How to hit the The Met Collection API

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's API at https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1 covers hundreds of thousands of objects. Search returns ids; fetch each object separately.

Authentication

None — no key, no signup. Every example runs as-is.

Full reference: https://metmuseum.github.io/

Get an object

436535 is Van Gogh's Wheat Field with Cypresses.

curl https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/436535
Run in PostTaco
Example response (trimmed)
{
  "objectID": 436535,
  "isHighlight": true,
  "accessionNumber": "1993.132",
  "accessionYear": "1993",
  "isPublicDomain": true,
  "primaryImage": "https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/original/DP-42549-001.jpg",
  "primaryImageSmall": "https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/web-large/DP-42549-001.jpg",
  "additionalImages": [
    "https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/original/LC-EP_1993_132_suppl_CH-004.jpg",
    "https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/original/LC-EP_1993_132_suppl_CH-003.jpg"
  ],
  "constituents": [
    {
      "constituentID": 161947,
      "role": "Artist",
      "name": "Vincent van Gogh",
      "constituentULAN_URL": "http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500115588",
      "constituentWikidata_URL": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5582",
      "gender": ""
    }
  ],
  "department": "European Paintings",
  "objectName": "Painting",
  "title": "Wheat Field with Cypresses",
  "culture": "",
  "period": "",
  "dynasty": ""
}