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 2026-09-22T22:29:55Z in 0.254 seconds.

total:

31753

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
73c37b291d3949b023702cea8e03c660
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010081908040
title:
HiPer '99 : High Performance Computing on Hewlett-Packard Systems : (annual conference of the HP2EUG) : June 27-30, 1999, T[r]omsø, Norway. Bk. 1
creators:
2 results
1. HiPer '99 (konferanse)
2. Hewlett-Packard Company European Users' Group
year:
1999
publisher:
Computer Centre, University of Tromsø
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
bokhylla
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NORWAY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010081908040_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/73c37b291d3949b023702cea8e03c660
id:
34fc7335e509e4c346b4d90d9d221f33
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010081908079
title:
HiPer '99 : High Performance Computing on Hewlett-Packard Systems : (annual conference of the HP2EUG) : June 27-30, 1999, T[r]omsø, Norway. Bk. 2
creators:
2 results
1. HiPer '99 (konferanse)
2. Hewlett-Packard Company European Users' Group
year:
1999
publisher:
Computer Centre, University of Tromsø
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
bokhylla
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NORWAY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010081908079_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/34fc7335e509e4c346b4d90d9d221f33
id:
8ba1e117d9990c18dc12d1639a887fd8
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012121006078
title:
Norgips Norge AS : miljøkonsekvenser ved utslipp til Drammensfjorden
creators:
2 results
1. Helland, Aud
2. Norgips Norge
year:
2007
publisher:
Norsk institutt for vannforskning
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_2012121006078_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/8ba1e117d9990c18dc12d1639a887fd8
id:
76db14e211ee51ad0558992cded768a7
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022062080051_005
title:
PC world Norge (trykt utg.). 1999 Nr. 4B
creators:
2 results
1. Computerworld Norge
2. PC Communications Norge
year:
1999
publisher:
IDG magazines Norge
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_2022062080051_005_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/76db14e211ee51ad0558992cded768a7
id:
3c28fe04b86f171b6356f57819a0ba06
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022060880072_003
title:
PC world Norge (trykt utg.). 1993 Nr. 2
creators:
2 results
1. Computerworld Norge
2. PC Communications Norge
year:
1993
publisher:
IDG magazines Norge
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_2022060880072_003_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/3c28fe04b86f171b6356f57819a0ba06
id:
41809d412f85fbfc230ff214dd84cca4
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022060880072_001
title:
PC world Norge (trykt utg.). 1993 Nr. 1
creators:
2 results
1. Computerworld Norge
2. PC Communications Norge
year:
1993
publisher:
IDG magazines Norge
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_2022060880072_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/41809d412f85fbfc230ff214dd84cca4
id:
3de8319ea3eff450d108229d427b63c6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022061080014_001
title:
PC world Norge (trykt utg.). 2004 Nr. 1
creators:
2 results
1. Computerworld Norge
2. PC Communications Norge
year:
2004
publisher:
IDG magazines Norge
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_2022061080014_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/3de8319ea3eff450d108229d427b63c6
id:
3ed558480726688bf410ef5dddfc233f
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022060880018_005
title:
PC world Norge (trykt utg.). 1998 Nr. 5
creators:
2 results
1. Computerworld Norge
2. PC Communications Norge
year:
1998
publisher:
IDG magazines Norge
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_2022060880018_005_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/3ed558480726688bf410ef5dddfc233f
id:
1ea441e5f6eec179eb0b62b67cea6ab8
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022060880050_006
title:
PC world Norge (trykt utg.). 1990 Nr. 6
creators:
2 results
1. Computerworld Norge
2. PC Communications Norge
year:
1990
publisher:
IDG magazines Norge
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_2022060880050_006_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1ea441e5f6eec179eb0b62b67cea6ab8
id:
0e02fcb8c4c24e9dbbbde0727df5a552
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022060880019_004
title:
PC world Norge (trykt utg.). 1995 Nr. 4
creators:
2 results
1. Computerworld Norge
2. PC Communications Norge
year:
1995
publisher:
IDG magazines Norge
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_2022060880019_004_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/0e02fcb8c4c24e9dbbbde0727df5a552

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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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.

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