search

Search the National Library's catalog - books, newspapers, journals, photos, maps, music, manuscripts, radio/TV and more, both physical and digitized. Digitized text (OCR) is matched too by default, so a query can surface newspaper or book pages that mention a term even when it's not in the title.

Signature: search(q: string, required; media_type: string, optional, default None; language: string, optional, default None; county: string, optional, default None; year_from: integer, optional, default None; year_to: integer, optional, default None; digital_only: yes/no, optional, default False; sort: string, optional, default None; page: integer, optional, default 0; size: integer, optional, default 10; limit: integer, items, optional, default 25; offset: integer, items, optional, default 0)

Direct GET

For navigating agents: open the HTML page with parameters in the URL. The result is fetched and displayed without screenshots or form filling.

Open this validated HTML GET URL

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/kilder/nasjonalbiblioteket/search/?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0

Replace {q}, {media_type}, {language}, {county}, {year_from}, {year_to}, {digital_only}, {sort}, {page}, {size} with values. Remove unused optional parameters from the URL.

For software and dashboards: Read the operation descriptor. The JSON GET template is https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/nasjonalbiblioteket/search?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0. Open this exact request as JSON.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`q`	required	string	Free-text query. Supports field-restricted terms too, e.g. "subject:fiske year:1970" combined with free text.
`media_type`	optional	union	Restrict to one type, e.g. aviser (newspapers), bøker (books), tidsskrift (journals), bilder (photos), musikk, kart (maps), film, plakater (posters), noter (sheet music), radio, fjernsyn. See get_aggregations(q="*", group_by="mediatype") for the full list with counts.
`language`	optional	union	Language filter - values are inconsistent in the catalog (mixes codes like "nob" and labels like "Norsk bokmål"); check get_aggregations(q=q, group_by="languages") first if unsure.
`county`	optional	union	Norwegian county name, e.g. "Troms", "Oslo".
`year_from`	optional	union	Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).
`year_to`	optional	union	Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).
`digital_only`	optional	boolean	Only items that have been digitized.
`sort`	optional	union	One of date, title, otherid, firstDigitalContentTime, optionally suffixed ",desc" (default: relevance).
`page`	optional	integer	Zero-based page index.
`size`	optional	integer	Results per page, 1 to 100 (default 10).
`limit`	optional	integer	Gateway page size; default 25, maximum 100.
`offset`	optional	integer	Number of list items to skip; default 0.

Generated JavaScript, Python and response structure

Use JSON when the user requests code, machine-readable data, value extraction or further computation. Use the HTML GET page to identify the correct source and verify parameters.

Example for generated JavaScript and Python

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/nasjonalbiblioteket/search?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0

Replace URL placeholders and remove unused optional parameters.

JavaScript in a dashboard

const url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/nasjonalbiblioteket/search?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) {
  const failure = await response.json();
  throw new Error(`${failure.error.code}: ${failure.error.message} ${failure.suggestion}`);
}
const result = await response.json();
const data = result.data;

Python without additional packages

import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/nasjonalbiblioteket/search?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0"
with urlopen(url) as response:
    result = json.load(response)
data = result["data"]

Response structure

{
  "source": "nasjonalbiblioteket",
  "operation": "search",
  "parameters": {},
  "data": {},
  "entities": [],
  "_meta": {"retrieved_at": "...", "sources": [], "cache": {}},
  "_links": {"self": "...", "source": "...", "wiki": "...", "feedback": "..."}
}

Form for manual use

The form is a fallback for people and browser agents that cannot open the GET URL directly.

q (required) Type: string. Free-text query. Supports field-restricted terms too, e.g. "subject:fiske year:1970" combined with free text.

media_type Type: string. Restrict to one type, e.g. aviser (newspapers), bøker (books), tidsskrift (journals), bilder (photos), musikk, kart (maps), film, plakater (posters), noter (sheet music), radio, fjernsyn. See get_aggregations(q="*", group_by="mediatype") for the full list with counts.

language Type: string. Language filter - values are inconsistent in the catalog (mixes codes like "nob" and labels like "Norsk bokmål"); check get_aggregations(q=q, group_by="languages") first if unsure.

county Type: string. Norwegian county name, e.g. "Troms", "Oslo".

year_from Type: integer. Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).

year_to Type: integer. Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).

digital_only Type: yes/no. Only items that have been digitized.

sort Type: string. One of date, title, otherid, firstDigitalContentTime, optionally suffixed ",desc" (default: relevance).

page Type: integer. Zero-based page index.

size Type: integer. Results per page, 1 to 100 (default 10).

Result

Source: National Library of Norway. Retrieved 2026-09-26T19:22:10Z in 0.264 seconds.

total:

301851

page:

size:

items:

10 results

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8ca1a7728adeec6df2427487d0cddf27
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2023081106051
title:
Taxi - overalt, alltid! : drosjenæringen i Halden gjennom 107 år
creators:
2 results
1. Prang, Roger
2. Halden taxi
year:
2017
publisher:
Halden taxi
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2023081106051_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/8ca1a7728adeec6df2427487d0cddf27
id:
8947c5d90ac5769cbc450f8fb1371be5
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2019022581211_001
title:
Rundt om Drammen. 2015 Nr. 4
creators:
3 results
1. Drammen historielag
2. Tangen og Åskollen historielag
3. Drammen folkebibliotek
year:
2015
publisher:
Rundt om Drammen
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2019022581211_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/8947c5d90ac5769cbc450f8fb1371be5
id:
be10390bcee41ad989b08f542047b986
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022060880064_009
title:
Rundtom Drammen. 2014 Nr. 1
creators:
4 results
1. Drammen historielag
2. Brakar
3. Tangen og Åskollen historielag
4. Drammen folkebibliotek
year:
2014
publisher:
Rundt om Drammen
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022060880064_009_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/be10390bcee41ad989b08f542047b986
id:
886a57960c36ddb344d31775dbfa955b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022110383182_001
title:
Årsrapport. 2021
creators:
1 results
1. Oslo taxi
year:
2021
publisher:
Oslo taxi
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022110383182_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/886a57960c36ddb344d31775dbfa955b
id:
a9bad56b542c3a349b4071dd43f8b06c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024013083031_001
title:
Årsrapport. 2020
creators:
1 results
1. Oslo taxi
year:
2020
publisher:
Oslo taxi
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024013083031_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a9bad56b542c3a349b4071dd43f8b06c
id:
2191fb909f19737b4adec00b273c2b46
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_3954cd8e-40b4-4827-868d-279b83ddc472
title:
Årsrapport. 2021
creators:
1 results
1. Oslo taxi
year:
2021
publisher:
Oslo taxi
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_3954cd8e-40b4-4827-868d-279b83ddc472_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2191fb909f19737b4adec00b273c2b46
id:
cb429b271352625fc517e54807d215a7
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018092548026
title:
Møter med Drammen
creators:
2 results
1. Otterlei, Camilla
2. Rua, Marius
year:
2015
publisher:
Byen vår Drammen
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018092548026_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/cb429b271352625fc517e54807d215a7
id:
9f0ed544db6a1843625661cad5dfa5ef
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023051080034_004
title:
Taxi : organ for Norges taxiforbund. 1996 Nr. 4
creators:
1 results
1. Norges taxiforbund
year:
1996
publisher:
Norges taxiforbund
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023051080034_004_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/9f0ed544db6a1843625661cad5dfa5ef
id:
f006c7bcde26503d5c1950348fb66743
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026070983045_001
title:
Taxi : organ for Norges taxiforbund. 2026 Nr. 2
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2026
publisher:
Norges taxiforbund
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026070983045_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f006c7bcde26503d5c1950348fb66743
id:
1a656183a3b2b8415727784bfdc8c3c5
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023051080034_002
title:
Taxi : organ for Norges taxiforbund. 1996 Nr. 2
creators:
1 results
1. Norges taxiforbund
year:
1996
publisher:
Norges taxiforbund
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023051080034_002_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1a656183a3b2b8415727784bfdc8c3c5

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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How an AI agent should use this page

Ground rule: Navigate with HTML GET links to keep explanations and relationships. Use the page's JSON alternative only when concrete values must be extracted, compared or computed.

How to use the search lookup

Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
Follow linked results to canonical pages before combining sources.

Misreading to avoid: An empty list means "no results for this lookup". An error message or unavailable source does not mean the data does not exist.

Source-specific next step

Go to the source page for other operations. Use the JSON template only after the HTML result shows that the parameters and source are correct.

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