Finto API

This is the API service of Finto. We provide an open REST-style API to access Finto vocabulary data.

API documentation

Finto uses Skosmos software and the REST API is implemented by Skosmos. See the interactive Swagger documentation. You can also use use the swagger.json with Swagger compliant tools.

Example queries

These queries return JSON-LD data:

• /rest/v1/search?vocab=ysa&query=kiss*&lang=fi

These queries return RDF/XML or Turtle data:

• /rest/v1/yso/data

Usage policy

Usage of the API is currently unrestricted. API keys are not used. Please be gentle with our server! In future, we may require registration and API keys for heavy use.

Most vocabulary data is licensed using a CC 3.0 Attribution license. See the metadata of each individual vocabulary in Finto for details.