Nanyang Technological University

Nanyang Technological University Discover API

The Discover API from Nanyang Technological University — 1 operation(s) for discover.

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Operations 1

GET /discover/search/objects Discover (search) repository objects #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: DR-NTU (Digital Repository) DSpace REST Discover API
  description: Subset of the DSpace 7.6.3 (with DSpace-CRIS) HAL-based REST API as exposed by DR-NTU (Digital Repository of NTU).
  version: 7.6.3
  contact:
    name: DR-NTU (Digital Repository of NTU)
    url: https://dr.ntu.edu.sg/home
servers:
- url: https://dr.ntu.edu.sg/server/api
  description: DR-NTU (Digital Repository) production REST API
tags:
- name: Discover
paths:
  /discover/search/objects:
    get:
      operationId: discoverSearchObjects
      summary: Discover (search) repository objects
      description: Public discovery search over indexed objects (items, collections, communities). Returns a paged HAL search result whose hits embed the matching indexableObject.
      tags:
      - Discover
      parameters:
      - name: query
        in: query
        description: Full-text query string.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: dsoType
        in: query
        description: Restrict to a DSpace object type.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - item
          - collection
          - community
      - name: scope
        in: query
        description: UUID of a community or collection to scope the search to.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      - name: page
        in: query
        description: Zero-based page index.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          default: 0
      - name: size
        in: query
        description: Page size.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          default: 20
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paged HAL search result
          content:
            application/hal+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiscoverSearchResult'
components:
  schemas:
    MetadataValue:
      type: object
      properties:
        value:
          type: string
        language:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        authority:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        confidence:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
        place:
          type: integer
    DiscoverSearchResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          example: discover
        uniqueType:
          type: string
          example: discover.discover
        _links:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        _embedded:
          type: object
          properties:
            searchResult:
              type: object
              properties:
                _links:
                  type: object
                  additionalProperties: true
                _embedded:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    objects:
                      type: array
                      items:
                        type: object
                        properties:
                          type:
                            type: string
                          _embedded:
                            type: object
                            properties:
                              indexableObject:
                                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Item'
                page:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Page'
    Page:
      type: object
      properties:
        number:
          type: integer
        size:
          type: integer
        totalPages:
          type: integer
        totalElements:
          type: integer
    Item:
      type: object
      description: A DSpace item with Dublin Core / DSpace-CRIS metadata.
      properties:
        uuid:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        name:
          type: string
        handle:
          type: string
          description: Persistent handle, e.g. 10356/213929.
        metadata:
          type: object
          description: Map of metadata field keys (e.g. dc.title, dc.contributor.author) to arrays of value objects.
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetadataValue'
        inArchive:
          type: boolean
        discoverable:
          type: boolean
        withdrawn:
          type: boolean
        type:
          type: string
          example: item
        uniqueType:
          type: string
          example: core.item
x-operator: tenant