`dpla_item`

Pack: dpla · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dpla/mcp

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/dpla_item for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

One DPLA record in full by its id: title, creator, date, description, subjects, language, place, format, rights statement, the institution holding the original, the DPLA hub that contributed it, a thumbnail, a link to the object on the holder’s own site, and the raw source metadata as the institution wrote it. Requires a free DPLA API key via _apiKey. Example: dpla_item({ id: “<32-hex id from dpla_search_items>”, _apiKey: ”…” }).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`id`	string	yes	DPLA record id — a 32-character hex string from dpla_search_items.
`_apiKey`	string	yes

Example call

Arguments

{
  "id": "66c21be16e7516c98d053fb2b8ca5a0c",
  "_apiKey": "your-dpla-api-key"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dpla/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"dpla_item","arguments":{"id":"66c21be16e7516c98d053fb2b8ca5a0c","_apiKey":"your-dpla-api-key"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('dpla_item', {
  "id": "66c21be16e7516c98d053fb2b8ca5a0c",
  "_apiKey": "your-dpla-api-key"
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dpla": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dpla/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

dpla_item