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Trove books (NLA)

The National Library of Australia's discovery service for books, newspapers, images, and Australian material, spanning billions of items. You can search it on the Trove website, or through its API with a free key. It is the principal resource for Australian published and historical material; note this covers books and catalogue records, not web-archive captures.

API key required

Why it’s useful & how it works

Trove API v3 needs a free key (expires yearly; commercial use needs permission). HTML reCAPTCHA'd; API 401 without key. Distinct from the web-archive 'trove-awa' entry — this is books. Note the API does NOT expose web-archive records.

What’s inside

Billions of items.

API access

https://api.trove.nla.gov.au/v3/result?q=...&category=book (X-API-KEY header)

An API key is required — usually free; see the endpoints above for where to get one.

Access

Programmatic API access (a key may be required — see the API tag).

Homepage

https://trove.nla.gov.au/