# PKU Institutional Repository REST API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/peking/ir-rest/  
**Provider:** Peking University — https://apis.io/providers/peking/  
**Base URL:** https://ir.pku.edu.cn/rest  
**Documentation:** https://ir.pku.edu.cn/

PKU Institutional Repository REST API is one of 8 APIs that [Peking University](https://apis.io/providers/peking/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Research Repository, Scholarly, REST, DSpace, and Open Access. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 1 JSON Schema.

Unauthenticated read API over the university's scholarly record — communities that mirror the faculty structure (理学部, 人文学部, 专利 with 25,721 items), their collections, items, Dublin Core metadata, attached files, and Handle resolution under the repository's own prefix 20.500.11897. Ten paths verified live on 2026-08-19; /rest/items/{id} returns HTTP 500 while the same item resolves through /rest/handle.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/peking/refs/heads/main/openapi/peking-institutional-repository-rest-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/peking/refs/heads/main/json-schema/peking-ir-item.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/peking/refs/heads/main/examples/peking-ir-rest-items-response.json
- **Website** — https://ir.pku.edu.cn/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/peking/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Peking University APIs (7)

- [PKU Institutional Repository OAI-PMH API](https://apis.io/apis/peking/ir-oai-pmh/)
- [PKU Institutional Repository OpenSearch Feed](https://apis.io/apis/peking/ir-opensearch/)
- [Peking University Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 metadata)](https://apis.io/apis/peking/idp-saml/)
- [CARSI — CERNET Authentication and Resource Sharing Infrastructure](https://apis.io/apis/peking/carsi/)
- [OpenSCOW / CraneSched research-computing APIs](https://apis.io/apis/peking/openscow/)
- [PKU Open Research Data Platform (Dataverse REST API)](https://apis.io/apis/peking/opendata-rest/)
- [PKU Open Research Data Platform (OAI-PMH)](https://apis.io/apis/peking/opendata-oaipmh/)

## Tags

Research Repository, Scholarly, REST, DSpace, Open Access

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