people

GET /people

Returns people associated with National Park Service sites, with optional filters for park codes, state codes, or a search term.

Request

  • Base URL
    https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1
  • Auth
    • API key in query parameter api_key
    • or API key in header X-Api-Key

Query parameters

parkCodestring[]

A comma delimited list of park codes (each 4-10 characters in length).

stateCodestring[]

A comma delimited list of 2 character state codes.

limitinteger

Number of results to return per request. Default is 50.

startinteger

Get the next [limit] results starting with this number. Default is 0.

qstring

Term to search on

Response

successful operation

totalstring
limitstring
startstring

Example response

{
  "total": "451",
  "data": [
    {
      "bodyText": "<p>Though trained as an actress, <strong>Pauline Cushman-Fryer</strong>'s legacy is her service as a spy for the Union during the Civil War. During a stage performance in Louisville, Kentucky, Cushman-Fryer boldly proposed a toast to Jefferson Davis at the behest of Union officers (in the script, the toast was supposed to go to President Lincoln). Impressed by her &quot;loyalty,&quot; Confederate officers took her into their confidence. Months later, a curious Confederate sentry arrested her with information on the whereabouts of the Army of Tennessee and she was sent to Gen. Bragg's headquarters. When her identity as a spy was confirmed, Pauline Cushman-Fryer was sentenced to be hanged.</p>\n\n<p>Before the sentence could be carried out, however, Union forces captured the town of Shelbyville and the Confederates quickly retreated--leaving Cushman-Fryer behind. Following her brush with death, the army awarded Pauline Cushman-Fryer the brevet rank of major for her heroic service as a spy. She died in San Francisco in 1893 and is interred in the <a href=\"https://www.nps.gov/prsf/historyculture/san-francisco-national-cemetery.htm\" id=\"CP___PAGEID=137178,san-francisco-national-cemetery.htm,2253|\">San Francisco National Cemetery</a> in the Presidio.</p>\n\n<p><em>Pauline Cushman-Fryer is buried in the Officers' Section.</em></p>",
      "id": "7013F68B-9DAC-4C96-B1C5-0256CC6D1494",
      "geometryPoiId": "8793be28-0d54-493f-8556-877e7ecbe937",
      "firstName": "Pauline",
      "middleName": "Cushman",
      "lastName": "Fryer",
      "images": [
        {
          "credit": "Golden Gate National Recreation Area Park Archives",
          "crops": [],
          "altText": "Portrait Pauline Cushman Fryer in soldier uniform",
          "url": "https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/people/nri/20200814/people/34BCEDFA-D585-62B8-086046B6CEF7BACC/34BCEDFA-D585-62B8-086046B6CEF7BACC.jpg"
        }
      ],
      "listingDescription": "Actress and Civil War spy, Pauline Cushman-Fryer narrowly escaped execution for her service to the Union cause. Undercover in Tennessee she performed an illness to escape hanging. She is buried in the Officer's section of the San Francisco National Cemetery at the Presidio.",
      "quickFacts": [
        {
          "id": "F7A67C96-173F-4675-B374-7E3D3A1818B2",
          "value": "Civil War Spy",
          "name": "Significance: "
        }
      ],
      "relatedOrganizations": [],
      "relatedParks": [
        {
          "states": "CA",
          "fullName": "Golden Gate National Recreation Area",
          "url": "https://www.nps.gov/goga/index.htm",
          "parkCode": "goga",
          "designation": "National Recreation Area",
          "name": "Golden Gate"
        }
      ],
      "title": "Pauline Cushman-Fryer"
    }
  ],
  "limit": "50",
  "start": "0"
}

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.