Get choosable license types

Returns all license types that can be selected for content.

Names and descriptions are localized according to the requested ISO 639-1 language code.

GET/api/choosable-license-types

Query parameters

langstring

ISO 639-1 language code. Defaults to English.

min length 2 · max length 2 · default: "en"

Responses

200

License types found.

servicestringrequired

Name of the API service.

api_versionstringrequired

API version.

response_typestringrequired

Identifier of the response type.

statusintegerrequired

HTTP status code of the response.

Allowed:200

timestampstring<date-time>required

Time at which the response was generated.

metadataGetChoosableLicenseTypes.ChoosableLicenseTypesMetadata

Metadata returned by the choosable license types endpoint.

Show properties

languagestring

ISO 639-1 language code used for localization.

license_countinteger

Number of returned license types.

min 0

response_time_msinteger

Server-side response time in milliseconds.

min 0

dataGetChoosableLicenseTypes.LicenseType[]required

List of available license types.

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Array of GetChoosableLicenseTypes.LicenseType

keystring | anyrequired

Internal identifier of the license type.

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Any of:

string

string

any

any

namestring | anyrequired

Localized name of the license type.

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Any of:

string

string

any

any

descriptionstring | anyrequired

Optional localized description of the license type.

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Any of:

string

string

any

any

messagestring

Human-readable response message.

404

No license types found.

servicestringrequired

Name of the API service.

api_versionstringrequired

API version.

response_typestringrequired

Identifier of the response type.

statusintegerrequired

HTTP status code of the response.

Allowed:404

timestampstring<date-time>required

Time at which the response was generated.

metadataGetChoosableLicenseTypes.ChoosableLicenseTypesMetadata

Metadata returned by the choosable license types endpoint.

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languagestring

ISO 639-1 language code used for localization.

license_countinteger

Number of returned license types.

min 0

response_time_msinteger

Server-side response time in milliseconds.

min 0

dataany

Response payload.

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Any of:

any

any

any

any

messagestring

Human-readable response message.

500

Internal server error.

servicestringrequired

Name of the API service.

api_versionstringrequired

API version.

response_typestringrequired

Identifier of the response type.

statusintegerrequired

HTTP status code of the response.

Allowed:500

timestampstring<date-time>required

Time at which the response was generated.

metadataGetChoosableLicenseTypes.ChoosableLicenseTypesMetadata

Metadata returned by the choosable license types endpoint.

Show properties

languagestring

ISO 639-1 language code used for localization.

license_countinteger

Number of returned license types.

min 0

response_time_msinteger

Server-side response time in milliseconds.

min 0

dataany

Response payload.

Show properties

Any of:

any

any

any

any

messagestring

Human-readable response message.

Try it

Server

Base URLCustom base URLOverrides the selected server when set.

Parameters

langqueryISO 639-1 language code. Defaults to English.

Request

curl -X GET "https://api.kulturbytes.de/api/choosable-license-types"

const response = await fetch("https://api.kulturbytes.de/api/choosable-license-types", {
  method: "GET"
});

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.kulturbytes.de/api/choosable-license-types",
)

Response

{
  "service": "Uranus API",
  "api_version": "1.0",
  "response_type": "get-chooseable-license-types",
  "status": 200,
  "timestamp": "2026-09-20T09:45:16Z",
  "metadata": {
    "language": "en",
    "license_count": 10,
    "response_time_ms": 3
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "key": "all-rights-reserved",
      "name": "All Rights Reserved",
      "description": null
    },
    {
      "key": "cc-by",
      "name": "CC BY – Attribution",
      "description": null
    },
    {
      "key": "cc-by-nc",
      "name": "CC BY-NC – Attribution-NonCommercial",
      "description": null
    },
    {
      "key": "cc-by-nc-nd",
      "name": "CC BY-NC-ND – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives",
      "description": null
    },
    {
      "key": "cc-by-nc-sa",
      "name": "CC BY-NC-SA – Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike",
      "description": null
    },
    {
      "key": "cc-by-nd",
      "name": "CC BY-ND – Attribution-NoDerivatives",
      "description": null
    },
    {
      "key": "cc-by-sa",
      "name": "CC BY-SA – Attribution-ShareAlike",
      "description": null
    },
    {
      "key": "cc0",
      "name": "CC0 – Public Domain",
      "description": null
    },
    {
      "key": "mit",
      "name": "MIT License",
      "description": null
    },
    {
      "key": "pd",
      "name": "Public Domain",
      "description": null
    }
  ]
}

{
  "service": "Uranus API",
  "api_version": "1.0",
  "response_type": "get-chooseable-license-types",
  "status": 404,
  "timestamp": "2026-09-20T09:45:16Z",
  "metadata": {
    "language": "xx",
    "response_time_ms": 1
  },
  "data": null,
  "message": "No licenses found"
}

{
  "service": "Uranus API",
  "api_version": "1.0",
  "response_type": "get-chooseable-license-types",
  "status": 500,
  "timestamp": "2026-09-20T09:45:16Z",
  "metadata": {
    "language": "en",
    "response_time_ms": 3
  },
  "data": null,
  "message": "Internal server error"
}