Semantic API
Semantic APIv2.0.0
The Semantic API complements the Articles API. With the Semantic API, you get access to the long list of people, places, organizations and other locations, entities and descriptors that make up the controlled vocabulary used as metadata by The New York Times (sometimes referred to as Times Tags and used for Times Topics pages). The Semantic API uses concepts which are, by definition, terms in The New York Times controlled vocabulary. Like the way facets are used in the Articles API, concepts are a good way to uncover articles of interest in The New York Times archive, and at the same time…
- Endpoints
- 2 (2 GET)
- Base URL
http://api.nytimes.com/svc/semantic/v2/concept- Authentication
- API key
- Spec format
- OpenAPI 3.0.0
- API version
- 2.0.0
- Provider
- nytimes.com
- Last updated
Use this API in Bruno:
- Download the Bruno collection above and unzip it.
- In Bruno, choose Open Collection and select the unzipped folder.
- Set the
baseUrlvariable (for examplehttp://api.nytimes.com/svc/semantic/v2/concept) and your API key credentials, then send requests.
GET
get -name--concept-type--specific-concept.json
{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json
QUERY PARAMS
query
concept-type
specific-concept
Examples
REQUEST
CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=");
CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);
(require '[clj-http.client :as client])
(client/get "{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json" {:query-params {:query ""}})
require "http/client"
url = "{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query="
response = HTTP::Client.get url
puts response.body
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
var client = new HttpClient();
var request = new HttpRequestMessage
{
Method = HttpMethod.Get,
RequestUri = new Uri("{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query="),
};
using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
{
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(body);
}
var client = new RestClient("{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=");
var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Get);
var response = client.Execute(request);
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query="
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(res)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
GET /baseUrl/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query= HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
AsyncHttpClient client = new DefaultAsyncHttpClient();
client.prepare("GET", "{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=")
.execute()
.toCompletableFuture()
.thenAccept(System.out::println)
.join();
client.close();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query="))
.method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
.build();
HttpResponse response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=")
.get()
.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
HttpResponse response = Unirest.get("{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=")
.asString();
const data = null;
const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.withCredentials = true;
xhr.addEventListener('readystatechange', function () {
if (this.readyState === this.DONE) {
console.log(this.responseText);
}
});
xhr.open('GET', '{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=');
xhr.send(data);
import axios from 'axios';
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: '{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json',
params: {query: ''}
};
try {
const { data } = await axios.request(options);
console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
const url = '{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=';
const options = {method: 'GET'};
try {
const response = await fetch(url, options);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
const settings = {
async: true,
crossDomain: true,
url: '{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=',
method: 'GET',
headers: {}
};
$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
console.log(response);
});
val client = OkHttpClient()
val request = Request.Builder()
.url("{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=")
.get()
.build()
val response = client.newCall(request).execute()
const http = require('https');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
hostname: 'example.com',
port: null,
path: '/baseUrl/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=',
headers: {}
};
const req = http.request(options, function (res) {
const chunks = [];
res.on('data', function (chunk) {
chunks.push(chunk);
});
res.on('end', function () {
const body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
console.log(body.toString());
});
});
req.end();
const request = require('request');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: '{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json',
qs: {query: ''}
};
request(options, function (error, response, body) {
if (error) throw new Error(error);
console.log(body);
});
const unirest = require('unirest');
const req = unirest('GET', '{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json');
req.query({
query: ''
});
req.end(function (res) {
if (res.error) throw new Error(res.error);
console.log(res.body);
});
const axios = require('axios').default;
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: '{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json',
params: {query: ''}
};
try {
const { data } = await axios.request(options);
console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
const fetch = require('node-fetch');
const url = '{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=';
const options = {method: 'GET'};
try {
const response = await fetch(url, options);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
#import
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query="]
cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
timeoutInterval:10.0];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];
NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *dataTask = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
if (error) {
NSLog(@"%@", error);
} else {
NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *) response;
NSLog(@"%@", httpResponse);
}
}];
[dataTask resume];
open Cohttp_lwt_unix
open Cohttp
open Lwt
let uri = Uri.of_string "{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=" in
Client.call `GET uri
>>= fun (res, body_stream) ->
(* Do stuff with the result *)
"{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
request('GET', '{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=');
echo $response->getBody();
setUrl('{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_METH_GET);
$request->setQueryData([
'query' => ''
]);
try {
$response = $request->send();
echo $response->getBody();
} catch (HttpException $ex) {
echo $ex;
}
setRequestUrl('{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json');
$request->setRequestMethod('GET');
$request->setQuery(new http\QueryString([
'query' => ''
]));
$client->enqueue($request)->send();
$response = $client->getResponse();
echo $response->getBody();
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri '{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=' -Method GET
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri '{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=' -Method GET
import http.client
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("example.com")
conn.request("GET", "/baseUrl/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=")
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
import requests
url = "{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json"
querystring = {"query":""}
response = requests.get(url, params=querystring)
print(response.json())
library(httr)
url <- "{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json"
queryString <- list(query = "")
response <- VERB("GET", url, query = queryString, content_type("application/octet-stream"))
content(response, "text")
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
require 'faraday'
conn = Faraday.new(
url: 'https://example.com',
)
response = conn.get('/baseUrl/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json') do |req|
req.params['query'] = ''
end
puts response.status
puts response.body
use reqwest;
#[tokio::main]
pub async fn main() {
let url = "{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json";
let querystring = [
("query", ""),
];
let client = reqwest::Client::new();
let response = client.get(url)
.query(&querystring)
.send()
.await;
let results = response.unwrap()
.json::()
.await
.unwrap();
dbg!(results);
}
curl --request GET \
--url '{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query='
http GET '{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query='
wget --quiet \
--method GET \
--output-document \
- '{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query='
import Foundation
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "{{baseUrl}}/name/:concept-type/:specific-concept.json?query=")! as URL,
cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
if (error != nil) {
print(error as Any)
} else {
let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
print(httpResponse)
}
})
dataTask.resume()
GET
get -search.json
{{baseUrl}}/search.json
QUERY PARAMS
query
Examples
REQUEST
CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query=");
CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);
(require '[clj-http.client :as client])
(client/get "{{baseUrl}}/search.json" {:query-params {:query ""}})
require "http/client"
url = "{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query="
response = HTTP::Client.get url
puts response.body
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
var client = new HttpClient();
var request = new HttpRequestMessage
{
Method = HttpMethod.Get,
RequestUri = new Uri("{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query="),
};
using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
{
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(body);
}
var client = new RestClient("{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query=");
var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Get);
var response = client.Execute(request);
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query="
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(res)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
GET /baseUrl/search.json?query= HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
AsyncHttpClient client = new DefaultAsyncHttpClient();
client.prepare("GET", "{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query=")
.execute()
.toCompletableFuture()
.thenAccept(System.out::println)
.join();
client.close();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query="))
.method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
.build();
HttpResponse response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query=")
.get()
.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
HttpResponse response = Unirest.get("{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query=")
.asString();
const data = null;
const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.withCredentials = true;
xhr.addEventListener('readystatechange', function () {
if (this.readyState === this.DONE) {
console.log(this.responseText);
}
});
xhr.open('GET', '{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query=');
xhr.send(data);
import axios from 'axios';
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: '{{baseUrl}}/search.json',
params: {query: ''}
};
try {
const { data } = await axios.request(options);
console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
const url = '{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query=';
const options = {method: 'GET'};
try {
const response = await fetch(url, options);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
const settings = {
async: true,
crossDomain: true,
url: '{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query=',
method: 'GET',
headers: {}
};
$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
console.log(response);
});
val client = OkHttpClient()
val request = Request.Builder()
.url("{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query=")
.get()
.build()
val response = client.newCall(request).execute()
const http = require('https');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
hostname: 'example.com',
port: null,
path: '/baseUrl/search.json?query=',
headers: {}
};
const req = http.request(options, function (res) {
const chunks = [];
res.on('data', function (chunk) {
chunks.push(chunk);
});
res.on('end', function () {
const body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
console.log(body.toString());
});
});
req.end();
const request = require('request');
const options = {method: 'GET', url: '{{baseUrl}}/search.json', qs: {query: ''}};
request(options, function (error, response, body) {
if (error) throw new Error(error);
console.log(body);
});
const unirest = require('unirest');
const req = unirest('GET', '{{baseUrl}}/search.json');
req.query({
query: ''
});
req.end(function (res) {
if (res.error) throw new Error(res.error);
console.log(res.body);
});
const axios = require('axios').default;
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: '{{baseUrl}}/search.json',
params: {query: ''}
};
try {
const { data } = await axios.request(options);
console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
const fetch = require('node-fetch');
const url = '{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query=';
const options = {method: 'GET'};
try {
const response = await fetch(url, options);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
#import
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query="]
cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
timeoutInterval:10.0];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];
NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *dataTask = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
if (error) {
NSLog(@"%@", error);
} else {
NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *) response;
NSLog(@"%@", httpResponse);
}
}];
[dataTask resume];
open Cohttp_lwt_unix
open Cohttp
open Lwt
let uri = Uri.of_string "{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query=" in
Client.call `GET uri
>>= fun (res, body_stream) ->
(* Do stuff with the result *)
"{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query=",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
request('GET', '{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query=');
echo $response->getBody();
setUrl('{{baseUrl}}/search.json');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_METH_GET);
$request->setQueryData([
'query' => ''
]);
try {
$response = $request->send();
echo $response->getBody();
} catch (HttpException $ex) {
echo $ex;
}
setRequestUrl('{{baseUrl}}/search.json');
$request->setRequestMethod('GET');
$request->setQuery(new http\QueryString([
'query' => ''
]));
$client->enqueue($request)->send();
$response = $client->getResponse();
echo $response->getBody();
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri '{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query=' -Method GET
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri '{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query=' -Method GET
import http.client
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("example.com")
conn.request("GET", "/baseUrl/search.json?query=")
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
import requests
url = "{{baseUrl}}/search.json"
querystring = {"query":""}
response = requests.get(url, params=querystring)
print(response.json())
library(httr)
url <- "{{baseUrl}}/search.json"
queryString <- list(query = "")
response <- VERB("GET", url, query = queryString, content_type("application/octet-stream"))
content(response, "text")
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query=")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
require 'faraday'
conn = Faraday.new(
url: 'https://example.com',
)
response = conn.get('/baseUrl/search.json') do |req|
req.params['query'] = ''
end
puts response.status
puts response.body
use reqwest;
#[tokio::main]
pub async fn main() {
let url = "{{baseUrl}}/search.json";
let querystring = [
("query", ""),
];
let client = reqwest::Client::new();
let response = client.get(url)
.query(&querystring)
.send()
.await;
let results = response.unwrap()
.json::()
.await
.unwrap();
dbg!(results);
}
curl --request GET \
--url '{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query='
http GET '{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query='
wget --quiet \
--method GET \
--output-document \
- '{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query='
import Foundation
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "{{baseUrl}}/search.json?query=")! as URL,
cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
if (error != nil) {
print(error as Any)
} else {
let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
print(httpResponse)
}
})
dataTask.resume()