Internet Archive API

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A library to call archive.org's search API. Please use GitHub to raise any issues and suggest any improvements., _(*2)

Install

composer require votemike/internetarchiveapi, _(*3)

Usage

Create a new instance of Api passing in a Guzzle Client with the base_uri set as 'https://archive.org/'., _(*4)

$client = new Client(['base_uri' => 'https://archive.org/']);
$api = new Api($client);

For a list of items, call $api->search() with your query. For information about the valid query strings, see the advancedsearch page Optional you can page in extra arguments: * Page - By default this library paginates 50 items at a time. Get additional pages by changing this page. * Rows - The number of items you would like returned as part of each call * Fields - By default, all fields are returned. Limit them by passing through an array of fields as mentioned on advancedsearch page * Sort - Send through an array of sort parameters, _(*5)

If you would like a specific item populated with extra metadata, pass an Item object in to $api->getMetaDataForItem().
A second parameter can be added to only return sub-items of the metadata, _(*6)