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Eric, I see your questions has been answered by referring you to the Python tool, but just FYI a quick and dirty option is simply to use the advanced search form (https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php) to choose the collection you want, choose which fields you want returned (e.g. "identifier"), and choose your output format (JSON, XML, CSV, etc.). Greg On 9/18/17, 3:37 PM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Eric Lease Morgan" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: >Is there an Internet Archive API that will allow me to get the contents >of a collection as a stream of data and not as a stream of HTML. > >A cool collection of early English print materials is available at the >following URL: > > https://archive.org/details/bplsceep > >Each item is associated with an Internet Archive identifier. If I were >able to easily extract these identifiers, then I would be more easily >able to provide services based on the collection. But Iım lazy. I donıt >want to read the HTML and scrape it accordingly. Ick! Iıd rather be given >the list of bibliographics in a more computer-friendly way. > >Again, can I programmatically read the contents of a Internet Archive >collection? > > >Eric Morgan