Read Place Type

This example request illustrates how to get a place type. A place type is a type of place, such as a cemetery, city, state, etc.

JSON

Request

GET /platform/places/types/186
Accept: application/ld+json
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/ld+json
X-processing-time: 3
Vary: Accept,Accept-Language,Accept-Encoding,Expect
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 1836 10:00:00 GMT-5
Cache-control: no-transform, must-revalidate, max-age=86400
Transfer-encoding: chunked{
  "id" : "186",
  "@id" : "https://api.familysearch.org/platform/places/types/186",
  "labels" : [ {
    "@language" : "en",
    "@value" : "Place Type 186 Title"
  } ],
  "descriptions" : [ {
    "@language" : "en",
    "@value" : "Place Type 186 Description"
  } ],
  "@context" : {
    "id" : {
      "@id" : "http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier"
    },
    "subclassOf" : {
      "@id" : "http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#subClassOf",
      "@type" : "@id"
    },
    "references" : {
      "@id" : "http://purl.org/dc/terms/references",
      "@type" : "@id"
    },
    "type" : {
      "@id" : "http://purl.org/dc/terms/type",
      "@type" : "@id"
    },
    "labels" : {
      "@id" : "http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label"
    },
    "descriptions" : {
      "@id" : "http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment"
    }
  }
}

XML

Request

GET /platform/places/types/186
Accept: application/rdf+xml
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/rdf+xml
X-processing-time: 3
Vary: Accept,Accept-Language,Accept-Encoding,Expect
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 1836 10:00:00 GMT-5
Cache-control: no-transform, must-revalidate, max-age=86400
Transfer-encoding: chunked<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<RDF xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace">
  <Description about="https://api.familysearch.org/platform/places/types/186">
    <dc:identifier>186</dc:identifier>
    <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Place Type 186 Title</rdfs:label>
    <rdfs:comment xml:lang="en">Place Type 186 Description</rdfs:comment>
  </Description>
</RDF>