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National Archives and Records Administration Records API

Record description search and data retrieval

National Archives and Records Administration Records 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 Records. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

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-records-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs National Archives and Records Administration publishes across the network.

National Archives and Records Administration Accounts API
National Archives and Records Administration Announcements API
National Archives and Records Administration Comments API
National Archives and Records Administration Contributions 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
National Archives and Records Administration Partner API
National Archives and Records Administration Statistics API
National Archives and Records Administration Tags API