OSF Add Ons API
Addons represent a user connection to an external service, some addons allow for additional storage, some modify user authentication or add a redirect link to a project.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: OSF APIv2 Documentation Addons API
description: This is the official documentation for the OSF (Open Science Framework) API v2.
version: '2.0'
termsOfService: https://osf.io/terms_of_use/
contact:
name: OSF Support Team
email: support@osf.io
url: https://help.osf.io/
license:
name: Apache 2.0
url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
x-logo:
url: https://cdn.cos.io/media/images/cos_center_logo_small.original.png
backgroundColor: transparent
servers:
- url: https://api.test.osf.io/v2
tags:
- name: Add Ons
description: Addons represent a user connection to an external service, some addons allow for additional storage, some modify user authentication or add a redirect link to a project.
paths:
/addons/:
get:
summary: List all addons
description: 'A paginated list of addons configurable with the OSF, for read purposes only.
#### Returns
Returns a JSON object containing `data` and `links` keys.
The `data` key contains an array of up to 10 addons. Each resource in the array is a separate addon object.
The `links` key contains a dictionary of links that can be used for pagination.
#### Errors
This request should never return an error.'
tags:
- Add Ons
operationId: addons_list
x-response-schema: Addon
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
type: object
title: Addon
properties:
attributes:
type: object
title: Attributes
readOnly: true
description: The properties of the addon entity.
properties:
url:
type: string
readOnly: true
description: The URL to the third-party service provider.
name:
type: string
readOnly: true
description: The name of the third-party service provider.
description:
type: string
readOnly: true
description: The description of the service provider.
categories:
type: array
items:
type: string
enum:
- documentation
- storage
- bibliography
- other
- security
- citations
readOnly: true
description: List of categories this addon belongs to.
type:
type: string
readOnly: true
description: The type identifier of the addon entity (`addons`).
id:
type: string
readOnly: true
description: The identifier of the addon entity.
example:
data:
- links: {}
attributes:
url: http://www.box.com
name: Box
categories:
- storage
description: Box is a file storage add-on. Connect your Box account to an OSF project to interact with files hosted on Box via the OSF.
type: addon
id: box
- links: {}
attributes:
url: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/
name: Dataverse
categories:
- storage
description: Dataverse is an open source software application to share, cite, and archive data. Connect your Dataverse account to share your Dataverse datasets via the OSF.
type: addon
id: dataverse
- links: {}
attributes:
url: http://www.dropbox.com
name: Dropbox
categories:
- storage
description: Dropbox is a file storage add-on. Connect your Dropbox account to an OSF project to interact with files hosted on Dropbox via the OSF.
type: addon
id: dropbox
- links: {}
attributes:
url: http://www.figshare.com
name: figshare
categories:
- storage
description: Figshare is an online digital repository. Connect your figshare account to share your figshare files along with other materials in your OSF project.
type: addon
id: figshare
- links: {}
attributes:
url: http://www.github.com
name: GitHub
categories:
- storage
description: GitHub is a web-based Git repository hosting service. Connect your GitHub repo to your OSF project to share your code alongside other materials in your OSF project.
type: addon
id: github
- links: {}
attributes:
url: http://www.mendeley.com
name: Mendeley
categories:
- citations
description: Mendeley is a reference management tool. Connecting Mendeley folders to OSF projects allows you and others to view, copy, and download citations that are relevant to your project from the Project Overview page.
type: addon
id: mendeley
- links: {}
attributes:
url: http://www.zotero.org
name: Zotero
categories:
- citations
description: Zotero is a reference management tool. Connecting Zotero folders to OSF projects allows you and others to view, copy, and download citations that are relevant to your project from the Project Overview page.
type: addon
id: zotero
- links: {}
attributes:
url: https://owncloud.org/
name: ownCloud
categories:
- storage
description: ownCloud is an open source, self-hosted file sync and share app platform. Connect your ownCloud account to an OSF project to interact with files hosted on ownCloud via the OSF.
type: addon
id: owncloud
- links: {}
attributes:
url: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/
name: Amazon S3
categories:
- storage
description: Amazon S3 is a file storage add-on. Connect your S3 account to an OSF project to interact with files hosted on S3 via the OSF.
type: addon
id: s3
- links: {}
attributes:
url: https://drive.google.com
name: Google Drive
categories:
- storage
description: Google Drive is a file storage add-on. Connect your Google Drive account to an OSF project to interact with files hosted on Google Drive via the OSF.
type: addon
id: googledrive
links:
first: null
last: null
prev: null
next: null
meta: null
total: 10
per_page: 1000
x-tagGroups:
- name: Welcome
tags:
- Introduction
- General Usage
- Authentication
- Pagination
- Versioning
- Filtering
- Sparse Fieldsets
- Embedding
- Request Formatting
- Errors & Error Codes
- Entities & Entity Collections
- name: API Reference
tags:
- Actions
- Addons
- Applications
- Base
- CEDAR Metadata
- Citations
- Comments
- Collections
- Collection Submissions
- Collection Submissions Actions
- Collection Providers
- Custom Metadata
- Files
- Licenses
- Logs
- Institutions
- Identifiers
- Registration Schemas
- Registration Schema Blocks
- Schema Responses
- Schema Response Actions
- Nodes
- Notification Subscriptions
- Preprints
- Preprint Providers
- Draft Registrations
- Registrations
- Registration Providers
- Regions
- OAuth Scopes
- Taxonomies
- Tokens
- Users
- View Only Links
- Wikis
- Subjects
- GUIDs
- Requests
- Resources