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Where the variables in the URL path mean:

RECORD_ID

The identifier of the record which is composed of the dataset identifier plus a local identifier within the dataset in the form of "/DATASET_ID/LOCAL_ID", for more detail see Europeana ID.

FORMAT

The file extension corresponding to one of the supported output formats, namely: .json, .jsonld, .rdf. See next section on Output Formats

Additional parameters may apply to the request above such as the API key and Browser access.

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where the variables in the URL path mean:

Parameter

Datatype

Description

size

String

The size of the thumbnail, can either be w200 (width 200) or w400 (width 400).

type

String

Type of the default thumbnail (media image) in case the thumbnail does not exists, can be: IMAGE, SOUND, VIDEO, TEXT or 3D.

uri

String

The URL of the media resource of which a thumbnail should be returned. Note that the URL should be encoded.

Response

The thumbnail API call responds with an image in the given size. If the thumbnail does not exist, the API returns a 'default' image which is specific to the 'type' that is provided.

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The following datatypes are defined for the request parameters used in this method.

Datatype

Description

String

Values are preserved as they are present in the data.

Deprecation Information

The following will be deprecated per the given date, ensure that your API clients are updated accordingly:

Date

Deprecation Details

January 2018

As the API supports SSL now for a while, we will start to redirect all non-SSL traffic for the API to SSL. Ensure your applications follow redirects if needed or adjust the hostname to use SSL.

Roadmap and Changelog

We deploy new versions of the portal and API quite regularly, but not all new versions result in changes in the interface. The current version of the Record API is 2.9.0 (2019-07-15). To see the changes made for this version and also all previous releases, see the API changelog in the project GitHub.