ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology E-Pics items API

The E-Pics items API from ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology — 1 operation(s) for e-pics items.

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Operations 1

GET /epics-items

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Discovery bitstreams E-Pics items API
  description: "The Discovery REST API provides access to over 30 million books, images, series, journals, and other materials from the ETH Library's Discovery Portal. \n\n&#x279C; [OAS 3 Swagger Documentation](https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/discovery/v1/)\n\n&#x279C; [ETH Library @ swisscovery Application](https://eth.swisscovery.slsp.ch/)"
  version: 1.0.2
  termsOfService: https://developer.library.ethz.ch/terms
  contact:
    name: API Management ETH Library
    email: api@library.ethz.ch
    url: https://library.ethz.ch
  license:
    url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch/terms
    name: Bibliographic metadata that are not specifically marked are free for general use (Public Domain). Documents, images or other digital objects linked in metadata may be subject to other copyright restrictions. Whenever possible, the licence of the referenced digital objects is indicated in the metadata. In case of doubt, the licence can be inquired at api@library.ethz.ch.
servers:
- url: https://api.library.ethz.ch/discovery/v1/
  description: Production
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: E-Pics items
paths:
  /epics-items:
    get:
      tags:
      - E-Pics items
      description: Returns images from E-Pics.
      parameters:
      - name: q
        schema:
          type: string
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Returns the images for the search term (q).


          Example: q=uetliberg'
      - name: lat
        schema:
          type: number
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Returns the photos from the “Image Archive Online” catalog whose camera location is near a defined point. Or the point is defined for a provenance in the catalog “Ex meis libris”. The point is defined by lat (latitude) and long (longitude) and optionally dist (radius) in meters (default: 1000).


          Example: lat=47.349952'
      - name: lon
        schema:
          type: number
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Returns the photos from the “Image Archive Online” catalog whose camera location is near a defined point. Or the point is defined for a provenance in the catalog “Ex meis libris”. The point is defined by lat (latitude) and long (longitude) and optionally dist (radius) in meters (default: 1000).'
        Example: lon=8.490838
      - name: dist
        schema:
          type: number
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Returns the photos from the “Image Archive Online” catalog whose camera location is near a defined point. Or the point is defined for a provenance in the catalog “Ex meis libris”. The point is defined by lat (latitude) and long (longitude) and optionally dist (radius) in meters (default: 1000).


          Example: dist=1000'
      - name: edges
        schema:
          type: boolean
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Should the edges/relations to contributors also be returned (default: true)?


          Example: edges=false'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns images
          content:
            application/json: {}
        '400':
          description: bad request
        '500':
          description: server error
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apikey
externalDocs:
  description: OAS 3 Swagger Documentation
  url: https://apidocs.library.ethz.ch/discovery/v1/