Trove API

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Overview

Trove is an API provided by the National Library of Australia that allows you to search through millions of digitised historical newspapers and other cultural collections. It is ideal for researchers, historians, and developers building applications around Australian heritage and archival content. An API key is required but free to obtain.

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Beginner Tip

Register for a free Trove API key at trove.nla.gov.au and use the /result endpoint with the zone=newspaper parameter to search digitised newspaper articles. Add the q parameter with your search term to get started.

Available Data

repository name and description

star and fork counts

contributor data

issues and pull requests

commit history

article title and content

Example Response

JSON Response

{
  "title": "The Great Gatsby",
  "authors": [
    "F. Scott Fitzgerald"
  ],
  "publishedDate": "1925-04-10",
  "pageCount": 218,
  "categories": [
    "Fiction"
  ],
  "imageLinks": {
    "thumbnail": "https://books.google.com/..."
  },
  "averageRating": 4
}

Field Reference

response.zone[].records.article[].id Unique Trove identifier for the newspaper article

response.zone[].records.article[].heading Title or heading of the digitised newspaper article

response.zone[].records.article[].date Publication date of the newspaper issue containing this article

response.zone[].records.article[].newspaper.title.value Name of the newspaper that published the article

response.zone[].records.article[].troveUrl URL to view the article on the Trove website

Implementation Example

const url = "https://trove.nla.gov.au/about/create-something/using-api";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
  "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);