Space Frontiers

Space Frontiers Raw document downloads API

Authenticated, feature-gated streaming of PDF, EPUB, and DJVU library originals.

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Operations 2

GET /v2/downloads/{filename} Original document by ID #

GET /v2/downloads/by-uri/{uri} Original document by URI #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Machine Library Raw document downloads API
  version: 0.1.0
  contact:
    email: contact@machinelibrary.ai
    name: Machine Library
    url: https://machinelibrary.ai/contacts
  description: 'Search, retrieve, and synthesize scholarly and public-interest documents through Machine Library, the search and AI product by Space Frontiers Company. Document recognition endpoints (`/v1/recognitions`: PDF, EPUB, and DJVU to structured Markdown) share this host and are described at `/v1/recognitions/docs/openapi.json`; the site reference at https://machinelibrary.ai/docs/api/reference presents both specs merged.'
  license:
    identifier: MIT
    name: MIT (API description only; retrieved content retains its own rights)
  termsOfService: https://machinelibrary.ai/terms-of-service
servers:
- description: Machine Library
  url: https://api.machinelibrary.ai
- description: Space Frontiers (compatible endpoint)
  url: https://api.spacefrontiers.org
tags:
- name: Raw document downloads
  description: Authenticated, feature-gated streaming of PDF, EPUB, and DJVU library originals.
paths:
  /v2/downloads/{filename}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Raw document downloads
      summary: Original document by ID
      description: Requires the durable raw-document-downloads feature and streams directly from object storage. See current pricing and access terms.
      operationId: downloadOriginaldocumentbyID
      security:
      - api_key: []
      - bearer_auth: []
      - oauth2:
        - search
      parameters:
      - name: filename
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Canonical document ID plus `.pdf`, `.epub`, or `.djvu`, for example `31tlqhmn2jmoh3gzlea74trb3.pdf`.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: Range
        in: header
        required: false
        description: One RFC 9110 byte range, for example `bytes=0-1048575`. Multipart ranges are not supported.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Complete original document.
          headers:
            Accept-Ranges:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: bytes
            Content-Disposition:
              schema:
                type: string
            Content-Length:
              schema:
                type: integer
                format: int64
            ETag:
              schema:
                type: string
            X-Spent-Budget:
              description: Amount charged in USD for this request. See [current pricing](https://machinelibrary.ai/pricing/world).
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/pdf:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
            application/epub+zip:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
            image/vnd.djvu:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
        '206':
          description: Requested byte range.
          headers:
            Accept-Ranges:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: bytes
            Content-Disposition:
              schema:
                type: string
            Content-Length:
              schema:
                type: integer
                format: int64
            ETag:
              schema:
                type: string
            X-Spent-Budget:
              description: Amount charged in USD for this request. See [current pricing](https://machinelibrary.ai/pricing/world).
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/pdf:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
            application/epub+zip:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
            image/vnd.djvu:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
        '400':
          description: Invalid document ID, URI, or format.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - detail
                - status
                properties:
                  detail: {}
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: error
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API credential.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - detail
                - status
                properties:
                  detail: {}
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: error
        '402':
          description: Insufficient account balance.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - detail
                - status
                properties:
                  detail: {}
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: error
        '403':
          description: The raw-document-downloads feature is missing. See https://machinelibrary.ai/pricing for current access terms.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - detail
                - status
                properties:
                  detail: {}
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: error
        '404':
          description: No matching original document is available.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - detail
                - status
                properties:
                  detail: {}
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: error
        '416':
          description: Invalid, unsatisfiable, or multipart range.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - detail
                - status
                properties:
                  detail: {}
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: error
        '502':
          description: Document storage is unavailable.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - detail
                - status
                properties:
                  detail: {}
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: error
  /v2/downloads/by-uri/{uri}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Raw document downloads
      summary: Original document by URI
      description: Requires the durable raw-document-downloads feature and streams directly from object storage. See current pricing and access terms. The URI is resolved through the canonical document_uris index.
      operationId: downloadOriginaldocumentbyURI
      security:
      - api_key: []
      - bearer_auth: []
      - oauth2:
        - search
      parameters:
      - name: uri
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Percent-encoded canonical URI copied from a search result, for example `doi%3A%2F%2F10.1000%2Fexample`.
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 8192
      - name: format
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Request PDF, EPUB, or DJVU. The default is PDF.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - pdf
          - epub
          - djvu
      - name: Range
        in: header
        required: false
        description: One RFC 9110 byte range, for example `bytes=0-1048575`. Multipart ranges are not supported.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Complete original document.
          headers:
            Accept-Ranges:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: bytes
            Content-Disposition:
              schema:
                type: string
            Content-Length:
              schema:
                type: integer
                format: int64
            ETag:
              schema:
                type: string
            X-Spent-Budget:
              description: Amount charged in USD for this request. See [current pricing](https://machinelibrary.ai/pricing/world).
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/pdf:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
            application/epub+zip:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
            image/vnd.djvu:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
        '206':
          description: Requested byte range.
          headers:
            Accept-Ranges:
              schema:
                type: string
                example: bytes
            Content-Disposition:
              schema:
                type: string
            Content-Length:
              schema:
                type: integer
                format: int64
            ETag:
              schema:
                type: string
            X-Spent-Budget:
              description: Amount charged in USD for this request. See [current pricing](https://machinelibrary.ai/pricing/world).
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/pdf:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
            application/epub+zip:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
            image/vnd.djvu:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
        '400':
          description: Invalid document ID, URI, or format.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - detail
                - status
                properties:
                  detail: {}
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: error
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API credential.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - detail
                - status
                properties:
                  detail: {}
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: error
        '402':
          description: Insufficient account balance.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - detail
                - status
                properties:
                  detail: {}
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: error
        '403':
          description: The raw-document-downloads feature is missing. See https://machinelibrary.ai/pricing for current access terms.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - detail
                - status
                properties:
                  detail: {}
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: error
        '404':
          description: No matching original document is available.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - detail
                - status
                properties:
                  detail: {}
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: error
        '416':
          description: Invalid, unsatisfiable, or multipart range.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - detail
                - status
                properties:
                  detail: {}
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: error
        '502':
          description: Document storage is unavailable.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - detail
                - status
                properties:
                  detail: {}
                  status:
                    type: string
                    example: error
components:
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      description: Machine Library API key from https://machinelibrary.ai/keys.
      in: header
      name: X-Api-Key
      type: apiKey
    bearer_auth:
      bearerFormat: API key or OAuth 2.0 access token
      description: Send the same API key, or an OAuth 2.0 access token, as a Bearer token.
      scheme: bearer
      type: http
    oauth2:
      description: Authorization code with mandatory S256 PKCE. Public clients use dynamic registration; see https://machinelibrary.ai/auth.md. Access spends the consenting account's credits.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://api.machinelibrary.ai/v2/oauth/authorize
          refreshUrl: https://api.machinelibrary.ai/v2/oauth/token
          scopes:
            search: Search and retrieve research documents using your account credits.
          tokenUrl: https://api.machinelibrary.ai/v2/oauth/token
      type: oauth2
externalDocs:
  description: Authentication, limits, errors, retries, and API lifecycle
  url: https://machinelibrary.ai/docs/api/operations
x-service-info:
  categories:
  - data
  - search
  docs:
    apiReference: https://machinelibrary.ai/docs/api/reference
    homepage: https://machinelibrary.ai
    llms: https://machinelibrary.ai/llms.txt
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Space Frontiers
  source: https://machinelibrary.ai/docs/openapi.json
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)