National Archives and Records Administration

National Archives and Records Administration Records API

Record description search and data retrieval

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 7

GET /records/search Get records by using url parameters to perform a catalog search #
GET /records/search/by-other-extracted-text Get records by using other extracted text to perform a catalog search #
GET /records/search/by-contribution Get records related to contributions by using url parameters to perform a… #
GET /records/search/by-tag Get records related to tags by using url parameters to perform a catalog search #
GET /records/search/by-transcription Get records related to transcriptions by using url parameters to perform a… #
GET /records/search/by-comment Get records related to comments by using url parameters to perform a catalog… #
GET /records/parentNaId/{parentNaId} Get records which are immediate children of a specified parentNaId #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/help/api

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/national-archives-and-records-administration/refs/heads/main/openapi/national-archives-and-records-administration-records-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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SwaggerUI
https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/api-docs/
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SourceCode
https://github.com/usnationalarchives/Catalog-API

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OpenAPI Specification

national-archives-and-records-administration-records-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: NextGen Catalog Records API
  version: 0.2.0
  description: This is the NextGen Catalog API application made with Express and documented with Swagger.
servers:
- url: https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
tags:


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