diff --git a/gen_details.py b/gen_details.py
index 5c0408c..63cdad4 100644
--- a/gen_details.py
+++ b/gen_details.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if len(sys.argv) != 6:
     print("Usage: python titlegen.py inputfilename.csv  startlineno endlineno outputfilename.csv API_key")
     sys.exit(1)
     # set the api key from the command line argument
-
+nonempty_artnr = 0
 startlineno = int(sys.argv[2])
 endlineno = int(sys.argv[3])
 lineno = 0
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ with open(sys.argv[1], "r") as file:
                 newrow = row
                 row.append("Materials")
                 row.append("Dimensions")
+                row.append("Accession Number")
                 writer.writerow(newrow)
                 continue
                 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ with open(sys.argv[1], "r") as file:
             # Extract the string after the last slash in the itemurl
             itemid = itemurl.rsplit('/', 1)[-1]
             print(itemid)
-            
+            print("====================================="   + str(lineno) + "=====================================")         
             # Fetch the xml data from "https://api.dimu.org/api/artifact?unique_id=<itemid>&mapping=ESE&api.key=<api_key"
             url = "https://api.dimu.org/api/artifact?unique_id=" + itemid + "&mapping=ESE&api.key=" + api_key
             print(url)
@@ -48,6 +49,29 @@ with open(sys.argv[1], "r") as file:
             from xml.dom.minidom import parse, parseString  
             
             dom = parseString(data)
+            
+            # Extract the fields in the xml data that has are inside <dc:description> tag as string variables
+            artnr = ""
+            description_artnr = ""
+            description_list = dom.getElementsByTagName ('dc:description') 
+            # iterate through the list of description_list and find a line that starts with the string "Art.nr."
+            for description in description_list:
+                descriptionitem = description.firstChild.nodeValue
+                # if "Art.nr." is a substring of the descriptionitem, then set description_artnr to descriptionitem and break
+                if "Art.nr." in descriptionitem:
+                    description_artnr = descriptionitem
+                    # Store the integer value of the string after the string "Art.nr." in the variable artnr
+                    artnr = description_artnr.split("Art.nr. ")[1]
+                    # remove any terminating '.' from the string artnr
+                    artnr = artnr.rstrip('.')
+                    
+                    print ("Found accn number and it is: ")
+                    print(artnr)
+                    break
+                
+           
+       
+            
             # Extract the fields in the xml data that has are inside <dcterms:medium> tag as string variables
             allmediums = ""
             medium_list = dom.getElementsByTagName('dcterms:medium')
@@ -66,11 +90,16 @@ with open(sys.argv[1], "r") as file:
                 allextents += extentitem + " "
             print(allextents)
             
+            if (artnr != ""):
+                nonempty_artnr+=1
+            
             # Generate a new row with the previosu row appended with the new fields medium and extent
             newrow = row
             newrow.append(allmediums)
             newrow.append(allextents)
+            newrow.append(artnr)
             writer.writerow(newrow)
             
         outfile.close()
         file.close()
+        print("Number of non-empty accession numbers: " + str(nonempty_artnr))