Search queries

This page refers to examples of search queries for data published on the http://europeana.eu website.

For a simpler and efficient way to look for items and media on Europeana you can use the Search API.

Documentation for this API can be consulted https://pro.europeana.eu/resources/apis/search

The API queries examples shared below use the api2demo key. For your own personal use of the API we encourage you have your own API key. To get this, apply here.

In the sections below, you’ll find the base URL for searching either the europeana.eu website or the Search API.

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

content and metadata tiers combined query=edm_datasetName%3A08604%2A%20contentTier%3A2%20AND%20metadataTier%3AB
by agents
- query=who%3AVermeer
- query=who%3ARembrandt%20OR%20who%3AVermeer
by year
- query=YEAR%3A1910&view=grid
- query=YEAR%3A%5B1525%20TO%201527%5D
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
provider_aggregation_edm_isShownAt ?query=provider_aggregation_edm_isShownAt%3A%2Aperiodicals.lib.unideb.hu%2Flista.php%3Fc%3Drege%2A
has_media:* OR DATA_PROVIDER:"The British Library" ?query=has_media%3A%2A%20AND%20DATA_PROVIDER%3A%22The%20British%20Library%22&
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&
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
timestamp_created ?query=timestamp_created%3A%5B2016-01-01T00%3A00%3A0.000Z%20TO%202016-08-28T00%3A00%3A00.000Z%5D
[…..]

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
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
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
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