# Europeana Cultural Heritage Scraper — 60M+ European Records (`compute-edge/europeana-cultural-heritage-scraper`) Actor Search Europeana's catalog of 60M+ digitised European cultural heritage items — paintings, photographs, manuscripts, museum objects — by keyword, country, provider, type, year and rights. - **URL**: https://apify.com/compute-edge/europeana-cultural-heritage-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Compute Edge](https://apify.com/compute-edge) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Europeana Cultural Heritage Scraper Search **Europeana** — Europe's flagship cultural heritage aggregator with **60+ million digitised items** from over 3,500 museums, libraries, archives and galleries across 30+ European countries. Paintings, photographs, manuscripts, museum objects, sound recordings and 3D scans, all in one searchable corpus. This Actor wraps the Europeana Record Search API (`api.europeana.eu/record/v2/search.json`) and returns clean per-item records with title, creator, year, country, rights statement, preview image URL and a link to the original item. ### Why scrape Europeana? - **Stock imagery**: find public-domain / openly licensed images for editorial and design. - **AI training**: build image / text training datasets with curated rights metadata. - **Cultural research**: analyse digitisation patterns across European institutions. - **Education**: build classroom materials from museum-grade primary sources. - **Apps**: power "this day in art history" / "image of the day" content engines. ### Output fields | Field | Description | |---|---| | `europeanaId` | Stable Europeana record identifier | | `title` / `creator` / `description` | Core metadata | | `year` | Year as published by the contributor | | `type` | IMAGE / VIDEO / SOUND / TEXT / 3D | | `language` / `country` | Languages and country of contributing institution | | `provider` / `dataProvider` | Aggregator / contributing institution | | `rights` | Rights statement URL (Creative Commons, public domain, etc.) | | `previewUrl` | Thumbnail image URL | | `isShownAt` / `isShownBy` | Original record page / object page | | `europeanaUrl` | Direct Europeana page link | ### How to use 1. Enter a search `query` (free text, default `*` = everything). 2. Optionally restrict `type` (IMAGE, VIDEO, SOUND, TEXT, 3D). 3. Optionally restrict `country` and `reusability` (open / restricted / permission). 4. Provide your own `apiKey` from https://pro.europeana.eu/ for production. The default `apidemo` key works for testing but is rate-limited. 5. Run. ### Pricing Pay-per-result. One record per Europeana item. ### Other actors - Smithsonian Open Access Scraper - LOC Photos Scraper - DOAJ Open-Access Journals Scraper ### FAQ **Is there a free tier?** Yes — Europeana is fully free. The `apidemo` key works for casual testing. **Are results truly open?** Set `reusability=open` to only get freely reusable items (CC0, public domain, CC BY, CC BY-SA). **Can I get the full image?** Use the `isShownBy` URL to fetch the highest-resolution copy from the contributing institution. ### Legal Powered by the Europeana API. Items themselves carry per-record rights statements; always respect those. # Actor input Schema ## `query` (type: `string`): Free-text search across all metadata. Examples: 'Van Gogh', 'medieval manuscript', 'Berlin photograph'. Default: '*' (all records). ## `type` (type: `string`): Media type. Options: IMAGE, VIDEO, SOUND, TEXT, 3D. Leave blank for all. ## `country` (type: `string`): Country of contributing institution (case-insensitive, e.g. 'France', 'Germany'). Leave blank for all. ## `reusability` (type: `string`): Reusability filter: open, restricted, permission. Leave blank for all. ## `apiKey` (type: `string`): Optional Europeana API key. Defaults to the public 'apidemo' shared key, which is rate-limited. Register a free key at https://pro.europeana.eu/ for production use. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum records to return (paged 100 at a time). 0 = first page only. ## Actor input object example ```json { "query": "*", "type": "IMAGE", "country": "", "reusability": "", "apiKey": "apidemo", "maxResults": 200 } ```` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("compute-edge/europeana-cultural-heritage-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("compute-edge/europeana-cultural-heritage-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call compute-edge/europeana-cultural-heritage-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=compute-edge/europeana-cultural-heritage-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Europeana Cultural Heritage Scraper — 60M+ European Records", "description": "Search Europeana's catalog of 60M+ digitised European cultural heritage items — paintings, photographs, manuscripts, museum objects — by keyword, country, provider, type, year and rights.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "720fVL5VzmJHSnb07" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/compute-edge~europeana-cultural-heritage-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-compute-edge-europeana-cultural-heritage-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/compute-edge~europeana-cultural-heritage-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-compute-edge-europeana-cultural-heritage-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/compute-edge~europeana-cultural-heritage-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-compute-edge-europeana-cultural-heritage-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "query": { "title": "Search Query", "type": "string", "description": "Free-text search across all metadata. Examples: 'Van Gogh', 'medieval manuscript', 'Berlin photograph'. Default: '*' (all records).", "default": "*" }, "type": { "title": "Type", "type": "string", "description": "Media type. Options: IMAGE, VIDEO, SOUND, TEXT, 3D. Leave blank for all.", "default": "IMAGE" }, "country": { "title": "Country", "type": "string", "description": "Country of contributing institution (case-insensitive, e.g. 'France', 'Germany'). Leave blank for all.", "default": "" }, "reusability": { "title": "Reusability", "type": "string", "description": "Reusability filter: open, restricted, permission. Leave blank for all.", "default": "" }, "apiKey": { "title": "Europeana API Key", "type": "string", "description": "Optional Europeana API key. Defaults to the public 'apidemo' shared key, which is rate-limited. Register a free key at https://pro.europeana.eu/ for production use.", "default": "apidemo" }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max Results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum records to return (paged 100 at a time). 0 = first page only.", "default": 200 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```