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National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Records API

Record description search and data retrieval

This API exposes 7 operations across 7 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/.

7 operations 7 paths 0 schemas 7 GET

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 7

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

Records 7

Record description search and data retrieval

GET
/records/search
Get records by using url parameters to perform a catalog search.
55 params → 200400422
GET
/records/search/by-other-extracted-text
Get records by using other extracted text to perform a catalog search.
3 params → 200400422
GET
/records/search/by-contribution
Get records related to contributions by using url parameters to perform a catalog search.
7 params → 200400422
GET
/records/search/by-tag
Get records related to tags by using url parameters to perform a catalog search.
10 params → 200400422
GET
/records/search/by-transcription
Get records related to transcriptions by using url parameters to perform a catalog search.
9 params → 200400422
GET
/records/search/by-comment
Get records related to comments by using url parameters to perform a catalog search.
9 params → 200400422
GET
/records/parentNaId/{parentNaId}
Get records which are immediate children of a specified parentNaId.
8 params → 200422

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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