this is the helpful page for me.[1]internet-archive-missing-subjects-query https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php#raw I put the Internet ARchive identifier in the IDS column (Excel) then go to Notepad ++ when they're done and replace the ^ with a " and it works. IDS curl --data-urlencode --data-urlencode --data-urlencode --data-urlencode identifier curl -target=metadata -patch=^{\^add\^:\^/subject/1\^, access=youraccesskeyhere secret=yoursecretkeyhere- [2]http://archive.org/metadata/identifier \^value\^:\^KennethUdut\^}^ References Visible links 1. http://icopiedyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/internet-archive-missing-subjects-query.jpg 2. http://archive.org/metadata/