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Searching through authority records via API calls requires prior knowledge of the parent authority CSID. For instance, the default person authority CSID can be gathered from a GET call: http://cspacedev.collectionspace.org:8180/cspace-services/personauthorities/ returns the CSID acc60b93-3a09-47eb-bd8f for authority with displayName 'Default Person Authority'.
The URL structure is formatted as such
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cspacetest.collectionspace.org:8180/cspace-services/personauthorities/acc60b93-3a09-47eb-bd8f/items?as= |
Get cataloging records referencing a specific person authority record
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An example API call would be a such
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http://cspacetest.collectionspace.org:8180/cspace-services/personauthorities/acc60b93-3a09-47eb-bd8f/items/442a6f9e-e361-4369-a8e3/refObjs?type=object |
Also see related Object References for authority term instances.
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