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JSON
Request
GET /platform/records/records/9M8Y-5RZ8
Accept: application/x-gedcomx-v1+json
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
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X-processing-time: 3
Vary: Accept,Accept-Language,Accept-Encoding,Expect
Content-location: /platform/records/records/9M8Y-5RZ8
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 1836 10:00:00 GMT-5
Cache-control: no-transform, must-revalidate, max-age=0
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}
},
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"id" : "p_MMMM-F12",
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},
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}
XML
Request
GET /platform/records/records/9M8Y-5RZ8
Accept: application/x-gedcomx-v1+xml
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/x-gedcomx-v1+xml
X-processing-time: 3
Vary: Accept,Accept-Language,Accept-Encoding,Expect
Content-location: /platform/records/records/9M8Y-5RZ8
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 1836 10:00:00 GMT-5
Cache-control: no-transform, must-revalidate, max-age=0
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<gender type="http://gedcomx.org/Female"/>
<name>
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</gedcomx>
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