Fatcat

Fatcat Files API

**File** entities represent unique digital files which are full # TAGLINE manifestations of specific releases (publications), such as fulltext PDF # TAGLINE files, JATS XML documents, or video files. File entities also include a # TAGLINE set of locations where they can be found on the public web. # TAGLINE See the "Catalog Style Guide" section of the guide for details and # TAGLINE semantics of what should be included in specific entity fields. # TAGLINE Specifically, the # TAGLINE [File Entity Reference](https://guide.fatcat.wiki/entity_file.html). # TAGLINE

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 11

POST /editgroup/{editgroup_id}/file Create file #
POST /editgroup/auto/file/batch Create file auto batch #
GET /file/{ident} Get file #
PUT /editgroup/{editgroup_id}/file/{ident} Update file #
DELETE /editgroup/{editgroup_id}/file/{ident} Delete file #
GET /file/rev/{rev_id} Get file revision #
GET /file/{ident}/history Get file history #
GET /file/{ident}/redirects Get file redirects #
GET /file/lookup Lookup file #
GET /file/edit/{edit_id} Get file edit #
DELETE /editgroup/{editgroup_id}/file/edit/{edit_id} Delete file edit #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://guide.fatcat.wiki/http_api.html
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RateLimits
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fatcat/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fatcat/refs/heads/main/openapi/fatcat-files-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/internetarchive/fatcat

Other Resources

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Redoc
https://api.fatcat.wiki/redoc
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PricingPage
https://guide.fatcat.wiki/http_api.html
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Plans
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fatcat/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
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FinOps
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fatcat/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

fatcat-files-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: fatcat Files API
  version: 0.5.0
  description: 'Fatcat is a scalable, versioned, API-oriented catalog of bibliographic

    entities and file metadata.'
  termsOfService: https://guide.fatcat.wiki/policies.html
  contact:
    name: Internet Archive Web Group
    email: webservices@archive.org
    url: https://fatcat.wiki
  x-logo:
    url: https://fatcat.wiki/static/paper_man_confused.gif
    altText: Confused Papers Man (Logo)
    backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF'
servers:
- url: https://api.fatcat.wiki/v0
tags:


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