`get_item`

Pack: library-of-congress · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

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

Get full metadata for a single Library of Congress item (title, date, contributors, subjects, description, format, medium). Keyless.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`id`	string	yes	A LoC item id like “2017659044”, or a full loc.gov item URL.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "id": "2017659044"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/library-of-congress/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_item","arguments":{"id":"2017659044"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_item', {
  "id": "2017659044"
});

More examples

{
  "id": "https://www.loc.gov/item/2017659044/"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one:

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

Connect to just the library-of-congress pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "library-of-congress": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/library-of-congress/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_item