# Peking University Items API

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

Peking University Items API is one of 11 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 Item. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 1 JSON Schema.

Individual repository records — articles, theses, patents — and their metadata and bitstreams.

## Operations (5)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/collections/{collectionId}/items` | List the items in a collection |
| GET | `/items` | List items |
| GET | `/items/{itemId}/metadata` | Get the Dublin Core metadata of an item |
| GET | `/items/{itemId}/bitstreams` | List the files attached to an item |
| GET | `/handle/{prefix}/{suffix}` | Resolve a Handle to the object it identifies |

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/peking/refs/heads/main/openapi/peking-items-api-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/
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/peking/refs/heads/main/examples/peking-ir-oai-identify-response.xml
- **Documentation** — https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/peking/refs/heads/main/conformance/peking-conformance.yml

## Other Peking University APIs (10)

- [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/)
- [Peking University Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/peking/peking-collections-api/)
- [Peking University Communities API](https://apis.io/apis/peking/peking-communities-api/)
- [Peking University Harvesting API](https://apis.io/apis/peking/peking-harvesting-api/)
- [Peking University Status API](https://apis.io/apis/peking/peking-status-api/)

## Tags

Item

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/peking/peking-items-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/peking/.