DPLA Items API

The DPLA Items API provides search and retrieval of metadata records for cultural heritage objects aggregated from 4,000+ US institutions. Supports full-text search, field-level queries, boolean and wildcard operators, geographic distance queries, date range filtering, and faceted aggregations. Returns JSON-LD records containing title, creator, date, subject, rights, provider, and thumbnail information. Pagination supports up to 100 results per page and batch retrieval of up to 50 items by ID in a single request.