---
name: "oai_pmh"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "libhttp-oai-perl"
version: "4.13-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/oai_pmh"
---

# oai\_pmh(1p)

pipe OAI-PMH to the command-line

## NAME

oai\_pmh.pl - pipe OAI-PMH to the command-line

## SYNOPSIS

```
        oai_pmh.pl <options> [baseURL]
```

## OPTIONS

- \--help

  - \--man

  - \--verbose

  Be more verbose (repeatable).

- \--force

  Force a non-conformant OAI request.

- \--from \<ISO datetime\>

  - \--identifier \<identifier\>

  OAI identifier to GetRecord or ListMetadataFormats.

- \--metadataPrefix \<mdp\>

  Specify format of metadata to retrieve.

- \-X/--request \<command\>

  Verb to request, defaults to ListRecords.

- \--set \<oai set\>

  Request only those records in a set.

- \--until \<ISO datetime\>

  ## DESCRIPTION

Retrieve data from OAI-PMH endpoints. The output format is:

```
        <headers>
        <content>
        <FORMFEED>
```

Where \<headers\> are in HTTP header format. Content will be the raw XML as exposed by the repository. Each record is separated by a FORMFEED character.

For example:

```
        oai_pmh.pl -X GetRecord --metadataPrefix oai_dc \
                --identifier oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:20 http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2
```