Europeana Search and Record API

naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Europeana Search and Record API
  description: The Europeana REST API gives programmatic access to over 50 million cultural heritage items, including books,
    paintings, films, museum objects, and archival records aggregated from more than 3,500 institutions across Europe. The
    Search API discovers records, and the Record API returns the full metadata for a specific item.
  tags:
  - Europeana
  - API
  created: '2026-05-06'
  modified: '2026-05-06'
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: europeana
    baseUri: https://api.europeana.eu/record/v2
    description: Europeana Search and Record API HTTP API.
    authentication:
      type: apikey
      in: query
      name: wskey
      value: '{{EUROPEANA_TOKEN}}'
    resources:
    - name: search-json
      path: /search.json
      operations:
      - name: searchrecords
        method: GET
        description: Search records
        inputParameters:
        - name: query
          in: query
          type: string
          required: true
          description: Search query string.
        - name: qf
          in: query
          type: array
          description: Query refinement filter (repeatable).
        - name: rows
          in: query
          type: integer
          description: Number of records to return (max 100).
        - name: start
          in: query
          type: integer
        - name: profile
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Response profile (minimal, standard, rich, facets).
        - name: media
          in: query
          type: boolean
        - name: thumbnail
          in: query
          type: boolean
        - name: reusability
          in: query
          type: string
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: datasetid-localid-json
      path: /{datasetId}/{localId}.json
      operations:
      - name: getrecord
        method: GET
        description: Get record
        inputParameters:
        - name: datasetId
          in: path
          type: string
          required: true
          description: Dataset identifier (collection prefix).
        - name: localId
          in: path
          type: string
          required: true
          description: Local identifier within the dataset.
        - name: profile
          in: query
          type: string
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    port: 8080
    namespace: europeana-rest
    description: REST adapter for Europeana Search and Record API.
    resources:
    - path: /search.json
      name: searchrecords
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: searchrecords
        description: Search records
        call: europeana.searchrecords
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /{datasetId}/{localId}.json
      name: getrecord
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getrecord
        description: Get record
        call: europeana.getrecord
        with:
          datasetId: rest.datasetId
          localId: rest.localId
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    port: 9090
    namespace: europeana-mcp
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Europeana Search and Record API for AI agent use.
    tools:
    - name: searchrecords
      description: Search records
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: europeana.searchrecords
      with:
        query: tools.query
        qf: tools.qf
        rows: tools.rows
        start: tools.start
        profile: tools.profile
        media: tools.media
        thumbnail: tools.thumbnail
        reusability: tools.reusability
      inputParameters:
      - name: query
        type: string
        description: Search query string.
        required: true
      - name: qf
        type: array
        description: Query refinement filter (repeatable).
      - name: rows
        type: integer
        description: Number of records to return (max 100).
      - name: start
        type: integer
        description: start
      - name: profile
        type: string
        description: Response profile (minimal, standard, rich, facets).
      - name: media
        type: boolean
        description: media
      - name: thumbnail
        type: boolean
        description: thumbnail
      - name: reusability
        type: string
        description: reusability
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: getrecord
      description: Get record
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: europeana.getrecord
      with:
        datasetId: tools.datasetId
        localId: tools.localId
        profile: tools.profile
      inputParameters:
      - name: datasetId
        type: string
        description: Dataset identifier (collection prefix).
        required: true
      - name: localId
        type: string
        description: Local identifier within the dataset.
        required: true
      - name: profile
        type: string
        description: profile
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    EUROPEANA_TOKEN: EUROPEANA_TOKEN