This is a PHP interface to the Cooper-Hewitt collection API (https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/api/) by me (http://twitter.com/tarasyoung).

It contains the following functions, all of which return an array. Use print_r to see the results.

ch_request(args)              Directly request info from the API
ch_get(args)                  Send a GET url-style request
ch_search(query)              Search for things
ch_object(info_type, object)  Request info on an object
ch_list(info_type)            Request a list of things of type info_type
ch_info(info_type, id)        Request info on a thing of info_type

You can find full examples for each function within the code.

Available info_types are:

            |   ch_object   ch_list   ch_info |
------------+---------------------------------+-------------
info        |      x                          | info
image       |      x                          | image
person      |      x                     x    | person
exhibition  |      x           x         x    | exhibition
department  |                  x         x    | department
period      |                  x         x    | period
role        |                  x         x    | role
type        |                  x         x    | type
object      |                            x    | object
------------+---------------------------------+-------------

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