Harvard University

Harvard University Search API

The Search API from Harvard University — 2 operation(s) for search.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

GET /search/services Search get search engines #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/native-api.html

Specifications

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

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/harvard/refs/heads/main/json-schema/harvard-lil-lawskills-persona-index.schema.json

Other Resources

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GitHub
https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/harvard/refs/heads/main/examples/harvard-dataverse-search-response.json
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GitHub
https://github.com/harvard-lil/lawskills-hub
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/harvard/refs/heads/main/examples/harvard-lil-lawskills-personas.json

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OpenAPI Specification

harvard-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Dataverse Search API
  description: Open source research data repository software.
  version: 6.10.1
tags:
- name: Search
paths:
  /search:
    get:
      operationId: Search_search
      parameters:
      - name: fq
        in: query
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: geo_point
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: geo_radius
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: metadata_fields
        in: query
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: order
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: per_page
        in: query
        schema:
          format: int32
          type: integer
      - name: q
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: query_entities
        in: query
        schema:
          default: true
          type: boolean
      - name: search_service
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: show_api_urls
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: show_collections
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: show_entity_ids
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: show_facets
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: show_relevance
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: show_type_counts
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: sort
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: start
        in: query
        schema:
          format: int32
          type: integer
      - name: subtree
        in: query
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: type
        in: query
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Search
      summary: Search search
      x-summary-source: derived
  /search/services:
    get:
      operationId: Search_getSearchEngines
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
      tags:
      - Search
      summary: Search get search engines
      x-summary-source: derived