EOL API: Collections

Request

Parameters

Name	Values	Default
page	any integer	1
per_page	any integer	50
filter	articles, collections, communities, images, sounds, taxa, users, video
sort_by	recently_added, oldest, alphabetical, reverse_alphabetical, richness, rating, sort_field, reverse_sort_field	recently_added

Description

Given the identifier for a collection this API will return all metadata about the collection and the items it contains. The item list can be filtered by item type, and sorted on the above listed attributes.

XML Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<response>
    <name>New Species from the Census of Marine Life</name>
    <description/>
    <logo_url>http://10.19.19.226/content/2011/07/13/12/04367_130_130.jpg</logo_url>
    <created>2011-07-14 18:46:36 UTC</created>
    <modified>2011-07-14 18:46:36 UTC</modified>
    <total_items>22</total_items>
    <item_types>
        <item_type>
            <label>TaxonConcept</label>
            <item_count>6</item_count>
        </item_type>
        <item_type>
            <label>Text</label>
            <item_count>6</item_count>
        </item_type>
        <item_type>
            <label>Video</label>
            <item_count>0</item_count>
        </item_type>
        <item_type>
            <label>Image</label>
            <item_count>6</item_count>
        </item_type>
        <item_type>
            <label>Sound</label>
            <item_count>0</item_count>
        </item_type>
        <item_type>
            <label>Community</label>
            <item_count>1</item_count>
        </item_type>
        <item_type>
            <label>User</label>
            <item_count>3</item_count>
        </item_type>
        <item_type>
            <label>Collection</label>
            <item_count>0</item_count>
        </item_type>
    </item_types>
    <collection_items>
        <item>
            <name>j_runolfsson</name>
            <object_id>5</object_id>
            <title>Joshuah Runolfsson</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</updated>
            <object_type>User</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>Brief Summary</name>
            <object_id>285</object_id>
            <title>&lt;p&gt;Gray wolves usually live in p...</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</updated>
            <data_rating>2.5</data_rating>
            <object_guid>a509ebdb2fc8083f3a33ea17985bad76</object_guid>
            <object_type>Text</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>Anochetus mayri</name>
            <object_id>491753</object_id>
            <title>&lt;i&gt;Anochetus mayri&lt;/i&gt; Emery, 1884</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</updated>
            <richness_score>0.0</richness_score>
            <object_type>TaxonConcept</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>Image</name>
            <object_id>277</object_id>
            <title>Iure ratione at nulla.</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</updated>
            <data_rating>2.5</data_rating>
            <object_guid>3a117abf96e7fe8793ef87b14d166d6j</object_guid>
            <source>http://10.19.19.226/content/2008/12/10/21/83535_orig.jpg</source>
            <object_type>Image</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>Columbia Intro Biology</name>
            <object_id>2</object_id>
            <title>Columbia Intro Biology</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</updated>
            <object_type>Community</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>Dinochelus ausubeli</name>
            <object_id>17924149</object_id>
            <title>&lt;i&gt;Dinochelus ausubeli&lt;/i&gt; Ahyong, Chan &amp; Bouchet, 2010</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</updated>
            <richness_score>0.0</richness_score>
            <object_type>TaxonConcept</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>Image</name>
            <object_id>295</object_id>
            <title>Reprehenderit voluptatem corrupt...</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</updated>
            <data_rating>2.5</data_rating>
            <object_guid>a509ebdb2fc8083f3a33ea17985bad82</object_guid>
            <source>http://10.19.19.226/content/2010/12/10/03/75791_orig.jpg</source>
            <object_type>Image</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>Brief Summary</name>
            <object_id>279</object_id>
            <title>Haramonas (ha-ra-moan-ass) dimor...</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</updated>
            <data_rating>2.5</data_rating>
            <object_guid>3a117abf96e7fe8793ef87b14d166d6k</object_guid>
            <object_type>Text</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>Pinus strobus</name>
            <object_id>1061748</object_id>
            <title>&lt;i&gt;Pinus strobus&lt;/i&gt; L.</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</updated>
            <richness_score>0.0</richness_score>
            <object_type>TaxonConcept</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>Image</name>
            <object_id>273</object_id>
            <title>Asperiores dolore voluptatem ear...</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</updated>
            <data_rating>2.5</data_rating>
            <object_guid>a509ebdb2fc8083f3a33ea17985bad69</object_guid>
            <source>http://10.19.19.226/content/2010/09/28/03/03944_orig.jpg</source>
            <object_type>Image</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>Brief Summary</name>
            <object_id>297</object_id>
            <title>Anochetus are presumably predato...</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</updated>
            <data_rating>2.5</data_rating>
            <object_guid>a509ebdb2fc8083f3a33ea17985bad83</object_guid>
            <object_type>Text</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>Amanita muscaria</name>
            <object_id>2866150</object_id>
            <title>&lt;i&gt;Amanita muscaria&lt;/i&gt; (L. ex Fr.) Hook.</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</updated>
            <richness_score>0.0</richness_score>
            <object_type>TaxonConcept</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>Image</name>
            <object_id>289</object_id>
            <title>In qui sed est ipsa nam.</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</updated>
            <data_rating>2.5</data_rating>
            <object_guid>3a117abf96e7fe8793ef87b14d166d6q</object_guid>
            <source>http://10.19.19.226/content/2011/05/13/23/11043_orig.jpg</source>
            <object_type>Image</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>Brief Summary</name>
            <object_id>275</object_id>
            <title>Dinochelus ausubeli is a new spe...</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</updated>
            <data_rating>2.5</data_rating>
            <object_guid>a509ebdb2fc8083f3a33ea17985bad70</object_guid>
            <object_type>Text</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>s_parisian</name>
            <object_id>3</object_id>
            <title>Spencer Parisian</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</updated>
            <object_type>User</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>Canis lupus</name>
            <object_id>328607</object_id>
            <title>&lt;i&gt;Canis lupus&lt;/i&gt; Linnaeus, 1758</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</updated>
            <richness_score>0.0</richness_score>
            <object_type>TaxonConcept</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>Image</name>
            <object_id>269</object_id>
            <title>Qui occaecati tempora ut et.</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</updated>
            <data_rating>2.5</data_rating>
            <object_guid>3a117abf96e7fe8793ef87b14d166d6e</object_guid>
            <source>http://10.19.19.226/content/2011/01/14/13/05714_orig.jpg</source>
            <object_type>Image</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>Brief Summary</name>
            <object_id>291</object_id>
            <title>&lt;p&gt;Pinus strobus, the Eastern Wh...</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</updated>
            <data_rating>2.5</data_rating>
            <object_guid>3a117abf96e7fe8793ef87b14d166d6r</object_guid>
            <object_type>Text</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>m_connelly</name>
            <object_id>4</object_id>
            <title>Mariana Connelly</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:38 UTC</updated>
            <object_type>User</object_type>
        </item>
        <item>
            <name>Image</name>
            <object_id>283</object_id>
            <title>Nam repudiandae delectus cumque....</title>
            <created>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</created>
            <updated>2011-07-14 18:46:37 UTC</updated>
            <data_rating>2.5</data_rating>
            <object_guid>a509ebdb2fc8083f3a33ea17985bad75</object_guid>
            <source>http://10.19.19.226/content/2009/07/24/11/71232_orig.jpg</source>
            <object_type>Image</object_type>
        </item>
    </collection_items>
</response>

JSON Response

{
    "collection_items":
    [
        {
            "name":"j_runolfsson",
            "title":"Joshuah Runolfsson",
            "updated":"2011-07-14T18:46:38Z",
            "object_id":5,
            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:38Z",
            "object_type":"User"
        },
        {
            "name":"Brief Summary",
            "title":"<p>Gray wolves usually live in p...",
            "data_rating":2.5,
            "object_guid":"a509ebdb2fc8083f3a33ea17985bad76",
            "updated":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
            "object_id":285,
            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
            "object_type":"Text"
        },
        {
            "name":"Anochetus mayri",
            "title":"<i>Anochetus mayri</i> Emery,
             1884",
            "richness_score":0.0,
            "updated":"2011-07-14T18:46:38Z",
            "object_id":491753,
            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:38Z",
            "object_type":"TaxonConcept"
        },
        {
            "name":"Image",
            "title":"Iure ratione at nulla.",
            "data_rating":2.5,
            "source":"http://10.19.19.226/content/2008/12/10/21/83535_orig.jpg",
            "object_guid":"3a117abf96e7fe8793ef87b14d166d6j",
            "updated":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
            "object_id":277,
            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
            "object_type":"Image"
        },
        {
            "name":"Columbia Intro Biology",
            "title":"Columbia Intro Biology",
            "updated":"2011-07-14T18:46:38Z",
            "object_id":2,
            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:38Z",
            "object_type":"Community"
        },
        {
            "name":"Dinochelus ausubeli",
            "title":"<i>Dinochelus ausubeli</i> Ahyong,
             Chan & Bouchet,
             2010",
            "richness_score":0.0,
            "updated":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
            "object_id":17924149,
            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
            "object_type":"TaxonConcept"
        },
        {
            "name":"Image",
            "title":"Reprehenderit voluptatem corrupt...",
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            "source":"http://10.19.19.226/content/2010/12/10/03/75791_orig.jpg",
            "object_guid":"a509ebdb2fc8083f3a33ea17985bad82",
            "updated":"2011-07-14T18:46:38Z",
            "object_id":295,
            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:38Z",
            "object_type":"Image"
        },
        {
            "name":"Brief Summary",
            "title":"Haramonas (ha-ra-moan-ass) dimor...",
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            "object_guid":"3a117abf96e7fe8793ef87b14d166d6k",
            "updated":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
            "object_id":279,
            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
            "object_type":"Text"
        },
        {
            "name":"Pinus strobus",
            "title":"<i>Pinus strobus</i> L.",
            "richness_score":0.0,
            "updated":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
            "object_id":1061748,
            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
            "object_type":"TaxonConcept"
        },
        {
            "name":"Image",
            "title":"Asperiores dolore voluptatem ear...",
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            "object_guid":"a509ebdb2fc8083f3a33ea17985bad69",
            "updated":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
            "object_id":273,
            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
            "object_type":"Image"
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        {
            "name":"Brief Summary",
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            "updated":"2011-07-14T18:46:38Z",
            "object_id":297,
            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:38Z",
            "object_type":"Text"
        },
        {
            "name":"Amanita muscaria",
            "title":"<i>Amanita muscaria</i> (L. ex Fr.) Hook.",
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            "updated":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
            "object_id":2866150,
            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
            "object_type":"TaxonConcept"
        },
        {
            "name":"Image",
            "title":"In qui sed est ipsa nam.",
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            "updated":"2011-07-14T18:46:38Z",
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            "object_type":"Image"
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            "object_id":275,
            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
            "object_type":"Text"
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            "name":"s_parisian",
            "title":"Spencer Parisian",
            "updated":"2011-07-14T18:46:38Z",
            "object_id":3,
            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:38Z",
            "object_type":"User"
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            "name":"Canis lupus",
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            "updated":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
            "object_id":328607,
            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
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            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
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            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:38Z",
            "object_type":"Text"
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            "name":"m_connelly",
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            "updated":"2011-07-14T18:46:38Z",
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            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:38Z",
            "object_type":"User"
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            "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:37Z",
            "object_type":"Image"
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    "modified":"2011-07-14T18:46:36Z",
    "name":"New Species from the Census of Marine Life",
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            "item_type":"TaxonConcept"
        },
        {
            "item_count":6,
            "item_type":"Text"
        },
        {
            "item_count":0,
            "item_type":"Video"
        },
        {
            "item_count":6,
            "item_type":"Image"
        },
        {
            "item_count":0,
            "item_type":"Sound"
        },
        {
            "item_count":1,
            "item_type":"Community"
        },
        {
            "item_count":3,
            "item_type":"User"
        },
        {
            "item_count":0,
            "item_type":"Collection"
        }
    ],
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    "description":null,
    "created":"2011-07-14T18:46:36Z"
}

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