Biodiversity Heritage Library
API v3 Documentation
Overview
Methods
Data Elements
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AuthorSearch
Return a list of authors that match (fully or partially) the specified search string. The names searched are those contained in MARC 100a, 110a, 111a, 700a, 710a, and 711a library records.
SYNTAX
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/api3?op=AuthorSearch
&authorname=<full or partial name of the author for which to search>
&format=<"xml" for an XML response or "json" for JSON (OPTIONAL; "xml" is the default)>
&apikey=<API key value>
EXAMPLE REQUEST (XML)
            
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/api3?op=AuthorSearch&authorname=darwin&format=xml&apikey=12345678-BBBB-DDDD-FFFF-123456789012
EXAMPLE RESPONSE (XML)
            
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Response
  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <Status>ok</Status>
  <ErrorMessage />
  <Result>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>250731</AuthorID>
      <Name>Andrews, Darwin M.</Name>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/250731</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>20793</AuthorID>
      <Name>Ball, E. D.</Name>
      <FullerForm>(Elmer Darwin),</FullerForm>
      <Dates>1870-1943</Dates>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/20793</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>57772</AuthorID>
      <Name>Burroughs, R. D.</Name>
      <FullerForm>(Raymond Darwin),</FullerForm>
      <Dates>1899-1976</Dates>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/57772</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>93</AuthorID>
      <Name>Darwin, Charles,</Name>
      <Dates>1809-1882</Dates>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/93</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>259463</AuthorID>
      <Name>Darwin, Charles,</Name>
      <Dates>1758-1778</Dates>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/259463</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>236634</AuthorID>
      <Name>Darwin, Emma Wedgwood,</Name>
      <Dates>1808-1896</Dates>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/236634</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>2277</AuthorID>
      <Name>Darwin, Erasmus,</Name>
      <Dates>1731-1802</Dates>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/2277</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>275170</AuthorID>
      <Name>Darwin, F.</Name>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/275170</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>94</AuthorID>
      <Name>Darwin, Francis,</Name>
      <Title>Sir,</Title>
      <Dates>1848-1925</Dates>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/94</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>1196</AuthorID>
      <Name>Darwin, George Howard,</Name>
      <Title>Sir,</Title>
      <Dates>1845-1912</Dates>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/1196</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>13575</AuthorID>
      <Name>Darwin, Leonard,</Name>
      <Dates>1850-1943</Dates>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/13575</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>21598</AuthorID>
      <Name>Darwin, Robert Waring,</Name>
      <Dates>1766-1848</Dates>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/21598</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>241589</AuthorID>
      <Name>Darwin, Robert Waring,</Name>
      <Dates>1724-1816</Dates>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/241589</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>214023</AuthorID>
      <Name>Darwin, Sara,</Name>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/214023</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>167105</AuthorID>
      <Name>Darwin, Steven P.</Name>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/167105</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>274913</AuthorID>
      <Name>Díaz Quirós, Darwin</Name>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/274913</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>273031</AuthorID>
      <Name>International Marine Biological Workshop (6th : 1993 : Darwin, N.T.)</Name>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/273031</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>60835</AuthorID>
      <Name>Jorgensen, Darwin</Name>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/60835</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>1747</AuthorID>
      <Name>Litchfield, Henrietta Emma Darwin,</Name>
      <Dates>1843-1929</Dates>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/1747</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>43979</AuthorID>
      <Name>McReynolds, Darwin James.</Name>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/43979</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>272196</AuthorID>
      <Name>Morales-Martínez, Darwin M.</Name>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/272196</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>64060</AuthorID>
      <Name>Thomas, James Darwin</Name>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/64060</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>66618</AuthorID>
      <Name>Tiemann, Darwin L</Name>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/66618</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>28280</AuthorID>
      <Name>Ware, Richard Darwin,</Name>
      <Dates>1869-1931</Dates>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/28280</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>220059</AuthorID>
      <Name>Wells, Jerry D.</Name>
      <FullerForm>(Jerry Darwin),</FullerForm>
      <Dates>1946-</Dates>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/220059</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>229631</AuthorID>
      <Name>Wood, D. Scott</Name>
      <FullerForm>(Darwin Scott),</FullerForm>
      <Dates>1948-</Dates>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/229631</CreatorUrl>
    </Author>
  </Result>
</Response>
EXAMPLE REQUEST (JSON)
            
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/api3?op=AuthorSearch&authorname=darwin&format=json&apikey=12345678-BBBB-DDDD-FFFF-123456789012
EXAMPLE RESPONSE (JSON)
            
{
  "Status": "ok",
  "ErrorMessage": "",
  "Result": [
    {
      "AuthorID": "250731",
      "Name": "Andrews, Darwin M.",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/250731"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "20793",
      "Name": "Ball, E. D.",
      "FullerForm": "(Elmer Darwin),",
      "Dates": "1870-1943",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/20793"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "57772",
      "Name": "Burroughs, R. D.",
      "FullerForm": "(Raymond Darwin),",
      "Dates": "1899-1976",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/57772"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "93",
      "Name": "Darwin, Charles,",
      "Dates": "1809-1882",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/93"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "259463",
      "Name": "Darwin, Charles,",
      "Dates": "1758-1778",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/259463"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "236634",
      "Name": "Darwin, Emma Wedgwood,",
      "Dates": "1808-1896",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/236634"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "2277",
      "Name": "Darwin, Erasmus,",
      "Dates": "1731-1802",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/2277"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "275170",
      "Name": "Darwin, F.",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/275170"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "94",
      "Name": "Darwin, Francis,",
      "Title": "Sir,",
      "Dates": "1848-1925",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/94"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "1196",
      "Name": "Darwin, George Howard,",
      "Title": "Sir,",
      "Dates": "1845-1912",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/1196"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "13575",
      "Name": "Darwin, Leonard,",
      "Dates": "1850-1943",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/13575"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "21598",
      "Name": "Darwin, Robert Waring,",
      "Dates": "1766-1848",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/21598"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "241589",
      "Name": "Darwin, Robert Waring,",
      "Dates": "1724-1816",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/241589"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "214023",
      "Name": "Darwin, Sara,",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/214023"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "167105",
      "Name": "Darwin, Steven P.",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/167105"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "274913",
      "Name": "Díaz Quirós, Darwin",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/274913"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "273031",
      "Name": "International Marine Biological Workshop (6th : 1993 : Darwin, N.T.)",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/273031"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "60835",
      "Name": "Jorgensen, Darwin",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/60835"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "1747",
      "Name": "Litchfield, Henrietta Emma Darwin,",
      "Dates": "1843-1929",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/1747"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "43979",
      "Name": "McReynolds, Darwin James.",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/43979"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "272196",
      "Name": "Morales-Martínez, Darwin M.",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/272196"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "64060",
      "Name": "Thomas, James Darwin",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/64060"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "66618",
      "Name": "Tiemann, Darwin L",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/66618"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "28280",
      "Name": "Ware, Richard Darwin,",
      "Dates": "1869-1931",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/28280"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "220059",
      "Name": "Wells, Jerry D.",
      "FullerForm": "(Jerry Darwin),",
      "Dates": "1946-",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/220059"
    },
    {
      "AuthorID": "229631",
      "Name": "Wood, D. Scott",
      "FullerForm": "(Darwin Scott),",
      "Dates": "1948-",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/229631"
    }
  ]
}