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National Archives and Records Administration Tags API

Tag search and data retrieval

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

This API exposes 6 operations across 6 paths, and defines 1 schema. 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/.

6 operations 6 paths 1 schemas 1 DELETE4 GET1 POST

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 6

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Tags 6

Tag search and data retrieval

GET
/tags/search
Get search results for tag data by sending a request with search parameters to the catalog.
6 params → 200400422
GET
/tags/{id}
Get a single tag object by tag id.
2 params → 200400422
GET
/tags/naId/{naId}
Get tags by their parent record's naId.
2 params → 200422
GET
/tags/userId/{userId}
Get tags by their contributor's userId.
2 params → 200422
POST
/tags/
Add a tag.
body → 200422
DELETE
/tags/:contributionId
Deactivate/remove a tag.
4 params → 200409

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is tagBody (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

tagBody
object
5 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

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National Archives and Records Administration Metadata API
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