Author
Search all authors
This endpoint lets you search for authors by their name. The result is a list of possible matches with a displayable value, a URI to an article overview within the API and, if available, a link to all articles by this author on www.zeit.de.
Endpoint
http://api.zeit.de/authorParameter
q*
main search query with asterisk as wildcard
fieldshref,id,type,uri,value
partially select output fields
limit10
amount of matches to return
offset0
offset for the list of matches
Example
Request
GET /author?q=James*Muster*&limit=1 HTTP/1.1
Host: http://api.zeit.de
X-Authorization: abcdefg1234xyz56789
Response
{
"matches": [
{
"href": "http://www.zeit.de/autoren/J/James_Mustermann/index.xml",
"type": "author",
"id": "James-Mustermann",
"value": "James Mustermann",
"uri": "http://api.zeit.de/author/James-Mustermann"
}
],
"found": 3,
"limit": 1,
"offset": 0
}Get author by ID
This endpoint provides a pre-filtered search for all articles written by a specific author. Deeper queries, pagination and partial field selection can be used to narrow down the match list.
Endpoint
http://api.zeit.de/author/{id}Parameter
q*:*
the main search query
fields*
partially select output fields
limit10
limit the amount of matches to return
offset0
offset for the list of matches
Example
Request
GET /author/Jasmine-Mustermann?limit=1 HTTP/1.1
Host: http://api.zeit.de
X-Authorization: abcdefg1234xyz56789
Response
{
"value": "Jasmine Mustermann",
"matches": [
{
"subtitle": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr,
sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna.",
"title": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr.",
"href": "http://www.zeit.de/department/sub/2012-12/Lorem-ipsum",
"release_date": "2011-12-01T14:40:00.000Z",
"uri": "http://api.zeit.de/content/1111122299xxcc99aa",
"supertitle": "Lorem Ipsum",
"teaser_title": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing."
}
],
"uri": "http://api.zeit.de/author/Jasmine-Mustermann",
"type": "author",
"limit": 1,
"offset": 0,
"found": 12
}