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English Constructicon API

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.

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English Constructicon API is one of 9 APIs that University of Birmingham publishes on the 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.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://englishconstructicon.bham.ac.uk/database/api.

2 operations 2 paths 1 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://englishconstructicon.bham.ac.uk/database/api
Contact
Florent Perek
License
University of Birmingham
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Constructions 2
GET
/constructions
List all constructions
listConstructions → 200
GET
/constructions/{id}/
Retrieve a single construction by id
getConstruction 1 param → 200404

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is Construction (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Construction
object
A single entry in the English Constructicon construction grammar database.
9 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

university-of-birmingham-constructions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
university-of-birmingham:english-constructicon
Base URL
https://englishconstructicon.bham.ac.uk/database/api
Docs
https://englishconstructicon.bham.ac.uk/
Provider
University of Birmingham
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