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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.

    '
  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/