# Brown University Discovery API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/brown/brown-discovery-api/  
**Provider:** Brown University — https://apis.io/providers/brown/  
**Base URL:** https://repository.library.brown.edu/api/  
**Documentation:** https://github.com/Brown-University-Library/bdr_api_documentation/wiki

Brown University Discovery API is one of 11 APIs that [Brown University](https://apis.io/providers/brown/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Discovery. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, and 2 JSON Schemas.

The API root link index.

## Operations (1)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/api/` | API root link index |

## Machine-readable artifacts (15)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brown/refs/heads/main/openapi/brown-discovery-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://github.com/Brown-University-Library/bdr_api_documentation/wiki
- **APIReference** — https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/api-docs/
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brown/refs/heads/main/json-schema/brown-bdr-searchresponse.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brown/refs/heads/main/examples/bdr-search-filtered.json
- **Errors** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brown/refs/heads/main/errors/brown-bdr-errors.yml
- **Vocabulary** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brown/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/brown-bdr-field-vocabulary.yml
- **Rules** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brown/refs/heads/main/rules/brown-bdr-spectral-ruleset.yml
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brown/refs/heads/main/authentication/brown-authentication.yml
- **Lifecycle** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brown/refs/heads/main/lifecycle/brown-lifecycle.yml
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brown/refs/heads/main/conformance/brown-conformance.yml
- **GitHubOrganization** — https://github.com/Brown-University-Library
- **Documentation** — https://iiif.io/guides/guides/repository.library.brown.edu/
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brown/refs/heads/main/json-schema/brown-bdr-imageinfo.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brown/refs/heads/main/examples/bdr-iiif-presentation-manifest.json

## Other Brown University APIs (10)

- [Brown University Identity Provider (Shibboleth / SAML 2.0)](https://apis.io/apis/brown/idp/)
- [BruKnow Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/brown/bruknow/)
- [Courses@Brown (Leepfrog CourseLeaf tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/brown/cab/)
- [Brown University Bulletin (Leepfrog CourseLeaf CAT tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/brown/bulletin/)
- [Events@Brown (LiveWhale Calendar tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/brown/events/)
- [Brown University Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/brown/brown-collections-api/)
- [Brown University IIIF Image API](https://apis.io/apis/brown/brown-iiif-image-api/)
- [Brown University IIIF Presentation API](https://apis.io/apis/brown/brown-iiif-presentation-api/)
- [Brown University Items API](https://apis.io/apis/brown/brown-items-api/)
- [Brown University Search API](https://apis.io/apis/brown/brown-search-api/)

## Tags

Discovery

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/brown/brown-discovery-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/brown/.