Biodiversity Heritage Library
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GetLanguages
Get a list of languages in which materials in BHL have been written.
SYNTAX
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/api3?op=GetLanguages
&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=GetLanguages&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>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>AFR</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Afrikaans</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>ARA</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Arabic</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>ARC</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Aramaic</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>MAP</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Austronesian (Other)</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>BUL</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Bulgarian</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>BUR</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Burmese</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>CAD</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Caddo</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>CAR</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Carib</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>CAT</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Catalan</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>CEL</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Celtic (Other)</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>CHI</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Chinese</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>HRV</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Croatian</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>SCR</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Croation</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>CZE</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Czech</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>DAK</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Dakota</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>DAN</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Danish</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>DUT</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Dutch</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>ENG</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>English</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>ENM</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>English, Middle</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>ANG</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>English, Old</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>EST</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Estonian</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>GEZ</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Ethiopic</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>FAO</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Faroese</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>FIN</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Finnish</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>FRE</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>French</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>FRM</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>French, Middle</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>FRO</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>French, Old</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>GEO</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Georgian</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>GER</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>German</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>GMH</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>German, Middle High</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>GRE</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Greek</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>GRC</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Greek, Ancient</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>GRN</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Guarani</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>GUJ</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Gujarati</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>HAW</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Hawaiian</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>HEB</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Hebrew</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>HIN</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Hindi</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>HUN</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Hungarian</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>ICE</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Icelandic</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>IND</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Indonesian</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>GLE</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Irish</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>IRO</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Iroquoian (Other)</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>ITA</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Italian</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>JPN</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Japanese</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>KAL</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Kalâtdlisut</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>LAT</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Latin</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>MLG</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Malagasy</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>MAY</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Malay</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>MAO</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Maori</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>MUL</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Multiple</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>NAH</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Nahuatl</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>NOR</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Norwegian</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>OJI</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Ojibwa</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>PER</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Persian</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>POL</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Polish</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>POR</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Portugese</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>PUS</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Pushto</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>ROH</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Raeto-Romance</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>RUM</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Romanian</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>RUS</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Russian</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>SAI</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>S. American Indian</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>GLA</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Scottish Gaelic</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>SCC</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Serbian</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>SIO</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Siouan (Other)</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>DEN</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Slave</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>SLA</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Slavic (Other)</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>SPA</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Spanish</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>SWE</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Swedish</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>GSW</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Swiss German</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>TAM</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Tamil</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>TAT</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Tatar</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>THA</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Thai</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>TON</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Tongan</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>TUP</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Tupi languages</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>TUR</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Turkish</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>OTA</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Turkish, Ottoman</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>UKR</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Ukrainian</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>UND</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Undetermined</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>URD</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Urdu</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>VIE</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Vietnamese</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>VOL</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Volapük</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>WAS</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Washo</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>WEL</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Welsh</LanguageName>
    </Language>
    <Language>
      <LanguageCode>YID</LanguageCode>
      <LanguageName>Yiddish</LanguageName>
    </Language>
  </Result>
</Response>

            
        
EXAMPLE REQUEST (JSON)
            
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/api3?op=GetLanguages&format=json&apikey=12345678-BBBB-DDDD-FFFF-123456789012
            
        
EXAMPLE RESPONSE (JSON)
            
{
  "Status": "ok",
  "ErrorMessage": "",
  "Result": [
    {
      "LanguageCode": "AFR",
      "LanguageName": "Afrikaans"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "ARA",
      "LanguageName": "Arabic"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "ARC",
      "LanguageName": "Aramaic"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "MAP",
      "LanguageName": "Austronesian (Other)"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "BUL",
      "LanguageName": "Bulgarian"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "BUR",
      "LanguageName": "Burmese"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "CAD",
      "LanguageName": "Caddo"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "CAR",
      "LanguageName": "Carib"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "CAT",
      "LanguageName": "Catalan"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "CEL",
      "LanguageName": "Celtic (Other)"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "CHI",
      "LanguageName": "Chinese"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "HRV",
      "LanguageName": "Croatian"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "SCR",
      "LanguageName": "Croation"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "CZE",
      "LanguageName": "Czech"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "DAK",
      "LanguageName": "Dakota"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "DAN",
      "LanguageName": "Danish"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "DUT",
      "LanguageName": "Dutch"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "ENG",
      "LanguageName": "English"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "ENM",
      "LanguageName": "English, Middle"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "ANG",
      "LanguageName": "English, Old"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "EST",
      "LanguageName": "Estonian"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "GEZ",
      "LanguageName": "Ethiopic"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "FAO",
      "LanguageName": "Faroese"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "FIN",
      "LanguageName": "Finnish"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "FRE",
      "LanguageName": "French"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "FRM",
      "LanguageName": "French, Middle"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "FRO",
      "LanguageName": "French, Old"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "GEO",
      "LanguageName": "Georgian"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "GER",
      "LanguageName": "German"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "GMH",
      "LanguageName": "German, Middle High"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "GRE",
      "LanguageName": "Greek"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "GRC",
      "LanguageName": "Greek, Ancient"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "GRN",
      "LanguageName": "Guarani"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "GUJ",
      "LanguageName": "Gujarati"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "HAW",
      "LanguageName": "Hawaiian"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "HEB",
      "LanguageName": "Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "HIN",
      "LanguageName": "Hindi"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "HUN",
      "LanguageName": "Hungarian"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "ICE",
      "LanguageName": "Icelandic"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "IND",
      "LanguageName": "Indonesian"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "GLE",
      "LanguageName": "Irish"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "IRO",
      "LanguageName": "Iroquoian (Other)"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "ITA",
      "LanguageName": "Italian"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "JPN",
      "LanguageName": "Japanese"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "KAL",
      "LanguageName": "Kalâtdlisut"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "LAT",
      "LanguageName": "Latin"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "MLG",
      "LanguageName": "Malagasy"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "MAY",
      "LanguageName": "Malay"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "MAO",
      "LanguageName": "Maori"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "MUL",
      "LanguageName": "Multiple"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "NAH",
      "LanguageName": "Nahuatl"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "NOR",
      "LanguageName": "Norwegian"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "OJI",
      "LanguageName": "Ojibwa"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "PER",
      "LanguageName": "Persian"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "POL",
      "LanguageName": "Polish"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "POR",
      "LanguageName": "Portugese"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "PUS",
      "LanguageName": "Pushto"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "ROH",
      "LanguageName": "Raeto-Romance"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "RUM",
      "LanguageName": "Romanian"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "RUS",
      "LanguageName": "Russian"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "SAI",
      "LanguageName": "S. American Indian"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "GLA",
      "LanguageName": "Scottish Gaelic"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "SCC",
      "LanguageName": "Serbian"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "SIO",
      "LanguageName": "Siouan (Other)"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "DEN",
      "LanguageName": "Slave"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "SLA",
      "LanguageName": "Slavic (Other)"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "SPA",
      "LanguageName": "Spanish"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "SWE",
      "LanguageName": "Swedish"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "GSW",
      "LanguageName": "Swiss German"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "TAM",
      "LanguageName": "Tamil"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "TAT",
      "LanguageName": "Tatar"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "THA",
      "LanguageName": "Thai"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "TON",
      "LanguageName": "Tongan"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "TUP",
      "LanguageName": "Tupi languages"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "TUR",
      "LanguageName": "Turkish"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "OTA",
      "LanguageName": "Turkish, Ottoman"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "UKR",
      "LanguageName": "Ukrainian"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "UND",
      "LanguageName": "Undetermined"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "URD",
      "LanguageName": "Urdu"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "VIE",
      "LanguageName": "Vietnamese"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "VOL",
      "LanguageName": "Volapük"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "WAS",
      "LanguageName": "Washo"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "WEL",
      "LanguageName": "Welsh"
    },
    {
      "LanguageCode": "YID",
      "LanguageName": "Yiddish"
    }
  ]
}