# English Constructicon API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-birmingham/english-constructicon/  
**Provider:** University of Birmingham — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-birmingham/  
**Base URL:** https://englishconstructicon.bham.ac.uk/database/api  
**Documentation:** https://englishconstructicon.bham.ac.uk/

English Constructicon API is one of 9 APIs that [University of Birmingham](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-birmingham/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Constructions, Linguistics, Construction Grammar, and Open Research. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, and 2 JSON Schemas.

An open research API from the English Constructicon project, a construction-grammar database built in the College of Arts and Law with the University's Research Software Group and hosted on the institution's own englishconstructicon.bham.ac.uk. Two read-only JSON operations: GET /constructions returns the full database (101 entries observed live on 2026-08-30) and GET /constructions/{id}/ returns one record. No authentication, no key, no rate-limit policy published. The OpenAPI in this repository was written by API Evangelist from the project's own API documentation page and observed live responses — it is not published by the University.

## Operations (2)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/constructions` | List all constructions |
| GET | `/constructions/{id}/` | Retrieve a single construction by id |

## Machine-readable artifacts (13)

- **Documentation** — https://englishconstructicon.bham.ac.uk/database/api/
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-birmingham/refs/heads/main/openapi/university-of-birmingham-constructions-api-openapi.yml
- **x-openapi-original** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-birmingham/refs/heads/main/openapi/_original/university-of-birmingham-english-constructicon.yaml
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-birmingham/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-birmingham-construction-schema.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-birmingham/refs/heads/main/json-structure/university-of-birmingham-construction-structure.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-birmingham/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-birmingham-listConstructions-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-birmingham/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-birmingham-getConstruction-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-birmingham/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-birmingham-examples.yml
- **OpenCollection** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-birmingham/refs/heads/main/collections/university-of-birmingham-constructions-api.opencollection.json
- **PostmanCollection** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-birmingham/refs/heads/main/collections/university-of-birmingham-constructions-api.postman_collection.json
- **SpectralRules** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-birmingham/refs/heads/main/rules/university-of-birmingham-rules.yml
- **ErrorCatalog** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-birmingham/refs/heads/main/errors/university-of-birmingham-errors.yml
- **Lifecycle** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-birmingham/refs/heads/main/lifecycle/university-of-birmingham-lifecycle.yml

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## Tags

Constructions, Linguistics, Construction Grammar, Open Research

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