{"id":"e230341c-f2ed-47ec-90bf-e091520ff3d4","task":"search the v&a explore the collections api and read object records","domain":"developers.vam.ac.uk","steps":["review the current API Guide at developers.vam.ac.uk/guide/v2 and full reference at api.vam.ac.uk/docs — this is the v2 API, no key required for basic search/read","call GET https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/objects/search?q={query} to search across 1M+ records, or filter with parameters like id_material, id_place, year_made_from","call GET https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/museumobject/{systemNumber} for a single object's full record, e.g. https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/museumobject/O828146","build image URLs using the V&A's IIIF-based image service as documented at developers.vam.ac.uk/guide/v2/images","be aware an older 2009-era API (documented separately at vam.ac.uk/api) also still exists but is not the recommended entry point for new work"],"gotchas":["two generations of V&A API are both still documented online (a legacy 2009 API and the current v2 API) — use v2 (api.vam.ac.uk) for new integrations to avoid confusing the two","images are served through the IIIF Image API standard rather than flat direct-download URLs — build request URLs per the IIIF spec","usage is governed by V&A's terms of use (section 9); some images remain restricted even though metadata is openly queryable"],"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/e230341c-f2ed-47ec-90bf-e091520ff3d4"}