Audio

Contains information on the audio clips produced by and associated with the Harvard Art Museums.

Get Audio

GET /audio will get all audio clips.

Include one or more of the following parameters to filter the items.

Parameter	Value
apikey	YOUR API KEY required
q	FIELD:VALUE (see Elasticsearch Query String syntax for more options)
size	0-9+
page	0-9+
sort	FIELD NAME or "random" or "random:[SEED NUMBER]"
sortorder	asc or desc
fields	comma separated list of data fields you want in the output
aggregation	see Elasticsearch aggregations
id	pipe separated list of record IDs

Examples

https://api.harvardartmuseums.org/audio
Returns all of the audio records

Response

{
    "info": {
        "totalrecordsperquery": 2,
        "totalrecords": 9,
        "pages": 5,
        "page": 1,
        "next": "https://api.harvardartmuseums.org/audio?size=2&page=2",
        "responsetime": "3 ms"
    },
    "records": [
        {
            "duration": 0,
            "copyright": "President and Fellows of Harvard College",
            "audioid": 492585,
            "description": "Visual description by Marina Isgro, Nam June Paik Research Fellow, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art. Written August 2018.",
            "id": 492585,
            "lastupdate": "2020-08-01T05:31:10-0400",
            "transcripturl": "https://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUAM:AUD0170transcript",
            "fileid": 5030413,
            "primaryurl": "http://media.harvardartmuseums.org/audio/alice/total-totality-2.mp3"
        },
        {
            "duration": 0,
            "copyright": "President and Fellows of Harvard College",
            "audioid": 492595,
            "description": "Visual description by Seung Yeon Sang, Henderson Curatorial Fellow in East Asian Art, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art. Written August 2018.",
            "id": 492595,
            "lastupdate": "2020-08-01T05:31:10-0400",
            "transcripturl": "https://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUAM:AUD0174transcript",
            "fileid": 5030436,
            "primaryurl": "http://media.harvardartmuseums.org/audio/alice/moon-flask.mp3"
        }
    ]
}

Get Audio

GET /audio/AUDIO_ID will get the full record of the specified audio clip.

Examples

https://api.harvardartmuseums.org/audio/492581
Returns the full record for audio 492581 which is an visual description of an artwork titled "Leander's Tower on the Bosporus"

Response

{
    "id": 492581,
    "audioid": 492581,
    "fileid": 5030408,
    "description": "Visual description by Jeff Steward, Director of Digital Infrastructure and Emerging Technology. Written April 2018. ",
    "copyright": "President and Fellows of Harvard College",
    "primaryurl": "http://media.harvardartmuseums.org/audio/alice/leanders-tower.mp3",
    "transcripturl": "https://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUAM:AUD0167transcript",
    "duration": 246,
    "lastupdate": "2020-08-01T05:31:10-0400"
}