# The Met on Onekey

> 2 endpoints for The Met (2 stable, 0 beta), 1 to 5 credits each. Category: Entertainment, art & culture. One key, one JSON shape.

Base URL: https://api.onekey.dev
Auth: header `x-api-key: <key>`. Call shape: `GET /v1/{platform}/{endpoint}?{params}`.
Every response is `{success, data, metadata, error}`; check `success` first. Cost is in `metadata.credits_charged`. Free when served from cache (0.2 credit for a cached response over 100 KB). Failed and not-found calls are refunded.
Status: stable = verified against the live source; beta = not yet verified, fields may be missing.

Page: https://onekey.dev/platforms/met
Reference (Markdown): https://onekey.dev/docs/api/met.md
All docs: https://onekey.dev/llms.txt

## Canonical fields returned

Unified-schema fields (same names on every platform), with how many of the 2 mapped The Met endpoints return each:

- `content.id` (string): 2
- `author.displayName` (string): 1
- `content.title` (string): 1
- `content.url` (URL): 1
- `media.thumbnailUrl` (URL): 1
- `media.url` (URL): 1
- plus 2 platform-specific fields under `ext.`

## Endpoints

### met.object

Metropolitan Museum of Art object by id.
- Price: 1 credit per fresh call. Status: stable. Returns: one record.
- Request: `GET https://api.onekey.dev/v1/met/object?id=436535` with header `x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY`
- Parameters:
  - `id` (string, required): Object id
- Fields returned: `content.id`, `content.title`, `author.displayName`, `content.url`, `media.thumbnailUrl`, `media.url`, `ext.date`, `ext.department`
- Reference: https://onekey.dev/docs/api/met/object.md

### met.search

Search Metropolitan Museum objects (returns object ids with images).
- Price: 5 credits per fresh call. Status: stable. Returns: a list.
- Request: `GET https://api.onekey.dev/v1/met/search?q=sunflowers` with header `x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY`
- Parameters:
  - `q` (string, required): Search query
- Fields returned: `content.id`
- Reference: https://onekey.dev/docs/api/met/search.md

## Sample request

```bash
curl "https://api.onekey.dev/v1/met/object?id=436535" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```