Peking University Collections API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Peking University Institutional Repository REST Collections API
  description: 'Read-only HTTP/JSON API for the Institutional Repository of Peking University (北京大学机构知识库), operated by the PKU Library at ir.pku.edu.cn on Peking University''s own domain. The deployment runs DSpace repository software, but the service, the host, the handle prefix (20.500.11897) and the record set are the institution''s, and the payloads carry PKU-specific extensions (claim, award4pku, taglist, deptid, deptname) that are not present in stock DSpace — this is an institution-operated deployment, not a hosted vendor tenancy.

    Every path and response shape in this document was captured from live, unauthenticated probes on 2026-08-19. Paths that did not answer are not included.'
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: PKU Institutional Repository
    email: pkuir@lib.pku.edu.cn
    url: https://ir.pku.edu.cn/
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-evidence: Host ir.pku.edu.cn is under Peking University's own registrable domain pku.edu.cn; OAI-PMH Identify names the repository "Institutional Repository of Peking University" with adminEmail pkuir@lib.pku.edu.cn.
  x-generated: '2026-08-19'
  x-method: probed
  x-source: https://ir.pku.edu.cn/rest/status
servers:
- url: https://ir.pku.edu.cn/rest
  description: Production repository REST API (no authentication required for read paths)
tags:
- name: Collections
  description: Collections of items inside a community.
paths:
  /collections:
    get:
      tags:
      - Collections
      summary: List collections
      operationId: listCollections
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Expand'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of collections
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Collection'
              examples:
                live:
                  externalValue: ../examples/peking-ir-rest-collections-response.json
  /collections/{collectionId}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Collections
      summary: Get one collection
      operationId: getCollection
      parameters:
      - name: collectionId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 138
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Expand'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Collection
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Collection'
  /collections/{collectionId}/items:
    get:
      tags:
      - Collections
      summary: List the items in a collection
      operationId: listCollectionItems
      parameters:
      - name: collectionId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 138
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Expand'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of items
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Item'
components:
  schemas:
    Item:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        handle:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          const: item
        link:
          type: string
        expand:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        lastModified:
          type: string
          example: '2015-09-25 09:47:29.576'
        itemID:
          type: integer
        claim:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: PKU extension — author claim state for the record.
        award4pku:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: PKU extension — award/recognition marker.
        claim_list:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            type: object
        claim_list_size:
          type: integer
        taglist:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            type: object
          description: PKU extension — local subject tags.
    Collection:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        handle:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          const: collection
        link:
          type: string
        expand:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        numberItems:
          type: integer
        license:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        copyrightText:
          type: string
        introductoryText:
          type: string
        shortDescription:
          type: string
        sidebarText:
          type: string
        deptid:
          type: string
          description: PKU extension — the owning department identifier.
        deptname:
          type: string
          description: PKU extension — the owning department name.
  parameters:
    Expand:
      name: expand
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Comma-separated list of relations to inline. Every response advertises its own legal values in the `expand` array it returns.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: metadata,bitstreams
    Offset:
      name: offset
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Number of records to skip.
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 0
    Limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Maximum number of records to return.
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 100