# Knowledge Bank DSpace REST API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/ohio-state-university/kb-rest/  
**Provider:** Ohio State University — https://apis.io/providers/ohio-state-university/  
**Base URL:** https://kb.osu.edu/server/api  
**Documentation:** https://library.osu.edu/kb

Knowledge Bank DSpace REST API is one of 3 APIs that [Ohio State University](https://apis.io/providers/ohio-state-university/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, Institutional Repository, DSpace, Open Access, and REST. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Public REST API for the Knowledge Bank, Ohio State University Libraries' DSpace 7.6 institutional repository. Exposes communities, collections, items, and bitstreams as JSON (HAL) for the digital scholarship and creative works of Ohio State faculty, staff, and students. Verified live returning DSpace 7.6 metadata.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://library.osu.edu/kb
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/osulibraries/DSpaceOSUKB
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ohio-state-university/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Ohio State University APIs (2)

- [Knowledge Bank OAI-PMH Interface](https://apis.io/apis/ohio-state-university/kb-oai/)
- [Web Single Sign-On (Shibboleth)](https://apis.io/apis/ohio-state-university/websso/)

## Tags

Library, Institutional Repository, DSpace, Open Access, REST

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