mek_simple_search
Search the Hungarian Electronic Library by title, author, subject, or ID with automatic accent-insensitive matching.
Instructions
Simple search in the MEK catalogue by title, subject, author and/or MEK ID. All given words are combined with AND. Words may be typed in lowercase and without accents: if nothing is found, the MEK server automatically retries accent-free and then stemmed.
Good for quick, broad lookups. For field-precise queries, OR-logic, exclusions (NOT) or language/type filtering use mek_advanced_search.
Returns: {total, offset, limit, hits: [{mek_id, url, authors, title, date_added}], has_more}.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | No | Max hits per page. Server supports 10, 50 or 100; the value is rounded up to the nearest supported size. | |
| title | No | Words from the title (main/sub/series title). All words must occur (AND). Truncation with *, accents optional. Empty = not filtered. | |
| author | No | Author / editor / translator name words, e.g. 'Petőfi Sándor' or 'Orwell'. | |
| mek_id | No | Numeric MEK identifier of a specific document, e.g. '9439'. | |
| offset | No | Result offset for paging (0-based, in items). | |
| subject | No | Words from the topic: subject headings, sub-collection or document type, in Hungarian (e.g. 'néprajz', 'történelem', 'regény'). |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
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