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Smithsonian Search Collections Example

CollectionsCultural HeritageMuseumsOpen DataArtNatural HistoryResearch

Smithsonian Search Collections Example is an example object payload from Smithsonian Institution, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

requestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://edan.si.edu/openaccess/api/search/search",
    "parameters": {
      "q": "Wright Brothers airplane",
      "start": 0,
      "rows": 5,
      "sort": "relevancy",
      "type": "edanmdm",
      "api_key": "your-api-key-here"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "body": {
      "status": 200,
      "responseCode": 1,
      "message": "",
      "response": {
        "rows": [
          {
            "id": "edanmdm:nasm_A19610048000",
            "title": "Wright Flyer",
            "unitCode": "NASM",
            "type": "edanmdm",
            "url": "https://www.si.edu/object/nasm_A19610048000",
            "thumbnail": "https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=NASM-A19610048000&max=50"
          },
          {
            "id": "edanmdm:nmah_609416",
            "title": "Wright Brothers Bicycle",
            "unitCode": "NMAH",
            "type": "edanmdm",
            "url": "https://www.si.edu/object/nmah_609416",
            "thumbnail": null
          }
        ],
        "rowCount": 48,
        "start": 0,
        "rows_returned": 2,
        "facets": [
          {
            "fieldName": "unit_code",
            "label": "Museum",
            "values": [
              {"value": "NASM", "count": 28},
              {"value": "NMAH", "count": 15},
              {"value": "SIA", "count": 5}
            ]
          },
          {
            "fieldName": "online_media_type",
            "label": "Media Type",
            "values": [
              {"value": "Images", "count": 35}
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}