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Smithsonian Open Access Scraper

Scrape the Smithsonian Institution's Open Access CC0 public-domain collection - 2.8M+ images and object records across 30+ museums and research units. Search by keyword, browse by museum/unit, or filter by object type.

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You can access the Smithsonian Open Access Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

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1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "mode": "search",
10    "searchQuery": "portrait",
11    "unitCode": "npg",
12    "objectType": "Photograph",
13    "onlyWithImages": True,
14    "maxItems": 25,
15}
16
17# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
18run = client.actor("crawlerbros/smithsonian-open-access-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
19
20# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
21print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
22for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
23    print(item)
24
25# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Smithsonian Open Access Scraper API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Smithsonian Open Access Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Smithsonian Open Access Scraper API in JavaScript

Smithsonian Open Access Scraper API through CLI

Smithsonian Open Access Scraper OpenAPI definition

Smithsonian Open Access Scraper API

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