Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

edoc-Server DSpace REST API

Public, unauthenticated read API of the edoc-Server, the Open Access institutional repository of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, operated by the University Library's Arbeitsgruppe Elektronisches Publizieren. Live probe 2026-09-01 returned dspaceName "edoc-Server", dspaceVersion "DSpace 8.5-SNAPSHOT"; /core/communities and /discover/search/objects both answered 200, /core/items answered 401. The repository software is DSpace (open source, BSD, self-hosted) — the software is a third party's, the host, the deployment and the content are HU's, which is why this is `institution` and not `tenant`. HU publishes no OpenAPI for it; the three contracts below were authored by API Evangelist from live responses and each says so in its own description. They are three tag-split views of ONE surface, not three APIs — the June 2026 profile listed them as three separate entries and that inflation has been corrected here.

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GET /core/communities List communities #

GET /core/communities/{uuid} Get a community by UUID #

GET /core/communities/{uuid}/collections List collections within a community #

GET /core/collections List collections #

GET /core/collections/{uuid} Get a collection by UUID #

GET /core/items/{uuid} Get an item by UUID #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: edoc-Server DSpace REST API (Humboldt-Universität zu…
  description: Public, read-oriented subset of the DSpace REST API powering the edoc-Server Open Access institutional repository of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
  version: '8.4'
  contact:
    name: edoc-Server, University Library, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
    url: https://edoc-info.hu-berlin.de/en
  license:
    name: DSpace BSD License
    url: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/server/api
  description: edoc-Server production REST API
tags:
- name: Core
  description: Core repository resources (communities, collections, items)
paths:
  /core/communities:
    get:
      tags:
      - Core
      summary: List communities
      description: Returns a paginated HAL collection of top-level and child communities.
      operationId: listCommunities
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/page'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/size'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated list of communities
          content:
            application/hal+json:
              schema:
                allOf:
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PagedResponse'
                - type: object
                  properties:
                    _embedded:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        communities:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Community'
  /core/communities/{uuid}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Core
      summary: Get a community by UUID
      operationId: getCommunity
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/uuid'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single community
          content:
            application/hal+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Community'
        '404':
          description: Not found
  /core/communities/{uuid}/collections:
    get:
      tags:
      - Core
      summary: List collections within a community
      operationId: listCommunityCollections
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/uuid'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/page'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/size'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated list of collections
          content:
            application/hal+json:
              schema:
                allOf:
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PagedResponse'
                - type: object
                  properties:
                    _embedded:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        collections:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Collection'
  /core/collections:
    get:
      tags:
      - Core
      summary: List collections
      operationId: listCollections
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/page'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/size'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated list of collections
          content:
            application/hal+json:
              schema:
                allOf:
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PagedResponse'
                - type: object
                  properties:
                    _embedded:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        collections:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Collection'
  /core/collections/{uuid}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Core
      summary: Get a collection by UUID
      operationId: getCollection
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/uuid'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single collection
          content:
            application/hal+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Collection'
        '404':
          description: Not found
  /core/items/{uuid}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Core
      summary: Get an item by UUID
      description: Returns a single archived item. Item listing endpoints in DSpace are access-controlled; individual archived (publicly discoverable) items are retrievable by UUID.
      operationId: getItem
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/uuid'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single item
          content:
            application/hal+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Item'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized (item not publicly accessible)
        '404':
          description: Not found
components:
  schemas:
    MetadataValue:
      type: object
      description: A single DSpace metadata value entry.
      properties:
        value:
          type: string
        language:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        authority:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        confidence:
          type: integer
        place:
          type: integer
      required:
      - value
    Link:
      type: object
      properties:
        href:
          type: string
          format: uri
    Community:
      type: object
      description: A DSpace community (a grouping of collections and sub-communities).
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        uuid:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        name:
          type: string
        handle:
          type: string
          example: 18452/21664
        metadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetadataMap'
        archivedItemsCount:
          type: integer
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - community
        _links:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
    MetadataMap:
      type: object
      description: Map of metadata field keys (e.g. "dc.title", "dc.identifier.uri", "dc.description") to arrays of metadata values.
      additionalProperties:
        type: array
        items:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetadataValue'
    PagedResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        _embedded:
          type: object
        page:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageInfo'
        _links:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
    Item:
      type: object
      description: A DSpace item (a repository record such as a thesis, article, or dataset).
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        uuid:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        name:
          type: string
        handle:
          type: string
        metadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetadataMap'
        inArchive:
          type: boolean
        discoverable:
          type: boolean
        withdrawn:
          type: boolean
        lastModified:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        entityType:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - item
        _links:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
    Collection:
      type: object
      description: A DSpace collection (a container of items).
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        uuid:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        name:
          type: string
        handle:
          type: string
          example: 18452/20731
        metadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetadataMap'
        archivedItemsCount:
          type: integer
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - collection
        _links:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
    PageInfo:
      type: object
      properties:
        size:
          type: integer
        totalElements:
          type: integer
        totalPages:
          type: integer
        number:
          type: integer
  parameters:
    uuid:
      name: uuid
      in: path
      required: true
      description: UUID of the resource
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
    size:
      name: size
      in: query
      description: Page size
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        default: 20
    page:
      name: page
      in: query
      description: Zero-based page index
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 0
        default: 0