GeniusAnnotation
A Genius annotation — a community- or artist-authored explanation attached to a referent.
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{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://github.com/api-evangelist/genius/blob/main/json-schema/genius-annotation-schema.json",
"title": "GeniusAnnotation",
"description": "A Genius annotation — a community- or artist-authored explanation attached to a referent.",
"type": "object",
"required": ["id", "body", "state"],
"properties": {
"id": { "type": "integer" },
"api_path": { "type": "string" },
"body": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Annotation body in the format requested via text_format.",
"properties": {
"dom": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": true },
"html": { "type": "string" },
"markdown": { "type": "string" },
"plain": { "type": "string" }
}
},
"comment_count": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0 },
"community": { "type": "boolean" },
"custom_preview":{ "type": ["string","null"] },
"has_voters": { "type": "boolean" },
"votes_total": { "type": "integer" },
"verified": { "type": "boolean", "description": "True if a trusted editor or artist verified the annotation." },
"state": { "type": "string", "enum": ["accepted","pending","deleted","needs_exegesis"] },
"url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"share_url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"source": { "type": ["string","null"] },
"pinned": { "type": "boolean" },
"created_at": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" },
"authors": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"attribution": { "type": "number" },
"pinned_role": { "type": ["string","null"] },
"user": { "$ref": "genius-user-schema.json" }
}
}
}
}
}
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