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National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Contributions API

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

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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

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Specification

OpenAPI 3.0.0

API Version

0.2.0

Base URL

https://catalog.archives.gov/api/v2/

Resource Areas

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

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Source

#Contributions

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