Individual Party Resources
GET (Retrieve), POST (Create), PUT (Update), and DELETE individual Party records
GET: An individual Party record
Request
GET /directory/party/123 HOST: www.sciencebase.gov Accept: application/json
Alternative example using query param instead of Accept header
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
{
"link":{
"rel":"self",
"url":"https://www.sciencebase.gov/directory/person/1193"
},
"id":1193,
"name":"Sky Bristol/RGIO/USGS/DOI",
"displayName":"Sky Bristol",
"displayText":"Sky Bristol",
"url":"https://my.usgs.gov/catalog/Global/catalogParty/show/1193",
"email":"sbristol@usgs.gov",
"description":"Sky Bristol currently manages the Applied Earth Systems Informatics Research branch in the Core Science Analytics and Synthesis program of the Core Science Systems Mission Area. He strives to develop innovative technology solutions for USGS science.",
"richDescriptionHtml":"<p>\n\tSky Bristol currently manages the Applied Earth Systems Informatics Research branch in the Core Science Analytics and Synthesis program of the Core Science Systems Mission Area. He strives to develop innovative technology solutions for USGS science.<\/p>",
"aliases":[
{
"id":1,
"alias":"R. Sky Bristol",
"annotation":"publishing alias"
},
{
"id":2,
"alias":"Robert Schuyler Bristol",
"annotation":"full legal name"
},
{
"id":4,
"alias":"Bristol, RS",
"annotation":"publishing alias"
},
{
"id":3,
"alias":"Bristol, R. Sky",
"annotation":"publishing alias"
}
],
"active":true,
"primaryLocation":{
"id":1866,
"name":"Sky Bristol/RGIO/USGS/DOI - Primary Location",
"building":"DFC Bldg 810",
"buildingCode":"KBT",
"officePhone":"303-202-4181",
"faxPhone":"303-202-4710",
"mailAddress":{
"line1":"Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Mail Stop 306",
"mailStopCode":"306",
"city":"Denver",
"state":"CO",
"zip":"80225-0046",
"country":"USA"
},
"streetAddress":{
"line1":"West 6th Ave. & Kipling St., DFC Bldg. 810",
"city":"Lakewood",
"state":"CO",
"zip":"80225-0046",
"country":"US"
},
"longitude":-105.1247994,
"latitude2":null
},
"partyLocations":[
{
"link":{
"rel":"self",
"href":"https://www.sciencebase.gov/directory/location/1866/get"
},
"locationId":1866,
"displayName":"Sky Bristol/RGIO/USGS/DOI - Primary Location",
"primary":true,
"sort":1
}
],
"permissions":{
"read":{
"acl":[
"PUBLIC"
]
},
"write":{
"acl":[
"USER:sbristol@usgs.gov",
"ROLE:PlotDataAdmin",
"ROLE:ScienceBase_DataAdmin"
]
}
}
}
Party Properties
ID
Unique identifier, an integer. This is used in the URI to identify the record for GET, POST, PUT and DELETE.
"id":123
Name
A unique name for the record. This property is required for a Party.
"name":"John Doe/DOI/USGS"
DisplayName
An optional label to display instead of the record name.
"displayName": "John Doe"
DisplayText
A read-only property add for convenience.
"displayText": "John Doe"
URL
A web address for a page about the party.
"url": "http://example.gov/homePageOf/jdoe"
"email": "jdoe@usgs.gov"
Description
"description": "The happy employee who works on stuff."
Rich Description HTML
"richDescriptionHtml": "The <b>happy</b> employe who “works” on <i>stuff</i>."
Aliases
aliases:
[
{
id: 3,
alias: "Doe, John",
annotation: "publishing alias"
},
{
id: 4,
alias: "Doe, J",
annotation: "publishing alias"
}
]
Active
A boolean flag to indicate the record is active.
"active": true
Primary Location
primaryLocation:
{
id: 1866,
name: "Sky Bristol/RGIO/USGS/DOI - Primary Location",
building: "DFC Bldg 810",
buildingCode: "KBT",
officePhone: "303-202-4181",
faxPhone: "303-202-4229",
mailAddress: {line1: "Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Mail Stop 306",
mailStopCode: "306",
city: "Denver",
state: "CO",
zip: "80225-0046",
country: "USA"
},
streetAddress: {line1: "West 6th Ave. & Kipling St., DFC Bldg. 810",
city: "Lakewood",
state: "CO",
zip: "80225-0046",
country: "US"
},
latitude2: null
},