# OSF Preprints API

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

OSF Preprints 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 Preprints. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

The Preprints API from OSF — 17 operation(s) for preprints.

## Operations (24)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/preprints/` | List all preprints |
| POST | `/preprints/` | Create a preprint |
| GET | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/versions/` | List preprint versions |
| POST | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/versions/` | Create a preprint version |
| GET | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/` | Retrieve a preprint |
| PATCH | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/` | Update a preprint |
| GET | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/citation/` | Retrieve citation details |
| GET | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/citation/{style_id}/` | Retrieve a styled citation |
| GET | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/contributors/` | List all Contributors for a Preprint |
| POST | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/contributors/` | Create a Contributor |
| GET | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/contributors/{user_id}/` | Retrieve a contributor |
| GET | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/bibliographic_contributors/` | List all Bibliographic Contributors |
| GET | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/institutions/` | List all Institutional Affilations for a Preprint |
| GET | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/relationships/institutions/` | List all Institutions for a Preprint |
| PUT | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/relationships/institutions/` | Update a Preprints Institutional Affilation |
| GET | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/files/` | List storage providers for a preprint |
| GET | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/files/osfstorage/` | List files for a preprint in osfstorage |
| GET | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/identifiers/` | List identifiers for a preprint |
| GET | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/relationships/node/` | Retrieve the relationship to the supplemental node of the preprint |
| PATCH | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/relationships/node/` | Update the relationship to the supplemental node of the preprint |
| DELETE | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/relationships/node/` | Remove the supplemental node relationship from the preprint |
| POST | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/requests/` | Create a Preprint Request |
| GET | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/review_actions/` | List Review Actions for a Preprint |
| GET | `/preprints/{preprint_id}/subjects/` | List Preprint Subjects |

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/osf/openapi/osf-preprints-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 CEDAR Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-cedar-metadata-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/)

## Tags

Preprints

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