Response Formats

The QuestionPoint Knowledgebase API has four response formats

• xml
• json
• html
• text

XML Output

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<response>

<record>
<question>Where can I find civil lawsuits?
</question>

<answer>
We are assuming that you are referring to the New York City Civil Court System.  Their home page can be accessed at: <url http://www.courts.state.ny.us> [April 2003].
  
We are also assuming you are interested in Queens county.  The Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens is located at:
Civil Court Building
89-17 Sutphin Blvd
Jamaica, NY 11435
(718-262-7138)

The Queens Public Library has the following materials which have New York civil court cases with an index:
New York jurisprudence 2d.
(call # R 349.747 N) and
Corpus juris secundum
(call# R  349.73 C)

These volumes are located in the Reference Section of the Social Sciences Division of the Central Library, which is located at:
89-11 Merrick Blvd
Jamaica, NY 11432
(718 990-0761)

If you wish to explore other legal websites for the layman, the following are recommended:
<url http://www.nolo.com> [April 2003] and <url http://www.law.cornell.edu> [April 2003]
</answer>
<qkeyword>civil lawsuits</qkeyword>
<akeyword>civil lawsuits</akeyword>
<ukeyword>null</ukeyword>
<lastUpdate>2003-04-14 17:27:00.0</lastUpdate>
<aid>23861</aid>
<id>23861</id>
<source>1</source>
<publicflag>1</publicflag>
<qstatus>3</qstatus>
<kbpublic>true</kbpublic>
<status>0</status>
<answerSourcesChecked>null</answerSourcesChecked>
<addendum>null</addendum>

<copyright>
This material is from the OCLC QuestionPoint Global Knowledge Base.  For related material in a library near you, go to http://worldcat.org
</copyright>
<branding>null</branding>

<requestInst>
Library of Congress - Newspaper and Current Periodical Room
</requestInst>
<answerInst>Queens Library (Queens NY)</answerInst>
<requestDate>2003-03-13 00:00:00.0</requestDate>
<answerDate>2003-03-18 00:00:00.0</answerDate>
</record>
</response>

JSON Output

{
{
    "answerDate": "2003-03-18 00:00:00.0",
    "status": 0,
    "lastUpdate": "2003-04-14 17:27:00.0",
    "answer": "We are assuming that you are referring to the New York City Civil Court System.  Their home page can be accessed at: <url http://www.courts.state.ny.us> [April 2003].\r\n  \r\nWe are also assuming you are interested in Queens county.  The Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens is located at:\r\nCivil Court Building\r\n89-17 Sutphin Blvd\r\nJamaica, NY 11435\r\n(718-262-7138)\r\n\r\nThe Queens Public Library has the following materials which have New York civil court cases with an index:\r\nNew York jurisprudence 2d.\r\n(call # R 349.747 N) and\r\nCorpus juris secundum\r\n(call# R  349.73 C)\r\n\r\nThese volumes are located in the Reference Section of the Social Sciences Division of the Central Library, which is located at:\r\n89-11 Merrick Blvd\r\nJamaica, NY 11432\r\n(718 990-0761)\r\n\r\nIf you wish to explore other legal websites for the layman, the following are recommended:\r\n<url http://www.nolo.com> [April 2003] and <url http://www.law.cornell.edu> [April 2003]\r\n",
    "aid": 23861,
    "copyright": "This material is from the OCLC QuestionPoint Global Knowledge Base.  For related material in a library near you, go to http://worldcat.org",
    "akeyword": "civil lawsuits",
    "qstatus": 3,
    "id": 23861,
    "answerInst": "Queens Library (Queens NY)",
    "source": 1,
    "requestInst": "Library of Congress - Newspaper and Current Periodical Room",
    "publicflag": 1,
    "qkeyword": "civil lawsuits",
    "requestDate": "2003-03-13 00:00:00.0",
    "question": "Where can I find civil lawsuits?\r\n",
    "kbpublic": true
}
}

HTML Output

The HTML output provides and HTML encoded response which can easily be embedded into a webpage.

Example

Text Output

The text output provides a comma separated list of field name and value pairs.

Example