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Smithsonian Search Response Example

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Smithsonian Search Response Example is an example object payload from Smithsonian Institution, with 3 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

statusresponseCoderesponse

Example Payload

{
  "status": 200,
  "responseCode": 1,
  "response": {
    "rows": [
      {
        "id": "edanmdm-nmaahc_2012.36.4ab",
        "title": "Drumsticks used by Art Blakey",
        "unitCode": "NMAAHC",
        "linkedId": "",
        "type": "edanmdm",
        "url": "edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.36.4ab",
        "content": {
          "descriptiveNonRepeating": {
            "record_ID": "nmaahc_2012.36.4ab",
            "unit_code": "NMAAHC",
            "title_sort": "Drumsticks used by Art Blakey",
            "data_source": "NMAAHC",
            "metadata_usage": {
              "access": "CC0"
            }
          },
          "indexedStructured": {
            "object_type": ["Percussion Instruments", "Musical Instruments"],
            "topic": ["Music", "Jazz"],
            "culture": ["African American"]
          }
        },
        "hash": "b4c4a61ab9b71eb8777e50b5745c4ab0c75d1999",
        "timestamp": 1578947538,
        "lastTimeUpdated": 1578947529,
        "version": "123-1559922770904-1559922814561-0"
      },
      {
        "id": "edanmdm-nmnh_1234567",
        "title": "Blue Morpho Butterfly Specimen",
        "unitCode": "NMNH",
        "linkedId": "",
        "type": "edanmdm",
        "url": "edanmdm:nmnh_1234567",
        "content": {
          "descriptiveNonRepeating": {
            "record_ID": "nmnh_1234567",
            "unit_code": "NMNH",
            "title_sort": "Blue Morpho Butterfly Specimen",
            "data_source": "NMNH",
            "metadata_usage": {
              "access": "CC0"
            }
          },
          "indexedStructured": {
            "object_type": ["Natural History Specimens", "Insects"],
            "topic": ["Entomology", "Lepidoptera"],
            "place": ["Central America", "South America"]
          }
        },
        "hash": "a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6e7f8a9b0",
        "timestamp": 1590000000,
        "lastTimeUpdated": 1590000000,
        "version": "456-1590000000000-1590000001000-0"
      }
    ],
    "rowCount": 4700000,
    "message": "content found"
  }
}

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