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Discover the details of the Entity Management API.

Overview

Through the Entity Management API users can create and edit WorldCat Entity data.

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About Entity Management API

Authorization scopes

Functionality Authorization scope
Read brief entity data entity-management:read_brief_entities
Read entity references entity-management:read_references
Read entity history entity-management:read_history
Read Entities entity-management:read_entities
Edit Entities including adding, updating and deleting claims entity-management:edit_entities
Create Entities entity-management:create_entities
Merge Entities entity-management:merge_entities

Examples

GET v1/management/entities/{id}

Scope: entity-management:read_entities

GET command: https://entities.api.oclc.org/v1/management/entities/E39PBJjCPhTpKwkW7gjMkpjBfq

Example code
{
    "sameAs": [
        "http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q38453",
        "http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1206785",
        "http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79126460",
        "http://viaf.org/viaf/168448485",
        "http://sws.geonames.org/4575352"
    ],
    "administrativelyPartOf": [
        "https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRBC8KgYHtHkT8CBKfhB"
    ],
    "@context": "https://id.oclc.org/api/context.json",
    "id": "https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjCPhTpKwkW7gjMkpjBfq",
    "prefLabel": {
        "ar": "كولومبيا",
        "be": "Горад Калумбія",
        "bg": "Колумбия",
        "bn": "কলাম্বিয়া",
        "da": "Columbia",
        "de": "Columbia",
        "el": "Κολούμπια",
        "en": "Columbia",
        "eo": "Columbia",
        "es": "Columbia",
        "fa": "کلمبیا، کارولینای جنوبی",
        "fi": "Columbia",
        "fr": "Columbia",
        "fy": "Kolumbia",
        "gu": "કોલંબિયા",
        "he": "קולומביה",
        "hi": "कोलंबिया",
        "hy": "Կոլումբիա",
        "id": "Columbia",
        "io": "Columbia",
        "it": "Columbia",
        "ja": "コロンビア",
        "ka": "კოლუმბია",
        "ko": "컬럼비아",
        "ky": "Колумбия",
        "lt": "Kolumbija",
        "lv": "Kolumbija",
        "mk": "Колумбија",
        "mr": "कोलंबिया",
        "nl": "Columbia",
        "nn": "Columbia i Sør-Carolina",
        "no": "Columbia",
        "oc": "Columbia",
        "os": "Колумби",
        "pi": "कोलम्बिया",
        "pl": "Columbia",
        "pt": "Colúmbia",
        "ru": "Колумбия",
        "sa": "कोलम्बिया",
        "sc": "Colùmbia",
        "sk": "Columbia",
        "sr": "Коламбија",
        "sv": "Columbia",
        "ta": "கொலம்பியா",
        "te": "కొలంబియా",
        "uk": "Колумбія",
        "ur": "کولمبیا، جنوبی کیرولائنا",
        "yi": "קאלאמביע",
        "zh": "哥伦比亚",
        "mrj": "Колумби",
        "sgs": "Kuolumbėjė"
    },
    "altLabel": {
        "en": [
            "South Carolina--Columbia"
        ]
    },
    "elevation": [
        {
            "type": [
                "Measurement"
            ],
            "unit": {
                "type": [
                    "Concept"
                ],
                "prefLabel": {
                    "en": "feet"
                }
            },
            "hasValue": "89"
        }
    ],
    "population": [
        {
            "type": [
                "Measurement"
            ],
            "hasValue": "133803"
        }
    ],
    "type": [
        "AdministrativeArea"
    ],
    "typeDetail": [
        "http://id.worldcat.org/fast/861748"
    ],
    "geographicCoordinates": [
        "Point(-81.03481 34.00071)"
    ],
    "description": {
        "en": "seat of a first-order administrative division in Richland County, South Carolina, United States, North America"
    }
}

GET v1/management/entities/{id}/references

Scope: entity-management:read_references

GET command: https://entities.api.oclc.org/v1/management/entities/E39PBJjCPhTpKwkW7gjMkpjBfq/references

Example code

[
    {
        "digId": null,
        "version": 1,
        "agent": "127950",
        "entity_type": "AdministrativeArea",
        "change_type": "add",
        "change_date": "2024-06-03T17:39:14.2Z",
        "change_data": {
            "spatialArea": {
                "type": [
                    "Measurement"
                ],
                "unit": {
                    "type": [
                        "Concept"
                    ],
                    "prefLabel": {
                        "en": "sq mi"
                    }
                },
                "hasValue": "45.00"
            }
        },
        "count": 0
    },
    {
        "digId": null,
        "version": 2,
        "agent": "127950",
        "entity_type": "AdministrativeArea",
        "change_type": "remove",
        "change_date": "2024-06-03T17:39:20.65Z",
        "change_data": {
            "spatialArea": {
                "type": [
                    "Measurement"
                ],
                "unit": {
                    "type": [
                        "Concept"
                    ],
                    "prefLabel": {
                        "en": "sq mi"
                    }
                },
                "hasValue": "45.00"
            }
        },
        "count": 0
    }
]

GET v1/management/entities/{id}/history

Scope: entity-management:read_history

GET command: https://entities.api.oclc.org/v1/management/entities/E39PBJdCvPcj33MDBF4HDyf6rq/history

Example code
[
    {
        "property": "elevation",
        "reference_id": "E39PBJjCPhTpKwkW7gjMkpjBfq$9141ec9c-1173-4846-a198-1dfbfe50fd72",
        "reference_url": "http://sws.geonames.org/4575352",
        "claim_data": {
            "elevation": {
                "type": [
                    "Measurement"
                ],
                "unit": {
                    "type": [
                        "Concept"
                    ],
                    "prefLabel": {
                        "en": "feet"
                    }
                },
                "hasValue": "89"
            }
        }
    },
    {
        "property": "administrativelyPartOf",
        "reference_id": "E39PBJjCPhTpKwkW7gjMkpjBfq$be9bd68f-8afb-4d6e-b273-e9153bfe1abe",
        "reference_url": "http://sws.geonames.org/4575352",
        "claim_data": {
            "administrativelyPartOf": "https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRBC8KgYHtHkT8CBKfhB"
        }
    },
    {
        "property": "geographicCoordinates",
        "reference_id": "E39PBJjCPhTpKwkW7gjMkpjBfq$975e69c2-1504-4f60-a6a3-37df452aa422",
        "reference_url": "http://sws.geonames.org/4575352",
        "claim_data": {
            "geographicCoordinates": "Point(-81.03481 34.00071)"
        }
    },
    {
        "property": "population",
        "reference_id": "E39PBJjCPhTpKwkW7gjMkpjBfq$fe6f7019-7ac5-45e9-984d-ebe0803ebd9c",
        "reference_url": "http://sws.geonames.org/4575352",
        "claim_data": {
            "population": {
                "type": [
                    "Measurement"
                ],
                "hasValue": "133803"
            }
        }
    }
]

PATCH v1/management/entities{id}

Scope: entity-management:edit_entities

Example code
[
    {
        "op": "add",
        "path": "/occupation",
        "value": {
            "label": "Astronaut
            "languageCode": "en"
        }
    }
]

POST /v1/management/entities

Scope: entity-management:create_entities

POST: https://entities.api.oclc.org/v1/entity-management/entity

Example code - Response
{
    "entityData": {
        "id": "https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QR8DyfTDkCPH7kfQcBtdpk3",
        "type": [
            "Person"
        ],
        "altLabel": {
            "en": [
                "alt label data"
            ]
        },
        "prefLabel": {
            "en": "John Glenn",
            "pl": "John Glenn"
        },
        "description": {
            "en": "American astronaut and politician (1921-2016)"
        },
        "occupation": [
            {
                "prefLabel": {
                    "en": "Astronaut"
                },
                "type": [
                    "Concept"
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "qualityScore": {
        "disambiguation": "Partially disambiguated",
        "completeness": "Minimally complete",
        "composite": "28.57",
        "advice": "Contribute to the quality score by adding one of the following properties to the entity:",
        "properties": [
            "relatedPlace",
            "honorificSuffix",
            "activeStartDate",
            "nominatedFor",
            "relatedFamily",
            "relatedPerson"
        ]
    },
    "entityMd5": "05e340eed0d9a39a3084ca1f808b00f3"
}