HTTP API¶
You can either host the web API locally (for testing local URIs), or can use the LANL hosted instance at http://labs.mementoweb.org/validator/api.
API Specification¶
[GET] /
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
uri |
URI of the resource |
datetime |
Date and time for validating resource |
type |
Type of the resource to validate |
followLinks |
Flag for follow-up tests. Default |
Example:
“” {
“datetime”: “Sun, 01 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT”, “follow”: {}, “pipeline”: “mementoweb.validator.pipelines.timegate.TimeGate”, “result”: {
- “reports”: [
- {
“description”: “Tests for the validity of the URI of the resource including validity and connectivity.”, “name”: “URITest”, “source”: “mementoweb.validator.tests.uri_test.URITest”, “tests”: [
- {
“description”: “”, “name”: “Valid URI”, “result”: “Pass”, “status”: 2
}
]
}, {
“description”: “Tests for the timegate redirection. Checks for any redirection and tests for the validity”, “name”: “TimeGateRedirectTest”, “source”: “mementoweb.validator.tests.timegate_redirect_test.TimeGateRedirectTest”, “tests”: [
- {
“description”: “”, “name”: “TimeGate returns 302”, “result”: “Pass”, “status”: 2
}
]
}, {
“description”: “No description”, “name”: “HeaderTest”, “source”: “mementoweb.validator.tests.header_test.HeaderTest”, “tests”: [
- {
“description”: “”, “name”: “Location Header found”, “result”: “Pass”, “status”: 2
}, {
“description”: “”, “name”: “Accept-Datetime not in Vary header”, “result”: “Fail”, “status”: -1
}
]
}, {
“description”: “Tests for the compliance of Link header original relation.”, “name”: “LinkHeaderOriginalTest”, “source”: “mementoweb.validator.tests.link_header_original_test.LinkHeaderOriginalTest”, “tests”: [
- {
“description”: “”, “name”: “Original link present”, “result”: “Pass”, “status”: 2
}
]
}, {
“description”: “Tests the compliance of Link header timemap relation.”, “name”: “LinkHeaderTimeMapTest”, “source”: “mementoweb.validator.tests.link_header_timemap_test.LinkHeaderTimeMapTest”, “tests”: [
- {
“description”: “”, “name”: “Timemap link present”, “result”: “Pass”, “status”: 2
}, {
“description”: “”, “name”: “Timemap type present”, “result”: “Pass”, “status”: 2
}
], “timemaps”: [
]
}, {
“description”: “Tests for the compliance of Link header memento relation.”, “name”: “LinkHeaderMementoTest”, “source”: “mementoweb.validator.tests.link_header_memento_test.LinkHeaderMementoTest”, “tests”: [
- {
“description”: “”, “name”: “Memento link present”, “result”: “Pass”, “status”: 2
}, {
“description”: “”, “name”: “Selected memento not in link header”, “result”: “Warn”, “status”: 1
}, {
“description”: “”, “name”: “Memento contains datetime attribute”, “result”: “Pass”, “status”: 2
}, {
“description”: “”, “name”: “Memento datetime parsable”, “result”: “Pass”, “status”: 2
}, {
“description”: “”, “name”: “First Memento does not match first in the Timemap”, “result”: “Warn”, “status”: 1
}, {
“description”: “”, “name”: “Last Memento does not match last in the Timemap”, “result”: “Warn”, “status”: 1
}
]
}, {
“description”: “Tests for the timegate redirection. Checks for any redirection and tests for the validity”, “name”: “TimeGateBlankRedirectTest”, “source”: “mementoweb.validator.tests.timegate_redirect_test.TimeGateBlankRedirectTest”, “tests”: [
- {
“description”: “”, “name”: “TimeGate returns 200 or redirect for blank Accept-Datetime”, “result”: “Pass”, “status”: 2
}, {
“description”: “”, “name”: “TimeGate redirects to last memento without Accept-Datetime”, “result”: “Pass”, “status”: 2
}
]
}, {
“description”: “Tests for the timegate redirection. Checks for any redirection and tests for the validity”, “name”: “TimeGatePastRedirectTest”, “source”: “mementoweb.validator.tests.timegate_redirect_test.TimeGatePastRedirectTest”, “tests”: [
- {
“description”: “”, “name”: “TimeGate returns 302 for datetime in past”, “result”: “Pass”, “status”: 2
}, {
“description”: “”, “name”: “TimeGate redirects to first memento for datetime in past”, “result”: “Pass”, “status”: 2
}
]
}, {
“description”: “Tests for the timegate redirection. Checks for any redirection and tests for the validity”, “name”: “TimeGateFutureRedirectTest”, “source”: “mementoweb.validator.tests.timegate_redirect_test.TimeGateFutureRedirectTest”, “tests”: [
- {
“description”: “”, “name”: “TimeGate returns 302 for datetime in future”, “result”: “Pass”, “status”: 2
}, {
“description”: “”, “name”: “TimeGate redirects to first memento for datetime in past”, “result”: “Pass”, “status”: 2
}
]
}, {
“description”: “Tests for the timegate redirection. Checks for any redirection and tests for the validity”, “name”: “TimeGateBrokenRedirectTest”, “source”: “mementoweb.validator.tests.timegate_redirect_test.TimeGateBrokenRedirectTest”, “tests”: [
- {
“description”: “”, “name”: “Timegate does not return 400 for broken datetime”, “result”: “Fail”, “status”: -1
}
]
}
], “timegates”: [], “timemaps”: [
]
}, “type”: “timegate”, “uri”: “http://webarchive.parliament.uk/timegate/http://animatingcardiff.wordpress.com”