A simple example: retrieving the latest release for a publication - cul-it/open-esmis GitHub Wiki

One of the most common usages of the ESMIS API is to retrieve the latest release of a specific publication so that it can be available from a web page.

First, determine the "id" for the publication. This can easily be done using the main web site. Search for the title of a publication and then select it from the result list. One the publication page is display look at the URL of the page in your browser and it will look something like this: https://usda.library.cornell.edu/concern/publications/**3197xm04j**?locale=en

Note the highlighted portion of the url, after publications/ and before the question mark. That is the internal id for the publication and can be used in the API to get all the data about a publication and release.