The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland is internationally renowned for its collection of art. This is an API to access information about the art collection there.
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'walters_api'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install walters_api
/places
Ex:
{
"places": [
{
"id": "afghanistan",
"name": "Afghanistan",
"thumbnails": [
{
"url": "http://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/s_cps_w652162a_fp_dd.jpg"
},
{
"url": "http://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/s_cps_w602472b_fp_dd.jpg"
},
{
"url": "http://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/s_cps_w602493a_fp_dd.jpg"
}
]
}
]
}
/places/${PLACE}
Ex: /places/Afghanistan
{
"pieces": [
{
"id": "7066",
"id_string": "book-of-kings-shahnama",
"title": "Book of Kings (Shahnama)",
"period": "1028 AH/AD 1618-1619 (Qajar)",
"accession": "W.602",
"thumbnail": {
"url": "http://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/cps_w602binding_topext_dd.jpg",
"width": "235",
"height": "338"
}
}
]
}
/mediums
Ex:
[ { "id": "arms--armor", "name": "Arms & Armor", "thumbnail": { "url": "http://art.thewalters.org/images/medium/med_arm_51581.jpg" } } ] /mediums/${MEDIUM}
Ex: /mediums/wood
{
"pieces": [
{
"id": "25138",
"id_string": "cassone",
"title": "\"Cassone\"",
"period": "16th century",
"accession": "65.35",
"thumbnail": {
"url": "http://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/pl9_6535_fnt_bw.jpg",
"width": "235",
"height": "116"
}
},
{
"id": "29687",
"id_string": "cassone",
"title": "\"Cassone\"",
"period": "ca. 1500",
"accession": "65.34",
"thumbnail": {
"url": "http://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/pl9_6534_fnt_bw.jpg",
"width": "235",
"height": "126"
}
}
]
}
/creators /creators/${CREATOR}
/tags
Ex:
[
{
"id": "abduction",
"count": "2"
},
{
"id": "abolitionist",
"count": ""
}
]
/tags/${TAG}
Ex: /tags/abduction
{
"pieces": [
{
"id": "34500",
"id_string": "christ-and-the-woman-taken-in-adultery",
"title": "Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery",
"period": "1841",
"accession": "37.1825",
"tags": [
"religious",
"abduction",
"rapw",
"rape",
"christ"
],
"thumbnail": {
"url": "http://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/pl7_371825_fnt_bw-4.jpg",
"width": "235",
"height": "192"
}
},
{
"id": "21286",
"id_string": "panorama-with-the-abduction-of-helen-amidst-the-wonders-of-the-ancient-world",
"title": "Panorama with the Abduction of Helen Amidst the Wonders of the Ancient World",
"period": "1535 (Renaissance)",
"accession": "37.656",
"tags": [
"architecture",
"atmospheric",
"perspective",
"boat",
"story",
"landscape",
"helen",
"paris",
"slaves",
"ruins",
"abduction"
],
"thumbnail": {
"url": "http://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/pl1_37656_fnt_tr_t86ia-2.jpg",
"width": "235",
"height": "86"
}
}
]
}
/locations
Ex:
[
{
"id": "ancient-world-lobby",
"name": "Museum Location: Ancient World Lobby",
"location": "Centre Street, Second Floor",
"thumbnail": {
"url": "http://art.thewalters.org/images/locations/2ndfloorlobby.jpg"
}
},
{
"id": "egyptian-art",
"name": "Museum Location: Egyptian Art",
"location": "Centre Street, Second Floor",
"thumbnail": {
"url": "http://art.thewalters.org/images/locations/egyptianart001.jpg"
}
}
]
/locations/${LOCATION}
Ex: /locations/ancient-world-lobby
{
"pieces": [
{
"id": "9453",
"id_string": "amun-min-kamutef",
"title": "Amun-Min-Kamutef",
"period": "7th-4th century BC (Late Period)",
"accession": "54.2062",
"tags": [
"cock",
"fucking"
],
"thumbnail": {
"url": "http://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/pl7_542062_fnt_bw.jpg",
"width": "235",
"height": "403"
}
},
{
"id": "8599",
"id_string": "corner-relief-fragment-with-king-ptolemy-ii-philadelphos-mehyet-and-onuris-shu",
"title": "Corner Relief Fragment with King Ptolemy II Philadelphos, Mehyet, and Onuris-Shu",
"period": "285-246 BC (Greco-Roman)",
"accession": "22.5",
"thumbnail": {
"url": "http://art.thewalters.org/images/art/thumbnails/pl9_225_fnt_bw_c41-2.jpg",
"width": "235",
"height": "220"
}
}
],
"id": "ancient-world-lobby",
"name": "Museum Location: Ancient World Lobby",
"location": "Centre Street, Second Floor",
"thumbnail": {
"url": "http://art.thewalters.org/images/locations/2ndfloorlobby.jpg"
}
}
/pieces
/pieces/${PIECE}
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