National University of Colombia

National University of Colombia REST - Core API

Anonymous HAL+JSON read endpoints for the repository's community/collection structure on UNAL's own host. The contract documents only what a credential-free caller can actually reach on THIS deployment — the generic DSpace specification is not saved here. /server/api returns dspaceVersion "DSpace 7.6.5"; verified live 2026-09-01 (200).

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Operations 5

GET /api API root #
GET /api/core/communities List communities #
GET /api/core/communities/{uuid} Get a community #
GET /api/core/collections List collections #
GET /api/core/collections/{uuid} Get a collection #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100013982

Specifications

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OpenAPI
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Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/national-university-of-colombia/refs/heads/main/json-schema/national-university-of-colombia-community-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/national-university-of-colombia/refs/heads/main/json-schema/national-university-of-colombia-collection-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

national-university-of-colombia-rest-core-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: National University of Colombia - Institutional Repository OAI-PMH REST - Core API
  description: 'Machine-readable description of the publicly accessible, read-only surface of the Repositorio Institucional Universidad Nacional de Colombia, powered by DSpace 7.6.5. Two interfaces are documented: the DSpace REST API (HAL+JSON) and the OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface. Only endpoints confirmed to resolve anonymously during discovery are included. Endpoints that require authentication (e.g. /server/api/core/items) are intentionally omitted.'
  version: 7.6.5
  contact:
    name: Repositorio Institucional UNAL
    email: repositorio_nal@unal.edu.co
    url: https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/
  license:
    name: DSpace (BSD) software; content under individual item licenses
    url: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://bffrepositorio.unal.edu.co/server
  description: DSpace 7.6.5 backend (REST API and OAI-PMH), discovered via repositorio.unal.edu.co assets/config.json
tags:
- name: REST - Core
  description: DSpace HAL+JSON read endpoints for repository structure.
paths:
  /api:
    get:
      tags:
      - REST - Core
      summary: API root
      description: Returns the DSpace REST API root document with the DSpace version and HAL links to all resource endpoints.
      operationId: getApiRoot
      responses:
        '200':
          description: API root document.
          content:
            application/hal+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Root'
  /api/core/communities:
    get:
      tags:
      - REST - Core
      summary: List communities
      description: Returns a paginated list of top-level and child communities (organizational groupings such as faculties and digital libraries).
      operationId: listCommunities
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Page'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Size'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated community list.
          content:
            application/hal+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommunityPage'
  /api/core/communities/{uuid}:
    get:
      tags:
      - REST - Core
      summary: Get a community
      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.
  /api/core/collections:
    get:
      tags:
      - REST - Core
      summary: List collections
      description: Returns a paginated list of collections (groupings of items, typically degree programs or document types).
      operationId: listCollections
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Page'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Size'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paginated collection list.
          content:
            application/hal+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CollectionPage'
  /api/core/collections/{uuid}:
    get:
      tags:
      - REST - Core
      summary: Get a collection
      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.
components:
  schemas:
    Community:
      type: object
      description: A DSpace community (organizational grouping).
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        uuid:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        name:
          type: string
        handle:
          type: string
          example: unal/161
        metadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetadataMap'
        archivedItemsCount:
          type: integer
        type:
          type: string
          example: community
        _links:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
    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
    Collection:
      type: object
      description: A DSpace collection (grouping of items).
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        uuid:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        name:
          type: string
        handle:
          type: string
          example: unal/82395
        metadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetadataMap'
        archivedItemsCount:
          type: integer
        type:
          type: string
          example: collection
        _links:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
    CollectionPage:
      type: object
      properties:
        _embedded:
          type: object
          properties:
            collections:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Collection'
        _links:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
        page:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageInfo'
    MetadataMap:
      type: object
      description: Map of qualified Dublin Core metadata fields to arrays of values.
      additionalProperties:
        type: array
        items:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetadataValue'
    CommunityPage:
      type: object
      properties:
        _embedded:
          type: object
          properties:
            communities:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Community'
        _links:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
        page:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageInfo'
    Link:
      type: object
      properties:
        href:
          type: string
          format: uri
    Root:
      type: object
      description: DSpace REST API root document.
      properties:
        dspaceUI:
          type: string
          format: uri
        dspaceName:
          type: string
        dspaceServer:
          type: string
          format: uri
        dspaceVersion:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          example: root
        _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:
    Page:
      name: page
      in: query
      description: Zero-based page index.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 0
        default: 0
    Size:
      name: size
      in: query
      description: Page size.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        default: 20
    Uuid:
      name: uuid
      in: path
      required: true
      description: DSpace object UUID.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid