IDigBio API v0 Specification

This document has been superceded by IDigBio API v1 Specification. Please use the current version of the API if possible.

Previous versions of the API (such as v0) may be less-fully documented than current versions.

Available Types

$ curl -s "http://api.idigbio.org/v0/" | json_pp
{
   "records" : "http://api.idigbio.org/v0/records",
   "recordsets" : "http://api.idigbio.org/v0/recordsets",
   "mediaaps" : "http://api.idigbio.org/v0/mediaaps",
   "mediarecords" : "http://api.idigbio.org/v0/mediarecords"
}

Available endpoints

All endpoints follow the form of "http://api.idigbio.org/{api_version}{endpoint}"

iDigBio v0 API Endpoints

Endpoint	Method	Description
'/mediarecords'	GET	returns a collection of media record IDs
'/mediarecords/{ID}'	GET	returns a media record with the specific entity ID
'/mediarecords/{ID}/media'	GET	returns an image associated with the specific entity ID
'/records'	GET	returns a collection of record IDs
'/records/{ID}'	GET	returns a record with the specific entity ID
'/records/{ID}/media'	GET	returns an image associated with the specific entity ID
'/publishers'	GET	returns a collection of publisher IDs
'/publishers/{ID}'	GET	returns a publisher with specific entity ID
'/recordsets'	GET	returns a collection of recordset IDs
'/recordsets/{ID}'	GET	returns a recordset with specific entity ID