Source

A source for citations as represented in the Family Graph API.

A family tree can contain a list of sources. Each source can be used in citations that reference individuals, families, events and family events.

Fields

The Source object contains the following fields:

Name	Description	Type	Access Mode
id	The source's id	id	read
name	The source's name (title)	string	read
abbreviation	The source's title abbreviation	string	read
author	The source's author	string	read
publisher	The source's publisher	string	read
agency	The source's agency	string	read
description	The source's description	string	read
link	Link to source on MyHeritage.com	string	read
updated_time	The date and time the source was last updated	string (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)	read
type	Type of source: <empty> - source created by a user smart_matching - source created as a result of a Smart Match	string	read
data_language	Language code for the data in the source (ISO-639-1 code)	string	read
tree	The family tree the source belongs to	Tree object: id and name fields	read
site	The family site of the source's tree	Site object: id and name fields	read
smart_matching_site	The family site of the tree this Smart Matching source refers to (relevant only when type of source is smart_matching)	Site object: id and name fields	read
smart_matching_tree	The family tree this Smart Matching source refers to (relevant only when type of source is smart_matching)	Tree object: id and name fields	read
class_name	The object class name	string	read

Connections

The Source object contains the following connections:

Name	Description	Type	Access Mode
source_citations	List of citations that refer to the source	array of Citation objects	read
media	List of media items of the source including photos, videos, documents and audios	array of MediaItem objects	read

Example

https://familygraph.myheritage.com/source-144530322-1000002 (open in browser)

{
	"id": "source-144530322-1000002",
	"name": "Warren commission report",
	"link": "https:\/\/www.myheritage.com\/FP\/sourceItem.php?s=144530322&sourceID=1000002",
	"updated_time": "2011-01-04T20:12:32-0600",
	"data_language": "EN",
	"tree": {
		"id": "tree-144530322-1",
		"name": "jfk"
	},
	"site": {
		"id": "site-144530322",
		"name": "Demo Family Site"
	},
	"class_name": "Source"
}