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The API contains paintings, graphics, drawings, sculptures, photographies and documentary photographies by Edvard Munch, as well as the Stenersen collections. The API can be used for the following purposes:

• Building custom user interfaces
• Building custom mobile apps
• Automating workflow
• Analytics

These are only examples. Any application that needs to read data from a FotoWeb server and maybe manipulate some of this data can make use of the FotoWeb API. SeeFotoWare For full documentation.

The API is also documented withPostman.

Dataformats:

• JSON

Supported methods:

• GET

Available public archives in the Munch Museum's API are:

• 5013-Malerier (paintings)
• 5014-Grafikk (graphics)
• 5015-Tegninger (drawings)
• 5032-Skulpturer (sculptures)
• 5016-Fotografi (photographies)
• 5017-Dokumentarfoto (documentary photographies)
• 5018-Stenersensamlingene (the Stenersen collections)

No authentication is needed for the public entry point.

The most important status codes are:

• 400 Bad Request (The request was malformed)
• 401 Unauthorized (The client did not provide valid credentials or no credentials at all, and the type of request requires authentication)
• 404 Not Found (The request URL does not refer to any existing resource)
• 500 Internal Server Error (The request is valid, but there was a problem on the server-side)

https://foto.munchmuseet.no/fotoweb/archives/5013-Malerier

API descriptor: This is a JSON document, returned in the response body, which contains information about the API. Seelink for full documentation.

https://foto.munchmuseet.no/fotoweb/archives/5013-Malerier

Asset list: The JSON representation of a list of assets in the FotoWeb RESTful API. Every collection has an asset list. Seelink for full documentation.

https://foto.munchmuseet.no/fotoweb/archives/5013-Malerier/Arkiv/MM.M.00112_20190403.tif.info

Asset: The JSON format that represents an asset in the FotoWeb RESTful API. This is the application/vnd.fotoware.asset+json media type. It is also used as part of the representation of an asset list. Seelink for full documentation.

https://foto.munchmuseet.no/fotoweb/archives

Collection list: The JSON format that represents a list of collections in the FotoWeb RESTfull API. This is the application/vnd.fotoware.collectionlist+json media type. Seelink for full documentation.

https://foto.munchmuseet.no/fotoweb/archives/5000-Malerier

Collection: The JSON representation of a collection in the FotoWeb RESTful API. This request contains only information about the collection itself. Seelink for full documentation.

https://foto.munchmuseet.no/fotoweb/archives/5013-Malerier

Collection info: The JSON representation of a collection in the FotoWeb RESTful API, with assets and sub collections. Seelink for full documentation.

https://foto.munchmuseet.no/fotoweb/archives/5013-Malerier/?105=vampire

Collection query: Collection queries are search queries for assets in a single collection. Seelink for full documentation.

Available metadata search fields are: