ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Places API
The Places API from ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology — 3 operation(s) for places.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Discovery bitstreams Places 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➜ [OAS 3 Swagger Documentation](https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/discovery/v1/)\n\n➜ [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: Places
paths:
/places:
get:
tags:
- Places
description: Returns all places defined in the ETHorama database.
responses:
'200':
description: Returns Places as GeoJSON
content:
application/json: {}
'500':
description: server error
/places/geojson:
get:
tags:
- Places
description: Returns all or filtered places defined in the ETHorama database as GeoJSON.
parameters:
- name: nearto
schema:
type: string
in: query
required: false
description: "Places nearto a point, which is defined by the comma separated value: lat, lng, distance in meter (default: 1000). \n\n Example: nearto=47.383046,8.536655,2000"
responses:
'200':
description: Returns a geoJSON FeatureCollection
content:
application/json: {}
'500':
description: server error
/places/geojson/{id}:
get:
tags:
- Places
description: Returns place (by POI ID or Wikidata QID) as geoJSON
parameters:
- name: id
schema:
type: string
in: path
required: true
description: ID from ETHorama (2o6hEWTkOGDL35HANR5c) or Wikidata QID (Q64093)
responses:
'200':
description: Returns a place as geoJSON Feature
content:
application/json: {}
'404':
description: there is no place available with this id
components:
securitySchemes:
ApiKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: query
name: apikey
externalDocs:
description: OAS 3 Swagger Documentation
url: https://apidocs.library.ethz.ch/discovery/v1/