DVIDS API

DVIDS API Asset API

Retrieve and relate individual assets

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: DVIDS Asset API
  description: The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) API provides programmatic access to U.S. military news, photos, video, audio, publications, units, and live events. The API is implemented as JSON over HTTP and requires a public API key.
  version: v2
  contact:
    name: DVIDS
    url: https://api.dvidshub.net/
servers:
- url: https://api.dvidshub.net
  description: DVIDS API
security:
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: Asset
  description: Retrieve and relate individual assets
paths:
  /asset:
    get:
      operationId: getAsset
      summary: Get asset
      description: Retrieve extended information about a specific media asset.
      tags:
      - Asset
      parameters:
      - name: api_key
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: id
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: fields
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: prettyprint
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: thumb_width
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: thumb_height
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: thumb_quality
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 95
      - name: include_related_media
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Asset'
        '400':
          description: Invalid parameters
        '403':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
  /asset/related:
    get:
      operationId: getRelatedAssets
      summary: Get related assets
      description: Retrieve media assets related to a specified asset.
      tags:
      - Asset
      parameters:
      - name: api_key
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: id
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: branch
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: category
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: type
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: country
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: state
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: city
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: unit_name
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: credit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: from_date
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: to_date
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: aspect_ratio
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: hd
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: max_results
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 50
      - name: page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AssetListResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid parameters
        '403':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
components:
  schemas:
    PageInfo:
      type: object
      properties:
        total_results:
          type: integer
        results_per_page:
          type: integer
    AssetListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        page_info:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageInfo'
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Asset'
    Asset:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        keywords:
          type: string
        date:
          type: string
        date_published:
          type: string
        timestamp:
          type: string
        branch:
          type: string
        unit_name:
          type: string
        image:
          type: string
        thumbnail:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
        credit:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
        location:
          type: object
          properties:
            city:
              type: string
            state:
              type: string
            country:
              type: string
        rating:
          type: number
        virin:
          type: string
        duration:
          type: integer
        aspect_ratio:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
externalDocs:
  description: DVIDS API Documentation
  url: https://api.dvidshub.net/docs