DVIDS API

DVIDS API Unit API

Search and retrieve military units

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GET /unit/search Search units #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: DVIDS Asset Unit 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: Unit
  description: Search and retrieve military units
paths:
  /unit/search:
    get:
      operationId: searchUnits
      summary: Search units
      description: Search the DVIDS unit directory by name, abbreviation, branch, or ID.
      tags:
      - Unit
      parameters:
      - name: api_key
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: unit_id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: branch
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: unit_abbrev
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: unit_name
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: max_results
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: sortdir
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - asc
          - desc
      - name: page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnitListResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid parameters
        '403':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
components:
  schemas:
    UnitListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        messages:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        page_info:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageInfo'
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Unit'
    Unit:
      type: object
      properties:
        unit_id:
          type: integer
        unit_name:
          type: string
        unit_abbrev:
          type: string
        branch:
          type: string
    PageInfo:
      type: object
      properties:
        total_results:
          type: integer
        results_per_page:
          type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
externalDocs:
  description: DVIDS API Documentation
  url: https://api.dvidshub.net/docs