# Harvard University Access API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/harvard/harvard-access-api/  
**Provider:** Harvard University — https://apis.io/providers/harvard/  
**Base URL:** https://dataverse.harvard.edu/api  
**Documentation:** https://dataverse.harvard.edu/

Harvard University Access API is one of 50 APIs that [Harvard University](https://apis.io/providers/harvard/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Access. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 1 JSON Schema.

The Access API from Harvard University — 23 operation(s) for access.

## Operations (29)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/access/datafile/bundle/{fileId}` | — |
| POST | `/access/datafile/bundle/{fileId}` | — |
| GET | `/access/datafile/{fileId}` | — |
| POST | `/access/datafile/{fileId}` | — |
| GET | `/access/datafile/{fileId}/auxiliary` | — |
| GET | `/access/datafile/{fileId}/auxiliary/{formatTag}/{formatVersion}` | — |
| DELETE | `/access/datafile/{fileId}/auxiliary/{formatTag}/{formatVersion}` | — |
| GET | `/access/datafile/{fileId}/auxiliary/{origin}` | — |
| GET | `/access/datafile/{fileId}/metadata` | — |
| GET | `/access/datafile/{fileId}/metadata/ddi` | — |
| PUT | `/access/datafile/{id}/grantAccess/{identifier}` | — |
| GET | `/access/datafile/{id}/listRequests` | — |
| PUT | `/access/datafile/{id}/rejectAccess/{identifier}` | — |
| PUT | `/access/datafile/{id}/requestAccess` | — |
| DELETE | `/access/datafile/{id}/revokeAccess/{identifier}` | — |
| GET | `/access/datafile/{id}/userFileAccessRequested` | — |
| GET | `/access/datafile/{id}/userPermissions` | — |
| POST | `/access/datafiles` | — |
| GET | `/access/datafiles/{fileIds}` | — |
| POST | `/access/datafiles/{fileIds}` | — |
| GET | `/access/dataset/{id}` | — |
| POST | `/access/dataset/{id}` | — |
| GET | `/access/dataset/{id}/versions/{versionId}` | — |
| POST | `/access/dataset/{id}/versions/{versionId}` | — |
| GET | `/access/dataverseFeaturedItemImage/{itemId}` | — |
| GET | `/access/dsCardImage/{versionId}` | — |
| GET | `/access/dvCardImage/{dataverseId}` | — |
| GET | `/access/fileCardImage/{fileId}` | — |
| PUT | `/access/{id}/allowAccessRequest` | — |

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/harvard/refs/heads/main/openapi/harvard-access-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/native-api.html
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/harvard/refs/heads/main/examples/harvard-dataverse-search-response.json
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/harvard-lil/lawskills-hub
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/harvard/refs/heads/main/json-schema/harvard-lil-lawskills-persona-index.schema.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/harvard/refs/heads/main/examples/harvard-lil-lawskills-personas.json

## Other Harvard University APIs (12)

- [Harvard Dataverse OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/harvard/dataverse-oai/)
- [Harvard Library LibraryCloud API (Open Metadata)](https://apis.io/apis/harvard/librarycloud/)
- [Harvard Art Museums API](https://apis.io/apis/harvard/art-museums/)
- [Harvard University Shibboleth Identity Provider (InCommon)](https://apis.io/apis/harvard/identity-federation/)
- [Caselaw Access Project bulk data (Harvard Library Innovation Lab)](https://apis.io/apis/harvard/caselaw-access-project/)
- [Perma.cc API (Harvard Library Innovation Lab)](https://apis.io/apis/harvard/perma/)
- [Harvard API Portal (HUIT)](https://apis.io/apis/harvard/api-portal/)
- [Harvard DASH institutional repository (4Science-managed DSpace)](https://apis.io/apis/harvard/dash/)
- [HOLLIS library discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/harvard/hollis/)
- [Harvard Figshare tenancy](https://apis.io/apis/harvard/figshare/)
- [Canvas LMS tenancy (Instructure)](https://apis.io/apis/harvard/canvas/)
- [Zoom tenancy](https://apis.io/apis/harvard/zoom/)

## Tags

Access

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