Video
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Contains information on the videos produced by and associated with the Harvard Art Museums.
Get Videos
GET /video will get all videos.
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/video/ Returns all of the video records
Response
{
"info": {
"totalrecordsperquery": 2,
"totalrecords": 43,
"pages": 22,
"page": 1,
"next": "https://api.harvardartmuseums.org/video?size=2&page=2",
"responsetime": "5 ms"
},
"records": [
{
"copyright": "President and Fellows of Harvard College",
"description": "Installation of Recent Acquisitions, Part III: Kerry James Marshall",
"videoid": 417000,
"id": 417000,
"lastupdate": "2020-08-01T05:31:09-0400",
"fileid": 4919212,
"primaryurl": "https://vimeo.com/52099684"
},
{
"copyright": "President and Fellows of Harvard College",
"description": "Re-creation of a Medieval Ceramic Sweetmeat Dish from Iran",
"videoid": 427454,
"id": 427454,
"lastupdate": "2020-08-01T05:31:09-0400",
"fileid": 4948387,
"primaryurl": "https://vimeo.com/58571319"
}
]
}
Get Video
GET /video/VIDEO_ID will get the full record of the specified video.
Examples
https://api.harvardartmuseums.org/video/451379
Returns the full record for video 451379 which is a time-lapse of the construction of the Museumss
Response
{
"id": 451379,
"videoid": 451379,
"fileid": 4979919,
"description": "Harvard Art Museums Construction Time-Lapse",
"copyright": "President and Fellows of Harvard College",
"primaryurl": "https://vimeo.com/111057446",
"lastupdate": "2020-08-01T05:31:09-0400"
}