Biodiversity Heritage Library
API v3 Documentation
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GetAuthorMetadata
Return metadata about an author. You may choose to include a list of the author's publications. The BHLType element identifies the type of each publication (Title or Part).
SYNTAX
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/api3?op=GetAuthorMetadata
&id=<identifier of an author>
&idtype=<abbreviation, ark, bhl, biostor, dlc, oclc, orcid, tropicos, or viaf (OPTIONAL; "bhl" is the default)>
&pubs=<"t" or "true" to include the author's publications in the response>
&format=<"xml" for an XML response or "json" for JSON (OPTIONAL; "xml" is the default)>
&apikey=<API key value>
EXAMPLE REQUEST (XML)
            
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/api3?op=GetAuthorMetadata&id=13188&idtype=bhl&pubs=t&format=xml&apikey=12345678-BBBB-DDDD-FFFF-123456789012
            
        
EXAMPLE RESPONSE (XML)
            

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Response
  xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <Status>ok</Status>
  <ErrorMessage />
  <Result>
    <Author>
      <AuthorID>13188</AuthorID>
      <Name>Allis, Edward Phelps,</Name>
      <Dates>1851-1947</Dates>
      <CreatorUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/13188</CreatorUrl>
      <CreationDate>2009/09/13 00:02:26</CreationDate>
      <Identifiers>
        <Identifier>
          <IdentifierName>BioStor</IdentifierName>
          <IdentifierValue>55160</IdentifierValue>
        </Identifier>
        <Identifier>
          <IdentifierName>BioStor</IdentifierName>
          <IdentifierValue>91602</IdentifierValue>
        </Identifier>
        <Identifier>
          <IdentifierName>VIAF</IdentifierName>
          <IdentifierValue>50009431</IdentifierValue>
        </Identifier>
        <Identifier>
          <IdentifierName>Wikidata</IdentifierName>
          <IdentifierValue>Q94832546</IdentifierValue>
        </Identifier>
      </Identifiers>
      <Publications>
        <Publication>
          <BHLType>Title</BHLType>
          <FoundIn>Metadata</FoundIn>
          <TitleID>15946</TitleID>
          <TitleUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/15946</TitleUrl>
          <MaterialType>Published material</MaterialType>
          <PublisherPlace>Stuttgart</PublisherPlace>
          <PublisherName>E. Schweizerbart</PublisherName>
          <PublicationDate>1909</PublicationDate>
          <Authors>
            <Author>
              <Name>Allis, Edward Phelps,</Name>
            </Author>
          </Authors>
          <Genre>Monograph/Item</Genre>
          <Title>The cranial anatomy of the mail-cheeked fishes</Title>
        </Publication>
        <Publication>
          <BHLType>Part</BHLType>
          <FoundIn>Metadata</FoundIn>
          <Volume>1923</Volume>
          <Authors>
            <Author>
              <Name>Allis, Edward Phelps,</Name>
            </Author>
          </Authors>
          <PartUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/71982</PartUrl>
          <PartID>71982</PartID>
          <Genre>Article</Genre>
          <Title>The Postorbital Articulation of the Palatoquadrate with the Neurocranium in the Cœlacanthid Fishes</Title>
          <ContainerTitle>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London</ContainerTitle>
          <Date>1923</Date>
          <PageRange>41--58</PageRange>
        </Publication>
        <Publication>
          <BHLType>Part</BHLType>
          <FoundIn>Metadata</FoundIn>
          <Volume>62</Volume>
          <Authors>
            <Author>
              <Name>Allis, Edward Phelps,</Name>
            </Author>
          </Authors>
          <PartUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/201213</PartUrl>
          <PartID>201213</PartID>
          <Genre>Article</Genre>
          <Title>Memoirs: The So-called Labial Cartilage of Raia Clavata</Title>
          <ContainerTitle>Quarterly journal of microscopical science</ContainerTitle>
          <Series>2</Series>
          <Date>1916-11-01</Date>
          <PageRange>95--114</PageRange>
        </Publication>
        <Publication>
          <BHLType>Part</BHLType>
          <FoundIn>Metadata</FoundIn>
          <Volume>62</Volume>
          <Authors>
            <Author>
              <Name>Allis, Edward Phelps,</Name>
            </Author>
          </Authors>
          <PartUrl>https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/201224</PartUrl>
          <PartID>201224</PartID>
          <Genre>Article</Genre>
          <Title>Memoirs: The Homologies of the Muscles related to the Visceral Arches of the Gnathostome Fishes</Title>
          <ContainerTitle>Quarterly journal of microscopical science</ContainerTitle>
          <Series>2</Series>
          <Date>1917-08-01</Date>
          <PageRange>303--406</PageRange>
        </Publication>
      </Publications>
    </Author>
  </Result>
</Response>

            
        
EXAMPLE REQUEST (JSON)
            
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/api3?op=GetAuthorMetadata&id=13188&idtype=bhl&pubs=t&format=json&apikey=12345678-BBBB-DDDD-FFFF-123456789012
            
        
EXAMPLE RESPONSE (JSON)
            
{
  "Status": "ok",
  "ErrorMessage": "",
  "Result": [
    {
      "AuthorID": "13188",
      "Name": "Allis, Edward Phelps,",
      "Dates": "1851-1947",
      "CreatorUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/13188",
      "CreationDate": "2009/09/13 00:02:26",
      "Identifiers": [
        {
          "IdentifierName": "BioStor",
          "IdentifierValue": "55160"
        },
        {
          "IdentifierName": "BioStor",
          "IdentifierValue": "91602"
        },
        {
          "IdentifierName": "VIAF",
          "IdentifierValue": "50009431"
        },
        {
          "IdentifierName": "Wikidata",
          "IdentifierValue": "Q94832546"
        }
      ],
      "Publications": [
        {
          "BHLType": "Title",
          "FoundIn": "Metadata",
          "TitleID": "15946",
          "TitleUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/15946",
          "MaterialType": "Published material",
          "PublisherPlace": "Stuttgart",
          "PublisherName": "E. Schweizerbart",
          "PublicationDate": "1909",
          "Authors": [
            {
              "Name": "Allis, Edward Phelps,"
            }
          ],
          "Genre": "Monograph/Item",
          "Title": "The cranial anatomy of the mail-cheeked fishes"
        },
        {
          "BHLType": "Part",
          "FoundIn": "Metadata",
          "Volume": "1923",
          "Authors": [
            {
              "Name": "Allis, Edward Phelps,"
            }
          ],
          "PartUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/71982",
          "PartID": "71982",
          "Genre": "Article",
          "Title": "The Postorbital Articulation of the Palatoquadrate with the Neurocranium in the Cœlacanthid Fishes",
          "ContainerTitle": "Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London",
          "Date": "1923",
          "PageRange": "41--58"
        },
        {
          "BHLType": "Part",
          "FoundIn": "Metadata",
          "Volume": "62",
          "Authors": [
            {
              "Name": "Allis, Edward Phelps,"
            }
          ],
          "PartUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/201213",
          "PartID": "201213",
          "Genre": "Article",
          "Title": "Memoirs: The So-called Labial Cartilage of Raia Clavata",
          "ContainerTitle": "Quarterly journal of microscopical science",
          "Series": "2",
          "Date": "1916-11-01",
          "PageRange": "95--114"
        },
        {
          "BHLType": "Part",
          "FoundIn": "Metadata",
          "Volume": "62",
          "Authors": [
            {
              "Name": "Allis, Edward Phelps,"
            }
          ],
          "PartUrl": "https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/201224",
          "PartID": "201224",
          "Genre": "Article",
          "Title": "Memoirs: The Homologies of the Muscles related to the Visceral Arches of the Gnathostome Fishes",
          "ContainerTitle": "Quarterly journal of microscopical science",
          "Series": "2",
          "Date": "1917-08-01",
          "PageRange": "303--406"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}