US Public Domain Checker (books, films, music, art)
Pricing
from $5.00 / 1,000 public domain checks
Returns the US public-domain status of each book, film, song, recording or artwork you list (public domain, likely, check renewal, protected or unknown), the date it enters the public domain, the rule, caveats and a confidence score. Uses Wikidata and US Copyright Office rules.
You can access the US Public Domain Checker (books, films, music, art) programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "works": [12 {13 "id": "W-1",14 "title": "Frankenstein",15 "creator": "James Whale",16 "type": "film",17 "year": 193118 },19 {20 "id": "W-2",21 "title": "The Great Gatsby",22 "creator": "F. Scott Fitzgerald",23 "type": "book",24 "year": 192525 },26 {27 "id": "W-3",28 "title": "Heebie Jeebies",29 "creator": "Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five",30 "type": "sound_recording",31 "year": 192632 },33 {34 "id": "W-4",35 "title": "Beloved",36 "creator": "Toni Morrison",37 "type": "book",38 "year": 198739 }40 ]41};42
43// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish44const run = await client.actor("robot-supply-store/us-public-domain-checker").call(input);45
46// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)47console.log('Results from dataset');48console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);49const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();50items.forEach((item) => {51 console.dir(item);52});53
54// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsThe Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use US Public Domain Checker (books, films, music, art) API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: