search trove (national library of australia) v3 api across categories (newspapers, people, archives, etc.)
domain: trove.nla.gov.au · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Create a Trove user account, then submit the 'Request a Trove API key' form from your account's Trove API tab
Wait for approval (most requests answered within about a week)
Call GET https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=<query>&category=<all|newspaper|magazine|image|research|book|diary|music|people|list> with header 'X-API-KEY: YOUR_KEY'
Add &encoding=json if you want JSON (XML is the default encoding)
Use facets in the response to refine by format, place, date, etc., per the v3 API technical guide
Known gotchas
Registered keys get a quota of 200 calls/minute; higher limits require contacting Trove Support directly
Default response encoding is XML, not JSON — must explicitly request encoding=json or parse XML
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