Open Archives API » Transcriptions/Show

Returns the full transcript of a single page along with its source citation. Mirrors /transcripties/toon/<id>.

AI-generated summaries are deliberately not returned by this endpoint.

URL

https://api.openarchieven.nl/1.1/transcriptions/show.json

Method

GET

Input

Name	Required	Description	Default
id	Yes	Page identifier in the form <ISIL>_<archive_number>_<page>, e.g. NL-SdmGA_1504889_11.
lang	No	Language code (nl, en, de, fr).	nl
callback	No	Function name to be called on JSON data (JSONP).

Output

JSON object describing the page. Fields:

• id — page identifier
• uri — Open Archives URL where the transcription can be viewed
• source_archive — { isil, archive_code, name }
• archive_number — { nr, title, url } when present
• inventory_number — { nr, title, url } when present
• page — page number with leading zeros stripped
• source_url — direct link to the scan or transcription on the source archive's website
• thumb_url — thumbnail image URL, when available
• project — source project that produced the transcription (e.g. transkribus, globalise, mibudera)
• transcript — plain-text transcript of the page

Example: https://api.openarchieven.nl/1.1/transcriptions/show.json?id=NL-SdmGA_1504889_11&format=json outputs (pretty-printed):

{
    "id": "NL-SdmGA_1504889_11",
    "uri": "https://www.openarchieven.nl/transcripties/toon/NL-SdmGA_1504889_11",
    "source_archive": {
        "isil": "NL-SdmGA",
        "archive_code": "sch",
        "name": "Gemeentearchief Schiedam"
    },
    "archive_number": {
        "nr": "243",
        "title": "Archief van notaris Maarten Kouwenhoven, 1646-1698",
        "url": "https://collecties.schiedam.nl/detail.php?id=7371664"
    },
    "inventory_number": {
        "nr": "761",
        "title": "1662 januari 3-1664 december 30",
        "url": "https://collecties.schiedam.nl/detail.php?nav_id=23-0&id=7371705&name=Detail Deelbeschrijving"
    },
    "page": "11",
    "source_url": "https://archief-schiedam.transkribus.eu/document/1504889/pages/11",
    "thumb_url": "https://files.transkribus.eu/iiif/2/OJMFZMDTLCEEOLBQFCBRDUDS/full/512,/0/default.jpg",
    "project": "transkribus",
    "transcript": "Bijden Innehoude vanden jegenwoordigen Instrumente sij eenen ijgel. kennel. Ende openbaer dat op huijden den xviije Januarij Ano. xvjc. Tweentsestich voor mij Maerten kouwenhove ..."
}

Errors

One of the following errors may be thrown:

Error code	Error message
2	Invalid identifier (syntax)
4	Invalid lang
12	Missing required identifier
15	Missing required format specification

If no transcription matches the supplied id, the endpoint returns a 404 with:

{
    "error_code": 2,
    "error_description": "Transcription not found"
}

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