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The ATOM Response API for the Perseus Catalog is available at:
http://catalog.perseus.org/catalog.atom?
Supported query parameters are:
&q=<search text> [ Required ]
&search_field=<field name> [ Optional ]
If you omit the search_field parameter, all fields will be searched.
The available search fields in the 1.0 Release are:
- title
- author
- urn
Sample queries using the Blacklight ATOM Response API:
Keyword search:
http://catalog.perseus.org/catalog.atom?q=Homer
URN search:
http://catalog.perseus.org/catalog.atom?&q=tlg0012&search_field=urn
Author search:
http://catalog.perseus.org/catalog.atom?&q=Homer&search_field=author
Title search:
http://catalog.perseus.org/catalog.atom?&q=Iliad&search_field=title