openapi: 3.0.3
info:
title: Smithsonian Open Access content metrics API
description: 'REST API providing programmatic access to millions of digitized Smithsonian collection objects, metadata, images, and 3D models across 19 museums and research centers. All content is released under CC0 (public domain). Supports search, content retrieval, and term browsing. An API key from api.data.gov is required for all requests.
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version: 1.0.0
contact:
name: Smithsonian Open Access Team
email: openaccess@si.edu
license:
name: CC0 1.0 Universal
url: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
termsOfService: https://www.si.edu/termsofuse
servers:
- url: https://api.si.edu/openaccess
description: Smithsonian Open Access API
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: metrics
description: Statistics about CC0 objects and media
paths:
/api/v1.0/stats:
get:
operationId: getStats
summary: Get CC0 statistics
description: Fetches statistics for CC0 objects and media across all Smithsonian collections.
tags:
- metrics
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
responses:
'200':
description: Statistics returned successfully.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/StatsResponse'
'400':
description: Bad request.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
components:
schemas:
ErrorResponse:
type: object
properties:
status:
type: integer
description: HTTP status code.
example: 404
responseCode:
type: integer
description: API response code (0 = error).
example: 0
response:
type: object
properties:
error:
type: string
description: Error message describing the issue.
example: 'not found: the resource you were acting on could not be found'
timestamp:
type: string
description: Timestamp of the error.
example: Fri Jun 07 09:23:09 EDT 2019
StatsResponse:
type: object
properties:
status:
type: integer
example: 200
responseCode:
type: integer
example: 1
response:
type: object
description: Statistics about CC0 objects and media in the Smithsonian collections.
additionalProperties: true
parameters:
ApiKey:
name: api_key
in: query
required: true
description: API key received from https://api.data.gov/signup/
schema:
type: string
securitySchemes:
ApiKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: query
name: api_key
description: API key from https://api.data.gov/signup/
externalDocs:
description: Open Access API Documentation
url: https://edan.si.edu/openaccess/apidocs/