ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology handle API

The handle API from ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology — 1 operation(s) for handle.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.2
info:
  title: Discovery bitstreams handle API
  description: "The Discovery REST API provides access to over 30 million books, images, series, journals, and other materials from the ETH Library's Discovery Portal. \n\n&#x279C; [OAS 3 Swagger Documentation](https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/discovery/v1/)\n\n&#x279C; [ETH Library @ swisscovery Application](https://eth.swisscovery.slsp.ch/)"
  version: 1.0.2
  termsOfService: https://developer.library.ethz.ch/terms
  contact:
    name: API Management ETH Library
    email: api@library.ethz.ch
    url: https://library.ethz.ch
  license:
    url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch/terms
    name: Bibliographic metadata that are not specifically marked are free for general use (Public Domain). Documents, images or other digital objects linked in metadata may be subject to other copyright restrictions. Whenever possible, the licence of the referenced digital objects is indicated in the metadata. In case of doubt, the licence can be inquired at api@library.ethz.ch.
servers:
- url: https://api.library.ethz.ch/discovery/v1/
  description: Production
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: handle
paths:
  /handle/{prefix}/{suffix}:
    get:
      tags:
      - handle
      summary: Retrieve a single object by using object pre- and suffix.
      description: Retrieve a single object by using object pre- and suffix.
      operationId: getObject
      parameters:
      - name: prefix
        in: path
        description: The object prefix.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: suffix
        in: path
        description: The object suffix.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: expand
        in: query
        description: Show additional data for the object.
        style: form
        explode: true
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      responses:
        200:
          description: successful operation
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apikey
externalDocs:
  description: OAS 3 Swagger Documentation
  url: https://apidocs.library.ethz.ch/discovery/v1/