Public Domain WorksBeta (v0.7a)

Welcome to the Public Domain Works API

We have a PD calculator API in progress. This API enables you to calculate the public domain status of a work.

The API is located at: /api/pd

To make a query to the api, please provide this information in JSON format. Mandatory fields are marked with *:
  • When: use it to calculate Public Domain for days other than today. i.e.: '1960'
  • Jurisdiction: the country where you want to use the material, in ISO 3166. Currently we support 'uk'/'gb', 'us', 'ca'. Defaults to 'uk'
  • Work(*):
    • Title
    • Type: one of 'text', 'composition', 'photograph', 'law'
    • Date: Publication date (*)
    • Creation date: if different than the edition you want to check
    • Persons: persons involved in this work (*)
      • Name
      • Country: Country of birth in ISO 3166 format
      • Type: person or organization.
      • Birth / death date(*)

Here an example:

/api/pd?q={"jurisdiction":"uk","work": {"type": "text","date" : "19030101","persons" : [{"type" : "person","birth_date" : "18490101","death_date" : "None"}]}}

More documentation of the API can be found at: http://wiki.okfn.org/PublicDomainCalculators/Api.