Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University Broadcasts API

Broadcast and segment records in the archive.

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Operations 4

GET /broadcasts Archive-wide counts #

GET /broadcasts/full-date-range Earliest and latest broadcast dates held #

GET /broadcasts/calendar Broadcasts available within a date window #

GET /broadcasts/{broadcastId} Retrieve one broadcast and its segments #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Vanderbilt Television News Archive Broadcasts API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: Read API for the Vanderbilt Television News Archive, the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries' collection of United States network television news broadcasts recorded continuously since August 5, 1968.
  contact:
    name: Vanderbilt Television News Archive, Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries
    url: https://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/
  license:
    name: Terms of use published by the Vanderbilt Television News Archive
    url: https://blog.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/welcome/access-information/
servers:
- url: https://7itm2l2dz8.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod
  description: Production stage. AWS API Gateway is Vanderbilt's own deployment infrastructure here, not a third-party SaaS product; the endpoint is referenced directly by the tvnews.vanderbilt.edu application bundle.
tags:
- name: Broadcasts
  description: Broadcast and segment records in the archive.
paths:
  /broadcasts:
    get:
      tags:
      - Broadcasts
      operationId: getArchiveTotals
      summary: Archive-wide counts
      description: Aggregate counts for the whole archive and total runtime in hours.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Collection totals.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArchiveTotals'
  /broadcasts/full-date-range:
    get:
      tags:
      - Broadcasts
      operationId: getFullDateRange
      summary: Earliest and latest broadcast dates held
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Inclusive date range of the collection.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  start_date:
                    type: string
                    format: date
                  end_date:
                    type: string
                    format: date
                example:
                  start_date: '1968-08-05'
                  end_date: '2026-07-31'
  /broadcasts/calendar:
    get:
      tags:
      - Broadcasts
      operationId: getBroadcastCalendar
      summary: Broadcasts available within a date window
      parameters:
      - name: startDate
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Inclusive start of the window, YYYY-MM-DD.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: endDate
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Inclusive end of the window, YYYY-MM-DD.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Calendar of broadcasts in the window.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
  /broadcasts/{broadcastId}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Broadcasts
      operationId: getBroadcast
      summary: Retrieve one broadcast and its segments
      parameters:
      - name: broadcastId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Opaque ten-character broadcast identifier.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Broadcast joined with its segment rows.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/BroadcastSegment'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
    ArchiveTotals:
      type: object
      properties:
        commercial_count:
          type: integer
        news_count:
          type: integer
        broadcasts_count:
          type: integer
        total_runtime:
          type: number
          description: Total runtime of the collection, in hours.
      example:
        commercial_count: 396720
        news_count: 969224
        broadcasts_count: 98371
        total_runtime: 58517.5325
    BroadcastSegment:
      type: object
      properties:
        broadcast_id:
          type: string
        broadcast_date:
          type: string
          format: date
        network:
          type: integer
        distributor:
          type: integer
        broadcast_title:
          type: string
        broadcast_type_id:
          type: integer
        broadcast_duration:
          type: integer
        broadcast_description:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        broadcast_transcript:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        broadcast_start_time:
          type: string
        legacy_broadcast_id:
          type: integer
        date_created:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        date_updated:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        segment_id:
          type: string
        segment_broadcast_id:
          type: string
        segment_title:
          type: string
        segment_description:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        segment_transcript:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        segment_duration:
          type: integer
        segment_type_id:
          type: integer
        segment_start_time:
          type: string
        legacy_segment_id:
          type: integer
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Missing or malformed parameter.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            message: 'startDate is required (format: YYYY-MM-DD)'
x-provenance:
  generated: '2026-09-01'
  method: derived
  source: Derived from live unauthenticated probes of https://7itm2l2dz8.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod on 2026-09-01, plus the endpoint inventory read out of the tvnews.vanderbilt.edu application bundle /assets/index-PmeD9ur1.js. Vanderbilt publishes no OpenAPI for this API.
  x-operator: institution

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