ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Pois API

The Pois API from ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology — 2 operation(s) for pois.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

GET /pois

GET /pois/{id}

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Discovery bitstreams Pois 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: Pois
paths:
  /pois:
    get:
      tags:
      - Pois
      description: Returns pois and related resources from e-rara defined in the ETHorama database. References of POIs to E-Pics and other data are not yet available here.
      parameters:
      - name: lat
        schema:
          type: number
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Returns the pois near a point defined by lat (latitude) and lon (longitude) and optionally dist (distance) in metres (default: 1000).


          Example: lat=47.349952'
      - name: lon
        schema:
          type: number
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Returns the pois near a point defined by lat (latitude) and lon (longitude) and optionally dist (distance) in metres (default: 1000).


          Example: lon=8.490838'
      - name: dist
        schema:
          type: number
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Returns the pois near a point defined by lat (latitude) and lon (longitude) and optionally dist (distance) in metres (default: 1000).


          Example: dist=1000'
      - name: q
        schema:
          type: string
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Returns the data for the search term (q).The parameter "q" is alternative to "lat"/"lon".


          Example: q=kyburg'
      - name: edges
        schema:
          type: boolean
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Should the edges/relations to content items, dossiers and routes also be returned (default: true)?


          Example: edges=false'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns geodata as GeoJSON
          content:
            application/json: {}
        '400':
          description: bad request
        '500':
          description: server error
  /pois/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Pois
      description: Returns a poi and related resources defined in the ETHorama database. References of POIs to E-Pics and other data are not yet available here.
      parameters:
      - name: id
        schema:
          type: string
        in: path
        required: true
        description: poi ID
      - name: edges
        schema:
          type: boolean
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Should the edges/relations to content items, dossiers and routes also be returned (default: true)?


          Example: edges=false'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns geodata as GeoJSON
          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/