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Miranda has a web interface available at [https://collections.folger.edu/ collections.folger.edu/]​, but that's not all. Our interface relies upon a GraphQL API available to all comers at https://collections.folger.edu/graphql.  
Miranda has a web interface available at [https://collections.folger.edu/ collections.folger.edu/]​, but that's not the only way to access the Folger's unified collections. Our interface relies upon a GraphQL API available to all comers at https://collections.folger.edu/graphql.  


An API, or Application Programming Interface, is a way for programs to talk to each other. (Or, sometimes, for dedicated individuals to talk to computer programs.) [https://graphql.org GraphQL] offers an approach to APIs that lets the requestor define what is returned.
An API, or Application Programming Interface, is a way for programs to talk to each other. (Or, sometimes, for dedicated individuals to talk to computer programs.) [https://graphql.org GraphQL] offers an approach to APIs that lets the requestor define what is returned.


[[:File:Miranda API Introduction (1).pdf|Read our API guide]] written by the technical team at ParsonsTKO. Please note: This version was written in accompaniment to our Miranda beta launch, and represents work done so far. It is not final documentation.
[[:File:Miranda API Introduction (1).pdf|Read our API guide]] written by the technical team at ParsonsTKO. Please note that this version was written in accompaniment to our Miranda beta launch, and represents work done so far. It is not final documentation.

Latest revision as of 17:24, 11 January 2019

Miranda has a web interface available at collections.folger.edu/​, but that's not the only way to access the Folger's unified collections. Our interface relies upon a GraphQL API available to all comers at https://collections.folger.edu/graphql.

An API, or Application Programming Interface, is a way for programs to talk to each other. (Or, sometimes, for dedicated individuals to talk to computer programs.) GraphQL offers an approach to APIs that lets the requestor define what is returned.

Read our API guide written by the technical team at ParsonsTKO. Please note that this version was written in accompaniment to our Miranda beta launch, and represents work done so far. It is not final documentation.