Open documentation ↗Overview
This is technical documentation for the Auckland Museum API
Auckland Museum API is an open data API from aucklandmuseum.com. It needs no API key. It is served over plain HTTP. Its OpenAPI description documents 6 endpoints.
At a glance
- Authentication
- No auth
- HTTPS
- No
- CORS
- Unknown
- Category
- Open Data
- Base URL
https://api.aucklandmuseum.com- Version
- 2.0.0
- Endpoints
- 6
- OpenAPI
- Specification ↗
- Spec updated
- 2021-06-21
Make a first request
Replace the placeholders; the documentation says exactly where credentials go.
curl -X GET "https://api.aucklandmuseum.com/sparql" \
-H "Accept: application/json"const response = await fetch("https://api.aucklandmuseum.com/sparql", {
method: "GET",
headers: {
"Accept": "application/json",
},
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);import requests
response = requests.request(
"GET",
"https://api.aucklandmuseum.com/sparql",
headers={
"Accept": "application/json",
},
timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())Endpoints
| Method | Path | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| GET | /id/media/{path} | Retrieve media associated with Collections and Cenotaph subjects in Auckland Museum |
| GET | /id/{identifier} | Explore details about a given subject node |
| GET | /search/{index}/{operation} | Perform simple search queries over Auckland Museum Collections and Cenotaph data |
| POST | /search/{index}/{operation} | Perform complex search queries over Auckland Museum Collections and Cenotaph data |
| GET | /sparql | Auckland Museum SPARQL endpoint |
| POST | /sparql | Auckland Museum SPARQL endpoint |
Questions
Does the Auckland Museum API API need an API key?
No. The Auckland Museum API API can be called without an API key or sign-up, which makes it handy for prototypes and front-end demos.
Does the Auckland Museum API API support HTTPS?
The Auckland Museum API API is listed as HTTP only, so avoid sending secrets to it.
How many endpoints does the Auckland Museum API API have?
Its OpenAPI description lists 6 endpoints in version 2.0.0. All of them are shown on this page.
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