---
title: "GET /about/{uri}/?view=nanopublications"
method: GET
path: "/about/{uri}/?view=nanopublications"
---

# GET /about/{uri}/?view=nanopublications

`GET /about/{uri}/?view=nanopublications`

## Request

- The document declares no server URL.
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/tetherless-world/apis/whyis/docs/about/:uri/%3Fview=nanopublications/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `uri` string, url, required

## Response `200`

Lists nanopublications that are about (as `sio:isAbout`) the specified URI, or that have the specified URI as the subject of their assertion.

- object[]
  - `np` string: An identifier for this nanopublication
  - `created` string, timestamp: The date and time when this nanopublication was originally created
  - `updated` string, timestamp: The date and time when this nanopublication was most recently modified, or the creation date if it has not been modified
  - `quoted` string, uri: The URI of another nanopublication that this nanopublication's assertion was quoted from
  - `about` string, uri: The URI of the topic of this nanopublication, as defined by `sio:isAbout`
  - `contributor` string, uri: The URI of a `dc:contributor` of this nanopublication.
  - `contributor_label` string: A human-readable label for the contributor.
  - `derived_from` string, uri: The URI of a resource this nanopublication was derived from (as `prov:wasDerivedFrom`).
  - `generation_type` string, uri: The type of the activity that generated this nanopublication, as defined by `prov:wasGeneratedBy`.
  - `content` string: The `sioc:content` of this nanopublication.
  - `reply_of` string, uri: The URI of a resource this nanopulbication is a reply to (as `sioc:reply_of`).

## Changes

- **2019-12-16** `0693369a3c5e`: 1 breaking
  - the `items/contributor_label` response's property type changed from no type to `string` for status `200`
- **2019-12-05** `671978c03280`: 1 info
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `200`
- **2019-12-05** `bc4045d9aea4`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2019-11-19** `76aba0169ecc`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/tetherless-world/apis/whyis/changes/about/:uri/%3Fview=nanopublications/get.md)

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