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title: "The National Archives (@the-national-archives)"
description: "The National Archives APIs: catalogue and records services from the nationalarchives GitHub org."
account: "the-national-archives"
---

# The National Archives

The National Archives APIs: catalogue and records services from the nationalarchives GitHub org.

## APIs

2 public APIs with a stored document.
Each links to its markdown overview; the same address with
`/llms.txt` in place of `.md` lists its operations.
Changes across these APIs: https://skmtc.dev/the-national-archives/feed.md

- [DiscoveryAPI](https://skmtc.dev/the-national-archives/apis/discovery.md): Archives: search records, record creators and repositories, and retrieve their details and collections
- [Case Law Privileged API](https://skmtc.dev/the-national-archives/apis/case-law-privileged-api.md): Legal case law: read and update judgments, their metadata and document locks