Retrieve Talk via ID

Endpoint to retrieve information about talks

All the responses conform to the HAL specification.

GET /talks/(string: id)

Retrieve talk by unique slug identifier

Example request:

GET /api/talks/fa67d13a-f17d-471d-b8cc-33b3d7759956
Host: talks.ox.ac.uk
Accept: application/json

Example response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "/api/talks/fa67d13a-f17d-471d-b8cc-33b3d7759956"
        },
        "talks_page": {
            "href": "/talks/id/fa67d13a-f17d-471d-b8cc-33b3d7759956/"
        }

    },
    "title": "What can babies with Down syndrome possibly tell us about Alzheimer's dementia in adults?",
    "start": "2015-01-29T18:00:00Z",
    "end": "2015-01-29T19:00:00Z",
    "formatted_date": "29 January 2015, 18:00",
    "formatted_time": "18:00",
    "description": "It may seem paradoxical to focus on babies ...",
    "_embedded":
    {
        "speakers": [ ],
        "venue": {
            "_links": {
                "self": {
                    "href": "//api.m.ox.ac.uk/places/oxpoints:50009121"
                }
            },
            "name": "Mary Gray Allen Building",
            "map_link": "//maps.ox.ac.uk/#/places/oxpoints:50009121"

        },
        "organising_department": null,
        "topics": [
            {
                "uri": "http://id.worldcat.org/fast/806532",
                "label": "Alzheimer's disease"
            }, {
                "uri": "http://id.worldcat.org/fast/890050",
                "label": "Dementia"
            }
        ]
    }
}
Parameters:
  • id (string) – The unique slug identifier for the talk
Status Codes: