DataCite

DataCite Dois API

DOIs

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Business capability

Scholarly Output & Publication Management BC-4780.40

Operations 6

GET /dois Return a list of DOIs #

POST /dois Add a new DOI #

GET /dois/{id} Return a DOI #

PUT /dois/{id} Update a DOI #

DELETE /dois/{id} Delete a DOI (for DOIs in draft state only) #

GET /dois/{id}/activities Return activities for a specific DOI #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: REST Dois API
  description: The REST API is used for all API interactions with DataCite services.
  contact:
    name: DataCite Support
    url: https://support.datacite.org
    email: support@datacite.org
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/datacite/lupo/master/LICENSE
  version: 2.3.0
servers:
- url: https://api.test.datacite.org
  description: Staging server
- url: https://api.datacite.org
  description: Production server
security:
- {}
- BasicAuth: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:


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# Full source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/datacite/refs/heads/main/openapi/datacite-dois-api-openapi.yml