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 2026-09-24T22:46:30Z in 0.193 seconds.

total:

234646

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
38f7e6859d902f90e2631dc20fb9a3d5
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Nytt fra Rindal kommune
creators:
1 results
1. Rindal
year:
19830101
publisher:
Rindal kommune
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/38f7e6859d902f90e2631dc20fb9a3d5
id:
49788d72f1dfa7119db89bf7adc5c8d2
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Småviltjakt i Rindal kommune
creators:
2 results
1. Rindal
2. KartKompaniet
year:
2002
publisher:
Kommunen
media_types:
1 results
1. kart
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/49788d72f1dfa7119db89bf7adc5c8d2
id:
5d10504a824e9c4b9ad8296c1be70529
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Nytt fra Rindal kommune
creators:
1 results
1. Rindal
year:
20030101
publisher:
Rindal kommune
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/5d10504a824e9c4b9ad8296c1be70529
id:
88cab561973debdfadad95146c88825a
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Gards- og ættesoge for Rindal
creators:
2 results
1. Hyldbakk, Hans
2. Rindal Kommune
year:
19640101
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nno
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/88cab561973debdfadad95146c88825a
id:
112002faa78f60b8785d080b5a41b23d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018030748064
title:
Gards- og ættesoge for Rindal. 1
creators:
2 results
1. Hyldbakk, Hans
2. Rindal
year:
1964
publisher:
Rindal kommune
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nno
county:
Trøndelag
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_2018030748064_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/112002faa78f60b8785d080b5a41b23d
id:
2297c5e506ed83f7363bba1faaab5c94
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018030748065
title:
Gards- og ættesoge for Rindal. 3
creators:
2 results
1. Hyldbakk, Hans
2. Rindal
year:
1967
publisher:
Rindal kommune
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nno
county:
Trøndelag
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_2018030748065_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2297c5e506ed83f7363bba1faaab5c94
id:
9c9900f0823efd5935ad7b7917424acd
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018030748066
title:
Gards- og ættesoge for Rindal. 2
creators:
2 results
1. Hyldbakk, Hans
2. Rindal
year:
1966
publisher:
Rindal kommune
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nno
county:
Trøndelag
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_2018030748066_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/9c9900f0823efd5935ad7b7917424acd
id:
c5e24b404f1b4afa88a837032e48ba4a
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2023041448069
title:
Rindal sparebank 150 år
creators:
2 results
1. Solem, Jon
2. Rindal sparebank
year:
2023
publisher:
Rindal sparebank
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
Trøndelag
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_2023041448069_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c5e24b404f1b4afa88a837032e48ba4a
id:
b3a953479ec9dfd57faa3a303f597edc
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Fiskeguide : Rindal : porten til Trollheimen
creators:
2 results
1. Rindal
2. KartKompaniet
year:
1997
publisher:
Kommunen
media_types:
1 results
1. kart
languages:
4 results
1. eng
2. ger
3. nob
4. mul
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/b3a953479ec9dfd57faa3a303f597edc
id:
bed6981cac422e5a34282918d5323d2b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023030183042_001
title:
Årsskrift (Rindal). 2022
creators:
1 results
1. Rindal historielag
year:
2022
publisher:
Rindal historielag
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_2023030183042_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/bed6981cac422e5a34282918d5323d2b

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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