# OSF CEDAR Metadata API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-cedar-metadata-api/  
**Provider:** OSF — https://apis.io/providers/osf/  
**Base URL:** https://api.osf.io  
**Documentation:** https://developer.osf.io

OSF CEDAR Metadata API is one of 41 APIs that [OSF](https://apis.io/providers/osf/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include CEDAR Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

CEDAR Metadata endpoints allow you to create, read, update, and manage metadata records based on CEDAR templates. These templates enable users to apply structured, standardized metadata to nodes and files for improved data sharing, discoverability, and interoperability. CEDAR Metadata records are associated with OSF resources and can be published or kept private depending on user permissions and workflow.

## Operations (6)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/files/{file_id}/cedar_metadata_records/` | Create a CEDAR metadata record for a file |
| POST | `/nodes/{node_id}/cedar_metadata_records/` | Create a CEDAR metadata record for a node |
| GET | `/_/cedar_metadata_records/{record_id}/` | Retrieve a CEDAR metadata record |
| PATCH | `/_/cedar_metadata_records/{record_id}/` | Update a CEDAR metadata record |
| PUT | `/_/cedar_metadata_records/{record_id}/` | Replace a CEDAR metadata record |
| DELETE | `/_/cedar_metadata_records/{record_id}/` | Delete a CEDAR metadata record |

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/osf/openapi/osf-cedar-metadata-api-openapi.yml

## Other OSF APIs (12)

- [OSF API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-api/)
- [OSF Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-actions-api/)
- [OSF Applications API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-applications-api/)
- [OSF Base API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-base-api/)
- [OSF Citations API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-citations-api/)
- [OSF Collection Providers API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-collection-providers-api/)
- [OSF Collection Submission Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-collection-submission-actions-api/)
- [OSF Collection Submissions API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-collection-submissions-api/)
- [OSF Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-collections-api/)
- [OSF Comments API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-comments-api/)
- [OSF Contributors API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-contributors-api/)
- [OSF Custom Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-custom-metadata-api/)

## Tags

CEDAR Metadata

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