Source Description

Description

The Source Description resource gets/updates/deletes a user's source description.

The FamilySearch implementation of the Source Description resource does not support all properties of a source description as defined by GEDCOM X. Support is limited to the following:

property description
id A local identifier for the source description.
about URI to the resource being described, if any.
title Label, title, or other name to display to the user for the source.
citation The citation for the source. FamilySearch only supports the value of the citation and not any template or associated citation fields.
notes Notes about the source provided by a user.

Operations

GET - Read a source description.

Produces - Specify a returned data format using the Accept header.
Parameters
Name Type Description
sdid path The id of the source description.
Status Codes
  • 200  -  Upon a successful read.
  • 404  -  If the requested source description is not found.
Warnings
301 Returned if the system failed to retrieve the Title and Citation.
307 Returned if the system failed to retrieve the Citation. The title is user contributed.

POST - Update a source description.

Produces - Specify a returned data format using the Accept header.
Consumes - Specify the incoming data format using the Content-Type header.
Parameters
Name Type Description
sdid path The id of the source description.
body request-body The source description to be used for the update.
Status Codes
  • 204  -  The update was successful.
  • 404  -  If the requested source description is not found.

DELETE - Delete a source description.

Produces - Specify a returned data format using the Accept header.
Parameters
Name Type Description
X-Reason header The reason for the DELETE
sdid path The id of the source description.
Status Codes
  • 204  -  The delete was successful.
  • 404  -  If the requested source description is not found.

Example Requests

Create Source Description How to create a source description.
Create User-Uploaded Source How to create a source for an artifact that a user has uploaded.
Delete Source Description How to delete a source description.
Read Source Description How to read a source description.
Update Source Description How to update a source description.

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