Gallica (Bibliotheque nationale de France)
Digitized records for France. Access: Public API. Terms checked November 1, 2026.
Access and terms
| Slug | gallica |
|---|---|
| Records | Digitized records |
| Places | France |
| Years | Not stated by the source |
| Access | Public API |
| Key | Not needed. |
| Rate limit | Up to 50 records per SRU request. No request rate is stated. |
| robots.txt | Not checked. |
| Homepage | gallica.bnf.fr/ |
| API docs | api.bnf.fr/fr/api-gallica-de-recherche |
| Terms | api.bnf.fr/fr/conditions-generales-dutilisation-du-site-bnf-api-et-jeux-de-donnees |
| Checked by hand | November 1, 2026 |
Notes
Search uses the SRU endpoint at https://gallica.bnf.fr/SRU. BnF metadata is under the Etalab open licence with credit to the Bibliotheque nationale de France and the date of the last update. Reuse of digitized documents beyond the stated conditions needs contact with the BnF. On the day of review the SRU endpoint answered 403 to the LineageAPI User-Agent; the health probe calls it directly, so the status shows what Lineage actually gets.
Evidence read on November 1, 2026
Status: Down
Down at the last check, 2026-11-01 22:02 UTC. HTTP 403 in 113 ms. Unexpected status (403). One check a day.
JSON: /v1/sources/gallica. For agents: /sources/gallica/llms.txt.