Trying the Access to Memory RESTful API
Overview Let’s try some examples of the Access to Memory RESTful API. The official documentation is available here: https://www.accesstomemory.org/en/docs/2.8/dev-manual/api/api-intro/ Browse taxonomy terms https://demo.accesstomemory.org/api/taxonomies/34 [ { "name": "Collection" }, { "name": "File" }, { "name": "Fonds" }, { "name": "Item" }, { "name": "Part" }, { "name": "Record group" }, { "name": "Series" }, { "name": "Sous-fonds" }, { "name": "Subseries" } ] Browse information objects endpoint https://demo.accesstomemory.org/api/informationobjects { "total": 460, "results": [ { "reference_code": "CA ON00012 SC105", "slug": "kathleen-munn-fonds", "title": "Kathleen Munn fonds", "repository": "Art Gallery of Ontario", "level_of_description": "Fonds", "creators": [ "Munn, Kathleen Jean, 1887-1974" ], "creation_dates": [ "1912-[193-]" ] }, { "reference_code": "CA ON00012 SC069", "slug": "gallery-44-centre-for-contemporary-photography-fonds", "title": "Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography fonds", "repository": "Art Gallery of Ontario", "level_of_description": "Fonds", "creators": [ "Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography" ], "creation_dates": [ "[ca. 1979] - 2000" ], "place_access_points": [ "Toronto", "York, Regional Municipality of", "Ontario", "Canada" ] }, { "slug": "bitter-paradise-sell-out-of-east-timor-fonds", "title": "*Bitter Paradise: The Sell-Out of East Timor* fonds", "repository": "University of British Columbia Archives", "level_of_description": "Fonds", "creators": [ "Briere, Elaine" ], "creation_dates": [ "1985 - 1997" ] }, ... Read information object endpoint Let’s retrieve the record that was obtained via OAI in the following article through the API. ...
