query auckland war memorial museum's linked open data api
domain: api.aucklandmuseum.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
review the current (v2) API overview at api.aucklandmuseum.com — no API key is required for this version, and any previously issued key is now obsolete
use the Elasticsearch-backed /search endpoint (e.g. GET api.aucklandmuseum.com/search/collectionsonline/_search?q={term}) to find subjects matching a keyword, respecting the documented limit of 10 requests/second and 1000/day
for each result, use its full URI with the /id endpoint (e.g. GET api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/humanhistory/object/{id}) and an Accept: application/json header to get full Linked Open Data details, including any ecrm:P138_has_representation media links
resolve media URIs via /id/media with a rendering query parameter (original.jpg, thumbnail.jpg, preview.jpg, or standard.jpg) to fetch actual image files
for relationship-style queries (e.g. all objects made of a given material), POST a SPARQL query to the /sparql endpoint (10-second execution cap, 5 req/s and 100/day rate limit)
Known gotchas
this is a Linked Open Data / RDF-style API using CIDOC-CRM predicates (e.g. ecrm:P45_consists_of), not a simple flat JSON REST API — expect URIs and RDF predicates, not plain field names
Online Cenotaph (military/genealogical) records are a separate dataset the museum's own docs describe as not yet fully available via this API — verify current status before assuming Cenotaph data is queryable here
rate limits differ per endpoint (search/id vs id/media vs sparql) and are strictly enforced — throttle bulk harvesting accordingly
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