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title: Resource
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# Resource

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An external API resource represents a site with supplementary information for another resource such as an anime or artist.

For example, the Bakemonogatari anime has MyAnimeList, AniList and AniDB resources.

## Fields

|    Name     |  Type   | Nullable | Default | Description                                                        |
| :---------: | :-----: | :------: | :-----: | :------------------------------------------------------------------|
| id          | Integer | No       | Yes     | The primary key of the resource                                    |
| link        | String  | Yes      | Yes     | The URL of the external site                                       |
| external_id | Integer | Yes      | Yes     | The primary key of the resource in the external site               |
| site        | Enum    | Yes      | Yes     | The external site that the resource belongs to [Official Website, Twitter, AniDB, Anilist, Anime-Planet, Anime News Network, Kitsu, MyAnimeList, Wikipedia, Spotify, YouTube Music, YouTube, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Crunchyroll, HIDIVE, Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video] |
| created_at  | Date    | No       | No      | The date that the resource was created                             |
| updated_at  | Date    | No       | No      | The date that the resource was last modified                       |
| deleted_at  | Date    | Yes      | No      | The date that the resource was deleted                             |

## Allowed Include Paths

* anime
* artists
* song
* studios

## Allowed Pivots

* animeresource
* artistresource
* songresource
* studioresource

## Endpoints

**[Resource Destroy](/content/resource/destroy/)**

The resource destroy endpoint soft deletes an external resource and returns the deleted external resource.

**[Resource Force Delete](/content/resource/forceDelete/)**

The resource force delete endpoint hard deletes an external resource and returns a confirmation message.

**[Resource Index](/content/resource/index/)**

The resource index endpoint returns a listing of external resources.

**[Resource Restore](/content/resource/restore/)**

The resource restore endpoint restores a soft deleted external resource and returns the restored external resource.

**[Resource Show](/content/resource/show/)**

The resource show endpoint returns an external resource.

**[Resource Store](/content/resource/store/)**

The resource store endpoint creates a new external resource and returns the new external resource.

**[Resource Update](/content/resource/update/)**

The resource update endpoint updates an external resource and returns the updated external resource.