McGill University Dataverses API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: McGill University Dataverse (Borealis) - Native Dataverses API
  description: Dataverse Native REST API serving the McGill University Dataverse research-data repository on the Borealis (Scholars Portal) platform. Provides programmatic access to the McGill collection, its contents, and installation info. Faithful subset of the upstream Dataverse OpenAPI (Dataverse v6.8.1-SP); response schemas derived from verified live responses. Write/admin operations require an X-Dataverse-key API token.
  version: v6.8.1-SP
  contact:
    name: McGill Research Data Management
    email: rdm.library@mcgill.ca
  license:
    name: Apache-2.0
    url: https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/blob/develop/LICENSE.md
servers:
- url: https://borealisdata.ca/api
  description: Borealis (Scholars Portal) Dataverse hosting the McGill University Dataverse
tags:
- name: Dataverses
paths:
  /dataverses/{identifier}:
    get:
      operationId: Dataverses_getDataverse
      parameters:
      - name: identifier
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: returnChildCount
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: returnOwners
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      summary: Get a Dataverse collection
      description: Retrieve a Dataverse collection by its alias or id (e.g. 'mcgill' for the McGill University Dataverse).
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The collection record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                allOf:
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
                - type: object
                  properties:
                    data:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Dataverse'
        '404':
          description: Collection not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
      tags:
      - Dataverses
  /dataverses/{identifier}/contents:
    get:
      operationId: Dataverses_listContent
      parameters:
      - name: identifier
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      summary: List the contents of a collection
      description: List the child collections and datasets directly within a collection.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Contents of the collection.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
      tags:
      - Dataverses
components:
  schemas:
    Dataverse:
      type: object
      description: A Dataverse collection record (e.g. the McGill University Dataverse).
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          description: Internal numeric id of the collection.
        alias:
          type: string
          description: URL-safe identifier of the collection (e.g. 'mcgill').
        name:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the collection.
        affiliation:
          type: string
          description: Affiliated institution.
        dataverseType:
          type: string
          description: Category of the collection.
        description:
          type: string
          description: HTML description of the collection.
        ownerId:
          type: integer
          description: Internal id of the parent collection.
        creationDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When the collection was created.
        permissionRoot:
          type: boolean
        isReleased:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the collection is published.
        theme:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
          description: Branding/theme settings.
      required:
      - id
      - alias
      - name
    ApiResponse:
      type: object
      description: Standard Dataverse JSON response envelope.
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - OK
          - ERROR
          description: Overall request status.
        data:
          type: object
          description: Payload object (shape depends on the endpoint).
          additionalProperties: true
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable message, present on errors.
      required:
      - status
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Dataverse-key
      description: Dataverse API token, required for write/admin and private-data operations.