Retrieve a bibliographic record from WorldCat by ISBN using the OCLC WorldCat Search API

domain: oclc.org · 4 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Register for an OCLC WSKey scoped for WorldCat Search API access via the OCLC Developer Network
  2. Send a GET request to /webservices/catalog/content/isbn/{isbn} on www.worldcat.org, including the wskey as a query parameter
  3. Set the Accept header to request the desired response serialization (e.g., MARCXML or Dublin Core)
  4. Parse the single bibliographic record returned for that ISBN

Known gotchas

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