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National Archives and Records Administration Contributions API

Contribution search and data retrieval; Contributions include Tags, Transcriptions, and Comments - search/retrieve contributions when you want to return any contribution type.

National Archives and Records Administration Contributions API is one of 16 APIs that National Archives and Records Administration publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Contributions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 9 operations across 8 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 0.2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/.

9 operations 8 paths 0 schemas 1 DELETE7 GET1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
0.2.0
Base URL
https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 9

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 1 DELETE, 7 GET, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Contributions 9

Contribution search and data retrieval; Contributions include Tags, Transcriptions, and Comments - search/retrieve contributions when you want to return any contribution type.

PUT
/contributions/
Update a contribution.
1 param body → 200400422
GET
/contributions/
Get contribution data directly from the database.
8 params → 200422
GET
/contributions/search
Get search results for contributions data by sending a request with search parameters to the catalog.
7 params → 200422
GET
/contributions/targetObjectId/{targetObjectId}
Get contribution data by target object id directly from the database.
4 params → 200422
GET
/contributions/parentContributionId/{parentContributionId}
Get contribution data by parent contribution id directly from the database.
7 params → 200422
GET
/contributions/contributionId/{contributionId}
Get contribution data by contribution id directly from the database.
3 params → 200422
GET
/contributions/userId/{userId}
Get contribution data by user id directly from the database.
8 params → 200422
GET
/contributions/targetNaId/{targetNaId}
Get contribution data by target naId directly from the database.
6 params → 200422
DELETE
/contributions/delete
Deactivate/remove a contribution.
2 params → 200409

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

national-archives-and-records-administration-contributions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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National Archives and Records Administration Announcements API
National Archives and Records Administration Comments API
National Archives and Records Administration Extracted Text API
National Archives and Records Administration Justifications API
National Archives and Records Administration Metadata API
National Archives and Records Administration Online Availability API
National Archives and Records Administration Other Extracted Text API
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