# Quiltindex — Wrapped API

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> Access data from quiltindex.org.

**Category:** Government & Public Data | **Website:** [quiltindex.org/](https://quiltindex.org/) | **Docs:** [parse.bot/marketplace/6a9fde9d-9f2f-42c6-9a68-98e3f94a1c0c/quiltindex-org-api](https://parse.bot/marketplace/6a9fde9d-9f2f-42c6-9a68-98e3f94a1c0c/quiltindex-org-api)

Pay-per-use API proxy for Locus Pro. Each call burns credits from your workspace balance.

## Access

**Base URL:** `https://api.beta.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/credits/quiltindex/`
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer <LOCUS_CREDITS_SECRET_KEY>` (an `lcr_` secret key or a scoped `lcac_` agent credential)
**Required header:** `Idempotency-Key: <fresh UUID per call>`. A retry with the same key replays the stored result without a new charge.
**Response:** the provider response after any endpoint-specific normalization. `X-Locus-Credits-Charged` carries the charge and `X-Locus-Credits-Balance` the remaining balance. Insufficient credits return `402` before the provider is called.
**Pricing:** estimated costs below are USD. Locus debits the credit equivalent at your workspace rate.

Full call contract: https://docs.paywithlocus.com/api-reference/introduction

> Using a Pay With Locus wallet key (`claw_` prefix)? Wallet routes are documented separately: https://docs.paywithlocus.com/wrapped-apis/for-agents

## Endpoints

### Get quilt

Retrieve the complete record for a single quilt by its Quilt Index ID (KID). Returns structured fields (title, maker, date, location, dimensions, materials, techniques, inscriptions, provenance, contributing institution) plus an all_fields dictionary containing every field from the raw record. Records come from heterogeneous contributors with varying field naming conventions; structured fields use fallback lookups across known variants, while all_fields preserves the raw record exactly as contributed.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `kid` | string | Yes | Quilt Index ID (KID) in format like '19-15-5793' or '38-36-3620'. Obtainable from search_quilts results. |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.beta.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/credits/quiltindex/get-quilt \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOCUS_CREDITS_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"kid":"<string>"}'
```

### Search quilts

Full-text search across the Quilt Index database. Matches keywords against quilt titles, patterns, makers, locations, materials, techniques, and descriptions. Returns paginated results (60 per page) with summary information for each quilt. Results can be sorted by maker name, pattern name, or date.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `keywords` | string | Yes | Search terms to match against quilt records. Matches titles, patterns, makers, locations, materials, techniques, and descriptions. |
| `page` | integer | No | Page number for paginated results (60 results per page). |
| `sort_by` | string | No | Sort order for results. Omitting returns relevance-based ordering. |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.beta.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/credits/quiltindex/search-quilts \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOCUS_CREDITS_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keywords":"<string>","page":"<integer>","sort_by":"<string>"}'
```

## Next steps

- [All wrapped API providers](https://beta.paywithlocus.com/wapi/index.md): pick another provider.
- [Find and call tools](https://beta.paywithlocus.com/agent/tools.md): price ceilings, async results, and errors.
- [Credits and billing](https://beta.paywithlocus.com/agent/billing.md): what a call costs and how to add credits.
- [Agent docs index](https://beta.paywithlocus.com/agent/index.md): every Locus agent page.