DigitalNZ API
by digitalnz.org
Books and research
Added on November 7th, 2026
Checked and working on November 7th, 2026
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What it does
The DigitalNZ API searches the metadata of millions of items from New Zealand libraries, museums, archives and government bodies, such as photos, newspapers, books and recordings, for example to show historical images of a town. Requests are GET calls and the answers are JSON. Free, no key needed; a free key, sent in the Authentication-Token header, gives support and a higher rate than the shared limit for anonymous calls.
At a glance
- API key
- Not needed · More APIs with no key
- Pricing
- Free, no key needed; a free key, sent in the Authentication-Token header, gives support and a higher rate than the shared limit for anonymous calls.
- From the browser
- No, call it from a server
- Formats
- JSON
- Interface
- REST, HTTP-GET
- Provider
- digitalnz.org
- Last checked
- Working on November 7th, 2026
More information: https://digitalnz.org/developers/api-docs-v3
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Example request
curl
curl 'https://api.digitalnz.org/v3/records.json?text=london'JavaScript
const response = await fetch("https://api.digitalnz.org/v3/records.json?text=london");
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);Python
import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://api.digitalnz.org/v3/records.json?text=london",
timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())Run the JavaScript on a server, such as Node.js 18 or newer: this API does not accept calls from web pages on other sites.