openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Figshare altmetric Request API
  description: Figshare API v2 - Full REST API documentation for managing articles, collections, projects and more. Saved for the University of the Witwatersrand Open Data Vault, which is hosted on the Figshare platform; datasets are accessible programmatically via this public API.
  version: '2.0'
  contact:
    name: Figshare Support
    url: https://support.figshare.com/support/home
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
servers:
- url: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  description: Figshare public REST API v2 (Wits Open Data Vault programmatic access)
tags:
- name: Request
paths:
  /request:
    get:
      summary: OAI-PMH request endpoint
      description: Single OAI-PMH entry point. The `verb` parameter selects the operation. Supported verbs are Identify, ListMetadataFormats, ListSets, ListIdentifiers, ListRecords, and GetRecord. Selective harvesting parameters (from, until, set, metadataPrefix, identifier, resumptionToken) apply per verb as defined by the OAI-PMH 2.0 protocol.
      operationId: oaiRequest
      parameters:
      - name: verb
        in: query
        required: true
        description: The OAI-PMH verb (operation) to perform.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Identify
          - ListMetadataFormats
          - ListSets
          - ListIdentifiers
          - ListRecords
          - GetRecord
      - name: identifier
        in: query
        required: false
        description: OAI identifier of a record (required for GetRecord; optional for ListMetadataFormats).
        schema:
          type: string
          example: oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/38213
      - name: metadataPrefix
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Metadata format prefix (e.g. oai_dc). Required for GetRecord, ListRecords, ListIdentifiers.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: oai_dc
      - name: from
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Lower bound for selective harvesting by datestamp (UTC).
        schema:
          type: string
          example: '2025-01-01T00:00:00Z'
      - name: until
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Upper bound for selective harvesting by datestamp (UTC).
        schema:
          type: string
          example: '2025-12-31T23:59:59Z'
      - name: set
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Set spec for selective harvesting by set membership.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: resumptionToken
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Flow-control token returned in a previous incomplete list response.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: An OAI-PMH 2.0 XML response document. The root element is OAI-PMH, containing responseDate, request, and either a verb-specific payload element or an error element.
          content:
            text/xml:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: OAI-PMH XML response document.
      tags:
      - Request
components:
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://figshare.com/account/applications/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://api.figshare.com/v2/token
          scopes:
            all: Grants all access
x-additional-descriptions:
- title: Upload files
  position: bottom
  subsections:
  - title: Steps to upload file
    content: description_upload_steps
  - title: Uploads API
    content: description_upload_api
  - title: Parts API
    content: description_upload_parts_api
  - title: Example Upload on figshare
    content: description_upload_example
  - title: Output of Script
    content: description_upload_output
  - title: Upload Bash Script
    content: description_upload_bash
  - title: Upload S3 File to Figshare
    content: description_upload_from_s3
- title: Search
  position: bottom
  subsections:
  - title: How to find data on figshare
    content: description_search_intro
  - title: Search operators
    content: description_search_operators
  - title: Searchable attributes
    content: description_search_attributes
  - title: Quick search
    content: description_search_quick
  - title: Advanced search
    content: description_search_advanced
  - title: Combined field search
    content: description_search_combined
  - title: Complex searches
    content: description_search_complex
- title: Stats
  position: bottom
  subsections:
  - title: Stats service
    subsections:
    - title: Intro
      content: description_stats_service_intro
    - title: Authentication
      content: description_stats_service_auth
    - title: Errors
      content: description_stats_service_errors
    - title: Endpoints
      content: description_stats_service_endpoints
  - title: Breakdown
    subsections:
    - title: Endpoints for retrieving a breakdown
      content: description_stats_breakdown_endpoints
    - title: Authorization
      content: description_stats_breakdown_auth
    - title: Endpoint format
      content: description_stats_breakdown_format
    - title: Request parameters
      content: description_stats_breakdown_params
    - title: Examples
      content: description_stats_breakdown_examples
  - title: Timeline
    subsections:
    - title: Endpoints for retrieving a timeline
      content: description_stats_timeline_endpoints
    - title: Authorization
      content: description_stats_timeline_auth
    - title: Endpoint format
      content: description_stats_timeline_format
    - title: Request parameters
      content: description_stats_timeline_params
    - title: Examples
      content: description_stats_timeline_examples
  - title: Tops
    subsections:
    - title: Endpoints for retrieving tops
      content: description_stats_tops_endpoints
    - title: Authorization
      content: description_stats_tops_auth
    - title: Endpoint format
      content: description_stats_tops_format
    - title: Request parameters
      content: description_stats_tops_params
    - title: Examples
      content: description_stats_tops_examples
  - title: Totals
    subsections:
    - title: Endpoints for retrieving totals
      content: description_stats_totals_endpoints
    - title: Authorization
      content: description_stats_totals_auth
    - title: Endpoint format
      content: description_stats_totals_format
    - title: Examples
      content: description_stats_totals_examples
  - title: Count Articles
    subsections:
    - title: Endpoint for retrieving counts
      content: description_stats_count_endpoints
    - title: Authorization
      content: description_stats_count_auth
    - title: Endpoint format
      content: description_stats_count_format
    - title: Example
      content: description_stats_count_examples
- title: OAI PMH
  position: bottom
  subsections:
  - title: OAI-PMH
    content: description_oai_pmh
  - title: Base URL
    content: description_oai_baseurl
  - title: Item equals Article
    content: description_oai_itemarticle
  - title: Metadata formats
    content: description_oai_metadata
  - title: Datestamps
    content: description_oai_datestamp
  - title: Sets
    content: description_oai_sets
  - title: Update schedule
    content: description_oai_update_schedule
  - title: Pagination and Resumption Token Expiration
    content: description_oai_pagination
  - title: Rate limit
    content: description_oai_ratelimit
  - title: Future development
    content: description_oai_futuredev
  - title: Some examples
    content: description_oai_someexamples
- title: HR Feed
  position: bottom
  subsections:
  - title: HR Feed Private Endpoint
    content: description_hrfeed_endpoint
  - title: HR Feed examples
    subsections:
    - title: Python
      content: description_hrfeed_examples_python
    - title: Java
      content: description_hrfeed_examples_java
    - title: C Sharp
      content: description_hrfeed_examples_csharp
    - title: Curl
      content: description_hrfeed_examples_curl
  - title: Response
    content: description_hrfeed_response
  - title: Errors
    content: description_hrfeed_errors
  - title: Notes
    content: description_hrfeed_notes
- title: Custom Fields
  position: bottom
  subsections:
  - title: Custom Fields Private Endpoints
    content: description_custom_fields_endpoint
  - title: Custom Fields examples
    subsections:
    - title: Python
      content: description_custom_fields_examples_python
    - title: Java
      content: description_custom_fields_examples_java
    - title: C Sharp
      content: description_custom_fields_examples_csharp
    - title: Curl
      content: description_custom_fields_examples_curl
  - title: Response
    content: description_custom_fields_response
  - title: Errors
    content: description_custom_fields_errors
  - title: Notes
    content: description_custom_fields_notes
- title: figshare Documentation
  position: top
  subsections:
  - title: figshare Documentation
    content: description_intro
  - title: OAuth
    subsections:
    - title: Intro
      content: description_oauth_intro
    - title: Quick guide
      content: description_oauth_quick
    - title: Scope
      content: description_oauth_scope
    - title: Grant Types
      content: description_oauth_grant
  - title: API description
    subsections:
    - title: Feature list
      content: description_api_features
    - title: Sending parameters
      content: description_api_parameters
    - title: Resource representations
      content: description_api_resourcerepresentation
    - title: Authentication
      content: description_api_auth
    - title: Errors
      content: description_api_errors
    - title: Searching filtering and pagination
      content: description_api_search
    - title: Rate limiting
      content: description_api_ratelimit
    - title: Conditional requests
      content: description_api_requests
    - title: CORS policy
      content: description_api_cors
    - title: Impersonation
      content: description_api_impersonation
x-original-swagger-version: '2.0'