Create Genealogies Source Description

This example request illustrates how to create a source description.

JSON

Request

POST /platform/genealogies/trees/2:3:12345/sources
Content-Type: application/x-fs-v1+json
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE{
  "sourceDescriptions" : [ {
    "citations" : [ {
      "value" : "Example Source Citation"
    } ],
    "titles" : [ {
      "value" : "Example Source Description"
    } ]
  } ]
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: text/html
X-processing-time: 3
Vary: Accept,Accept-Language,Accept-Encoding,Expect
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 1836 10:00:00 GMT-5
Location: https://api.familysearch.org/platform/genealogies/sources/2:3:54321
Transfer-encoding: chunked

XML

Request

POST /platform/genealogies/trees/2:3:12345/sources
Content-Type: application/x-fs-v1+xml
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<fs:familysearch xmlns:fs="http://familysearch.org/v1/" xmlns="http://gedcomx.org/v1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
    <sourceDescription>
        <citation>
            <value>Example Source Citation</value>
        </citation>
        <title>Example Source Description</title>
    </sourceDescription>
</fs:familysearch>

Response

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: text/html
X-processing-time: 3
Vary: Accept,Accept-Language,Accept-Encoding,Expect
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 1836 10:00:00 GMT-5
Location: https://api.familysearch.org/platform/genealogies/sources/2:3:54321
Transfer-encoding: chunked