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Create Source Description

post
https://apibeta.familysearch.org/platform/sources/descriptions

Create a source description.

The FamilySearch implementation of the Source Description resource does not support all properties of a source description as defined by GEDCOM X. For more information, see the Source Description Resource.

User-Uploaded Sources

To create a user-uploaded source, create a source description that describes a [Memories: Read Memory](ref:read memory).

Body Params
sourceDescriptions
array of objects
required
length between 1 and 1

Array containing the source description to create. Only one source description may be created per request.

sourceDescriptions*
string
required

The URI to the resource being described

citations
array of objects

Array of citations for the source

citations
titles
array of objects

Array of titles for the source

titles
notes
array of objects

Array of notes about the source

notes
attribution
object
Headers
string
enum
required

Specifies the media type of the entity-body sent to the server in the request.

Allowed:
Responses
201

The creation of the source description was successful. Expect a location header specifying the link to the created source description.

400

If the request was unable to be understood by the application.

Updated 5 months ago

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Updated 5 months ago