API

Authentication

Most actions against the backend require you to be logged in as a user with the appropriate permissions. By sending a request like:

 POST /users/admin/login?password=login

your authentication request will be validated, and a session token will be returned in the JSON response for your request. To remain authenticated, provide this token with subsequent requests in the X-ArchivesSpace-Session header. For example:

 X-ArchivesSpace-Session: 8e921ac9bbe9a4a947eee8a7c5fa8b4c81c51729935860c1adfed60a5e4202cb

CRUD

The ArchivesSpace API provides CRUD-style interactions for a number of different “top-level” record types. Working with records follows a fairly standard pattern:

 # Get a paginated list of accessions from repository '123'
 GET /repositories/123/accessions?page=1

 # Create a new accession, returning the ID of the new record
 POST /repositories/123/accessions
 {... a JSON document satisfying JSONModel(:accession) here ...}

 # Get a single accession (returned as a JSONModel(:accession) instance) using the ID returned by the previous request
 GET /repositories/123/accessions/456

 # Update an existing accession
 POST /repositories/123/accessions/456
 {... a JSON document satisfying JSONModel(:accession) here ...}