{"id":"748578b2-167f-46f5-9e22-fc084d770c28","task":"query the natural history museum london data portal api for specimen records","domain":"data.nhm.ac.uk","steps":["review the API reference at naturalhistorymuseum.github.io/dataportal-docs — the portal is CKAN-based, so the generic CKAN API guide also applies where NHM-specific docs are incomplete","browse data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset to find the resource_id of the dataset you need (e.g. the main specimen collection dataset with millions of digitized records)","call GET https://data.nhm.ac.uk/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id={resource_id}&q={query} to search that dataset's records — no key required for read access","use datastore_search_sql for more complex, filtered SQL-style queries against a resource, per standard CKAN datastore conventions","request an API key only if you need to create or modify datasets — read-only search does not require one"],"gotchas":["the Data Portal's own documentation is explicitly described as not yet fully complete — some behavior is only covered by the generic CKAN API guide, not NHM-specific examples","you must know the target resource_id before searching; there is no single unified cross-dataset search endpoint","this portal covers specimens and scientific research data broadly (Darwin Core Archives, taxonomic fields), not typical art-museum-style image metadata"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T01:34:21.615Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/748578b2-167f-46f5-9e22-fc084d770c28"}