Marvel API

Marvel API

1. Authentification

   • Requirements for successful API call
     • Private Key
       • A cryptographic key that is used with an asymmetric (public key) cryptographic algorithm
     • Public Key
       • an asymmetric key pair that is typically used to verify signatures or encrypt data
     • Hash
       • An encryption of the private, public and time of the api call
       • md5 encoding
         • a cryptographic protocol used for authenticating messages as well as content verification and digital signatures
     • Time stamp
       • Time of the API call

2. Database

   • Comics
     • Comic ID
       • Characters
         • Sample Data
           • Character { comics (ComicList, optional): A resource list containing comics which feature this character.}
       • Events
         • Sample Data
           • Event {description (string, optional): A description of the event}
       • Series
         • Sample Data
           • SeriesList {available (int, optional): The number of total available series in this list. Will always be greater than or equal to the "returned" value.,}
       • Creators
         • Sample Data
           • Creator {}
             • firstName (string, optional): The first name of the creator.,
             • middleName (string, optional): The middle name of the creator.,
             • lastName (string, optional): The last name of the creator.,
   • Characters
     • Character ID
       • Comics
         • Sample Data
           • Comic {characters (CharacterList, optional): A resource list containing the characters which appear in this comic.,}
       • Events
         • Sample Data
           • Event {characters (CharacterList, optional): A resource list containing the characters which appear in this event.,}
       • Series
         • Sample Data
           • Series {characters (CharacterList, optional): A resource list containing characters which appear in comics in this series.,}
       • Stories
         • Sample Data
           • Story {characters (CharacterList, optional): A resource list of characters which appear in this story.,}
   • Events
     • Event ID
       • Series
         • Sample Data
           • Series { events (EventList, optional): A resource list containing events which take place in comics in this series.,}
       • Stories
         • Sample Data
           • Story { events (EventList, optional): A resource list of the events in which this story appears.,}
       • Creator
         • Sample Data
           • Creator { events (EventList, optional): A resource list containing the events which feature work by this creator.}
       • Comics
         • Sample Data
           • Comic { characters (CharacterList, optional): A resource list containing the characters which appear in this comic.,}
       • Characters
         • Sample Data
           • Character { events (EventList, optional): A resource list of events in which this character appears.,}
   • Creators
     • Creator ID
       • Events
         • Sample Data
           • Creator {creators (CreatorList, optional): A resource list containing creators whose work appears in this event.,}
       • Comics
         • Sample Data
           • Comic {creators (CreatorList, optional): A resource list containing the creators associated with this comic.,}
       • Series
         • Sample Data
           • Series {creators (CreatorList, optional): A resource list of creators whose work appears in comics in this series.,}
       • Story
         • Sample Data
           • Story {creators (CreatorList, optional): A resource list of creators who worked on this story.,}
   • Series
     • Series ID
       • Events
         • Sample Data
           • Event {series (SeriesList, optional): A resource list containing the series in this event.,}
       • Stories
         • Sample Data
           • Story { series (SeriesList, optional): A resource list containing series in which this story appears.,}
       • Characters
         • Sample Data
           • Character {series (SeriesList, optional): A resource list of series in which this character appears.}
       • Comics
         • Sample Data
           • Comic {series (SeriesSummary, optional): A summary representation of the series to which this comic belongs.,}
       • Creators
         • Sample Data
           • Creator {series (SeriesList, optional): A resource list containing the series which feature work by this creator.,}