Harvard University

Harvard University Files API

The Files API from Harvard University — 21 operation(s) for files.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 26

GET /files/fixityAlgorithm #
GET /files/{id} #
DELETE /files/{id} #
GET /files/{id}/dataTables #
GET /files/{id}/downloadCount #
POST /files/{id}/externalTool/{tid}/toolUrl #
POST /files/{id}/extractNcml #
GET /files/{id}/hasBeenDeleted #
GET /files/{id}/metadata #
POST /files/{id}/metadata #
POST /files/{id}/metadata/categories #
GET /files/{id}/metadata/draft #
POST /files/{id}/metadata/tabularTags #
GET /files/{id}/metadata/{fmid}/toolparams/{tid} #
GET /files/{id}/prov-freeform #
POST /files/{id}/prov-freeform #
GET /files/{id}/prov-json #
POST /files/{id}/prov-json #
DELETE /files/{id}/prov-json #
POST /files/{id}/redetect #
POST /files/{id}/reingest #
PUT /files/{id}/restrict #
POST /files/{id}/uningest #
GET /files/{id}/versionDifferences #
GET /files/{id}/versions/{datasetVersionId} #
GET /files/{id}/versions/{dsVersionString}/citation #

Documentation

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JSONSchema
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Other Resources

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GitHub
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Examples
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GitHub
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OpenAPI Specification

harvard-files-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Dataverse Files API
  description: Live OpenAPI served by Harvard Dataverse at https://dataverse.harvard.edu/openapi. Dataverse is open-source research data repository software authored by Harvard's own Institute for Quantitative Social Science (github.com/IQSS/dataverse); this document is the software's generic contract as emitted by the Harvard installation (build iqss-4). The deployment, the data, the DOI prefix (10.7910, DataCite provider harvardu) and the operations are Harvard's; the contract text is shared with every other Dataverse installation.
  version: 6.10.1
  contact:
    name: Harvard Dataverse Support
    email: support@dataverse.harvard.edu
    url: https://dataverse.harvard.edu
servers:
- url: https://dataverse.harvard.edu
  description: Harvard Dataverse production
tags:
- name: Files
paths:
  /files/fixityAlgorithm:
    get:
      operationId: Files_getFixityAlgorithm
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: Files_getFileData
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: includeDeaccessioned
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: returnDatasetVersion
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: returnOwners
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
    delete:
      operationId: Files_deleteFileInDataset
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/dataTables:
    get:
      operationId: Files_getFileDataTables
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/downloadCount:
    get:
      operationId: Files_getFileDownloadCount
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/externalTool/{tid}/toolUrl:
    post:
      operationId: Files_getExternalToolUrl
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: tid
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          format: int64
          type: integer
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/extractNcml:
    post:
      operationId: Files_extractNcml
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/hasBeenDeleted:
    get:
      operationId: Files_getHasBeenDeleted
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/metadata:
    get:
      operationId: Files_getFileMetadata
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
    post:
      operationId: Files_updateFileMetadata
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: sourceLastUpdateTime
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/metadata/categories:
    post:
      operationId: Files_setFileCategories
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: replace
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/metadata/draft:
    get:
      operationId: Files_getFileMetadataDraft
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/metadata/tabularTags:
    post:
      operationId: Files_setFileTabularTags
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: replace
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/metadata/{fmid}/toolparams/{tid}:
    get:
      operationId: Files_getExternalToolFMParams
      parameters:
      - name: fmid
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          format: int64
          type: integer
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: tid
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          format: int64
          type: integer
      - name: locale
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/prov-freeform:
    get:
      operationId: Prov_getProvFreeForm
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
    post:
      operationId: Prov_addProvFreeForm
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/prov-json:
    get:
      operationId: Prov_getProvJson
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
    post:
      operationId: Prov_addProvJson
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: entityName
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
    delete:
      operationId: Prov_deleteProvJson
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/redetect:
    post:
      operationId: Files_redetectDatafile
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: dryRun
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/reingest:
    post:
      operationId: Files_reingest
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/restrict:
    put:
      operationId: Files_restrictFileInDataset
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/uningest:
    post:
      operationId: Files_uningestDatafile
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/versionDifferences:
    get:
      operationId: Files_getFileVersionsList
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          format: int32
          type: integer
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          format: int32
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/versions/{datasetVersionId}:
    get:
      operationId: Files_getFileDataForVersion
      parameters:
      - name: datasetVersionId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: includeDeaccessioned
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: returnDatasetVersion
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: returnOwners
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
  /files/{id}/versions/{dsVersionString}/citation:
    get:
      operationId: Files_getFileCitationByVersion
      parameters:
      - name: dsVersionString
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: includeDeaccessioned
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Files
x-operator: institution
x-provenance:
  generated: '2026-08-19'
  method: searched
  source: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/openapi
  note: Fetched verbatim; pristine copy in openapi/_original/. servers[], info.contact and the info.description operator note were added on fetch because the emitted document carries no servers[] block. No paths, parameters or schemas were altered.