National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Transcriptions API

openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: NextGen Catalog Accounts Transcriptions API
  version: 0.2.0
  description: "\nThis is the NextGen Catalog API application made with Express and documented with Swagger.\n\nThis API requires the use of an API key in order to access. Once you have obtained an API key, you can pass the API key into a REST API call in the x-api-key header of the request. For example, the request might look like\n\n    curl --location --request GET 'https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/records/search?q=constitution'\n    --header 'Content-Type: application/json'\n    --header 'x-api-key: API_KEY'\n\nwhere API_KEY is the key string of your API key.\n\nFor write operations, in addition to the API key, a user ID in the format of a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) is required in the body of the request. For example, a request to POST a tag might look like:\n\n    curl --location --request POST 'https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/tags'\n    --header 'Content-Type: application/json'\n    --data-raw '{\n    \"tag\": \"example tag\",\n    \"targetNaId\": 1667751,\n    \"userId\": \"USER_UUID\"\n    }'\nwhere USER_UUID is the UUID of the user.\n\nPlease contact O&M at Catalog_API@nara.gov for an API Key."
servers:
- url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
tags:
- name: Transcriptions
  description: Transcription search and data retrieval
paths:
  /transcriptions/search:
    get:
      summary: Get search results for transcriptions data by sending a request with search parameters to the catalog.
      description: Get search results for transcriptions data by sending a request with search parameters to the catalog. Returns a JSON result.
      tags:
      - Transcriptions
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/paramContQuery'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/paramContId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/paramUserName'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/paramUserId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/paramNaId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/paramDebug'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A body of response data containing full transcription objects if any were found.
        '400':
          description: Bad Request. Invalid search terms, revise terms.
        '422':
          description: Unprocessable Entity.
  /transcriptions/{id}:
    get:
      summary: Get a single transcription object by transcription id.
      description: Get a single transcription object by transcription id. Returns a JSON result.
      tags:
      - Transcriptions
      parameters:
      - in: path
        $ref: '#/components/parameters/paramContId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/paramDebug'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A body of response data containing a transcription object if it was found.
        '422':
          description: Unprocessable Entity.
  /transcriptions/naId/{naId}:
    get:
      summary: Get transcriptions by their parent record's naId.
      description: Get transcriptions by their parent record's naId. Returns a JSON result.
      tags:
      - Transcriptions
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: naId
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: naId of parent record whose transcriptions to return
        example: '893506'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/paramDebug'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A body of response data containing transcriptions objects if any were found.
        '422':
          description: Unprocessable Entity.
  /transcriptions/userId/{userId}:
    get:
      summary: Get transcriptions by their contributor's userId.
      description: Get transcriptions by their contributor's userId. Returns a JSON result.
      tags:
      - Transcriptions
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: userId
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: userId of contributor whose transcriptions to return
        example: 5b18f857-29d7-31a9-b944-f4e68c12fd3f
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/paramDebug'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A body of response data containing transcription objects if any were found.
        '422':
          description: Unprocessable Entity.
  /transcriptions/:
    put:
      summary: Add or update a transcription.
      description: Add a transcription to a record.
      tags:
      - Transcriptions
      requestBody:
        description: Add a transcription to a record.
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/transcriptionBody'
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: publish
        schema:
          type: boolean
        required: false
        description: publish flag which when true indicates that a transcription should be published
        example: 'true'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A response body containing confirmation that the transcription was added successfully.
        '400':
          description: Bad Request. Invalid search terms, revise terms.
        '422':
          description: An error response while processing the request to add a transcription.
    post:
      summary: Add a transcription.
      description: Add a transcription to a record.
      tags:
      - Transcriptions
      requestBody:
        description: Add a transcription to a record.
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/transcriptionBody'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A response body containing confirmation that the transcription was added successfully.
        '400':
          description: Bad Request. Invalid search terms, revise terms.
        '422':
          description: An error response while processing the request to add a transcription.
  /transcriptions/history/:parentContributionId:
    post:
      summary: Get the history of a transcription.
      description: Get the history of a transcription to a record.
      tags:
      - Transcriptions
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: parentContributionId
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: parentContributionId indicating the transcription of which to request the history.
        example: 232a3c9d-d0b5-32cb-a2d7-26c9eeab57a3
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A response body containing the transcription historyPos.
        '400':
          description: Bad Request. Invalid parentContributionId.
  /transcriptions/:contributionId/justificationId/:justificationId:
    delete:
      summary: Deactivate a transcription.
      description: Deactivate a transcription, reactivate the previous version if it exists.
      tags:
      - Transcriptions
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: contributionId
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: contributionId of a transcription to be deactivated.
        example: e3fe99d2-7af7-11ec-90d6-0242ac120003
      - in: path
        name: justificationId
        schema:
          type: integer
        required: true
        description: justificationId of the reason a transcription is being deactivated.
        example: 5
      - in: query
        name: autoActivate
        schema:
          type: boolean
        required: false
        description: autoActivate tag which when true has the API choose a previous transcription to activate
        example: true
      - in: body
        name: userId
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: userId of the user that created the transcription to be deactivated.
        example: 55555555-5555-5555-5555-555555555555
      - in: body
        name: actionNotes
        schema:
          type: string
        required: false
        description: Additional notes for the transcription being deactivated. Defaults to the empty string.
        example: Comment removed at users request.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A response body containing confirmation that the transcription was deactivated successfully.
        '409':
          description: An error response while processing the request to deactivate a transcription.
    post:
      summary: Activate a transcription.
      description: Activate a transcription, deactivate any other versions if they exist.
      tags:
      - Transcriptions
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: contributionId
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: contributionId of a transcription to be activated.
        example: e3fe99d2-7af7-11ec-90d6-0242ac120003
      - in: path
        name: justificationId
        schema:
          type: integer
        required: true
        description: justificationId of the reason a transcription is being activated.
        example: 5
      - in: body
        name: userId
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
        description: userId of the user that created the comment to be deactivated.
        example: 55555555-5555-5555-5555-555555555555
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A response body containing confirmation that the transcription was activated successfully.
        '403':
          description: Insufficient user permissions to change a transcription's status
        '409':
          description: An error response while processing the request to activate a transcription.
components:
  parameters:
    paramDebug:
      in: query
      name: debug
      description: Turns on debug mode, showing metadata in the response body, if set to true.
      required: false
      schema:
        maximum: 100
        type: boolean
      example: true
    paramUserName:
      in: query
      name: userName
      description: Contributor's screen name which maps to the record.contributor.userName field
      required: false
      schema:
        maximum: 100
        type: string
      example: johndoe1
    paramContQuery:
      in: query
      name: q
      description: A search query string which accepts boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), wildcards (*), and exact phrases ("").
      required: false
      schema:
        maximum: 1024
        type: string
      examples:
        simple:
          value: we the people
          summary: Simple keyword
          description: Returns results which contain one or more contributions with the words we, the, and people. Note that the boolean operator AND is used by default.
        bool:
          value: people NOT we
          summary: Boolean operators
          description: Returns results which contain one or more contributions with the word people but do not contain the word we.
        exact:
          value: United States
          summary: Exact phrase
          description: Returns results which contain one or more contributions with the words "United" and "States" together.
        stemming:
          value: photo*
          summary: Stemming with wildcards
          description: Returns results which contain one or more contributions with variations of the word "photo", such as "photograph" and "photography".
    paramNaId:
      in: query
      name: naId
      description: An array of NARA-specific identifiers, each of which is unique to a single record.
      required: false
      schema:
        maximum: 10000
        type: string
      example: 146919092, 146919093
    paramUserId:
      in: query
      name: userId
      description: Contributor's unique identifier which maps to the record.contributor.userId field
      required: false
      schema:
        maximum: 50
        type: string
      example: 55555555-5555-5555-5555-555555555555
    paramContId:
      in: query
      name: id
      description: An individual contribution's unique identifier which maps to the record.contributionId field
      required: false
      schema:
        maximum: 50
        type: string
      example: 55555555-5555-5555-5555-555555555555
  schemas:
    transcriptionBody:
      type: object
      properties:
        transcription:
          type: string
          example: a properly encoded/escaped transcription
          maximum: 4294967295
        targetNaId:
          type: integer
          example: 31124739
        targetObjectId:
          type: integer
          example: 77852917
        userId:
          type: string
          example: c2558dff-bf46-3e28-8aff-29913227beb2
        status:
          type: string
          default: active
          example: inactive
      required:
      - transcription
      - targetNaId
      - userId