Verified Sourcepaths · REST API

Europeana Search API v2

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Publisher

Europeana Foundation

Human landing

https://apis.europeana.eu/

Artifact URL

https://api.europeana.eu/record/v2/search.json?query=test

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Auth

API key required

Rate limit

A key is required. X-Api-Key is the preferred header; the wskey= query param has been deprecated since 2023. Without a key the search endpoint returns JSON 401 Invalid API key.

Evidence

catalogs · cultural-heritage

Publisher identity: Europeana Foundation Artifact relationship: official domain Automated access: key needed Integrity hash: not yet hashed Parseability: valid Effects: read Licensing: Europeana API terms; record licenses vary by item. Freshness: Sep 17, 2026, 7:10 PM PDT

Notes

The key is injected as X-Api-Key at fetch time and is never embedded in artifact_url. Europeana echoes the key in the JSON body, so local archives are redacted. Live search results change, so the checker omits content_hash.

Tasks this artifact can answer

• search Europeana cultural-heritage records
• see whether a Europeana API key is required before fetching hits

Change history

• healthySep 17, 2026, 7:10 PM PDT · HTTP 200 · anonymous GET returns 401; measured with a host-side credential; anonymous GET is gated; content_hash omitted: live query endpoint
• healthySep 17, 2026, 7:03 PM PDT · HTTP 200 · anonymous GET returns 401; measured with a host-side credential; anonymous GET is gated; content_hash omitted: live query endpoint
• healthySep 17, 2026, 6:57 PM PDT · HTTP 200 · anonymous GET returns 401; measured with a host-side credential; anonymous GET is gated; content_hash omitted: live query endpoint
• healthySep 17, 2026, 6:57 PM PDT · HTTP 200 · anonymous GET returns 401; measured with a host-side credential; anonymous GET is gated; content_hash omitted: live query endpoint
• healthySep 17, 2026, 6:55 PM PDT · HTTP 200 · anonymous GET returns 401; measured with a host-side credential; anonymous GET is gated; content_hash omitted: live query endpoint
• healthySep 17, 2026, 6:55 PM PDT · HTTP 200 · anonymous GET returns 401; measured with a host-side credential; anonymous GET is gated; content_hash omitted: live query endpoint
• healthySep 17, 2026, 6:06 PM PDT · HTTP 200 · anonymous GET returns 401; measured with a host-side credential; anonymous GET is gated; content_hash omitted: live query endpoint
• healthySep 17, 2026, 6:01 PM PDT · HTTP 200 · anonymous GET returns 401; measured with a host-side credential; anonymous GET is gated; measured with a host-side credential; content_hash omitted: live query endpoint
• auth requiredSep 17, 2026, 5:06 PM PDT · HTTP 401 · http 401