'https://viaf.org/viaf/AutoSuggest?query=Emma+Goldman'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://viaf.org/viaf/AutoSuggest",
    params={
        'query': 'Emma Goldman',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("viaf")
result = api.fetch("viaf/AutoSuggest", query="Emma Goldman")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://viaf.org/viaf/AutoSuggest?query=Emma+Goldman");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 02:52:29.007444 200 2243ms
2026-04-16 01:21:33.520269 200 348ms
2026-04-16 00:40:04.210577 200 2537ms
2026-04-15 02:46:59.707191 200 377ms
2026-04-15 01:55:56.222486 200 1936ms
2026-04-15 01:51:25.507653 200 326ms
2026-04-14 02:11:48.589586 200 292ms
2026-04-14 01:43:17.810813 200 320ms
2026-04-14 00:09:40.682287 200 2098ms
2026-04-12 16:24:13.164072 200 407ms
2026-04-12 16:13:49.003585 200 329ms
2026-04-12 13:45:33.333817 200 919ms
2026-04-10 02:22:28.027724 200 2979ms
2026-04-10 02:17:56.356570 200 1304ms
2026-04-10 00:13:12.746617 200 657ms
2026-04-09 01:53:09.691803 200 339ms
2026-04-09 01:18:45.510166 200 1162ms
2026-04-08T12:32:37.013523 200 245ms