Search queries

This page refers to examples of search queries for data published on the http://europeana.eu website. The simplest and most efficient way to look for items and media on Europeana is provided by the Search API.

Documentation for this API can be consulted https://pro.europeana.eu/resources/apis/search and you can get an API key here.

europeana.eu queries: https://www.europeana.eu/en/search?

content and metadata tiers combined query=edm_datasetName%3A08604%2A%20contentTier%3A2%20AND%20metadataTier%3AB&view=grid
by agents
- query=who%3AVermeer&view=grid
- query=who%3ARembrandt%20OR%20who%3AVermeer&view=grid
by provider query=PROVIDER%3A%22The%20European%20Library%22&view=grid
by year
- query=YEAR%3A1910&view=grid
- query=YEAR%3A%5B1525%20TO%201527%5D
by country https://www.europeana.eu/en/search?query=COUNTRY%3AFrance&view=grid
by specific file extension in isShownBy
- .wmv extension: view=grid&query=provider_aggregation_edm_isShownBy%3A%2a.wmv%2a
- .jpg extension: view=grid&query=provider_aggregation_edm_isShownBy%3A%2a.jpg%2a
IIIF items in Europeana query=sv_dcterms_conformsTo%3A%2Aiiif%2A&view=grid&page=1
provider_aggregation_edm_isShownAt ?query=provider_aggregation_edm_isShownAt%3A%2Aperiodicals.lib.unideb.hu%2Flista.php%3Fc%3Drege%2A&view=grid
has_media:* OR DATA_PROVIDER:"The British Library" ?query=has_media%3A%2A%20AND%20DATA_PROVIDER%3A%22The%20British%20Library%22&view=grid
has_thumbnails ?query=has_thumbnails%3Atrue&qf=IMAGE_SIZE%3Alarge&qf=IMAGE_SIZE%3Amedium&qf=IMAGE_SIZE%3Aextra_large&qf=TYPE%3A%22IMAGE%22&locale=en&view=grid
NOT(has_media:*) ?query=NOT%28has_media%3A%2A%29&qf=DATA_PROVIDER%3A%22The%20Trustees%20of%20the%20Natural%20History%20Museum%2C%20London%22&qf=PROVIDER%3A%22OpenUp%5C%21%22&locale=en&view=grid
timestamp_created ?query=timestamp_created%3A%5B2016-01-01T00%3A00%3A0.000Z%20TO%202016-08-28T00%3A00%3A00.000Z%5D&qf=IMAGE_SIZE%3Alarge&qf=IMAGE_SIZE%3Amedium&qf=IMAGE_SIZE%3Aextra_large&view=grid&page=1
[…..]

API queries: https://api.europeana.eu/record/v2/search.json?

all data providers per provider wskey=api2demo&query=PROVIDER:"Daguerreobase"&profile=facets&facet=DATA_PROVIDER&rows=0
content and metadata tier per provider query=PROVIDER:"CulturaItalia"&profile=facets&facet=contentTier&facet=metadataTier&rows=0&wskey=api2demo
content and metadata tier per dataset query=edm_datasetName%3A2022706*&profile=facets&facet=contentTier&facet=metadataTier&rows=0&wskey=api2demo
all datasets with LCNAF vocabulary query=skos_concept:*id.loc.gov*&wskey=api2demo&profile=facets&facet=edm_datasetName&rows=0
example record with LCNAF vocabulary search.json?query=skos_concept:*id.loc.gov*&wskey=api2demo
europeana id of enriched records query=edm_datasetName:718_Museu_AjuntamentDeGirona*+AND+skos_concept:*vocab.getty.edu*+AND+((skos_concept:*wikidata.org*)+OR+(edm_agent:*wikidata.org*))&wskey=api2demo&profile=facets&facet=europeana_id&f.europeana_id.facet.limit=2000&rows=0
number of records in a dataset &query=edm_datasetName:9200519_Ag_BnF_Gallica_typedoc_manuscrits&profile=facets&facet=edm_datasetName&rows=0&f.edm_datasetName.facet.limit=10&wskey=api2demo
IIIF resources in a dataset query=edm_datasetName:15515*&rows=0&start=1&facet=wr_svcs_hasservice&profile=facets&f.wr_svcs_hasservice.facet.limit=2000&wskey=api2demo
IIIF resources with manifest wskey=api2demo&rows=0&query=wr_svcs_hasservice:*+AND+wr_dcterms_isReferencedBy:*&profile=facets&facet=edm_datasetName&f.edm_datasetName.facet.limit=2000
IIIF resources without manifest wskey=api2demo&rows=0&query=wr_svcs_hasservice:*+AND+NOT%20wr_dcterms_isReferencedBy:*&profile=facets&facet=edm_datasetName&f.edm_datasetName.facet.limit=2000
[….]

Please note that in the API queries examples shared above the api2demo key is used. For your own personal use of the API we encourage you have your own API key. To get this, apply here.