Pennsylvania State University Dois API

The Dois API from Pennsylvania State University — 2 operation(s) for dois.

Operations 2

GET /dois List of all DOIs #
GET /dois/{doi} Search for a DOI #

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OpenAPI Specification

pennsylvania-state-university-dois-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ScholarSphere Dois API
  description: API specification for ScholarSphere
  termsOfService: https://scholarsphere.psu.edu/about
  contact:
    name: ScholarSphere Support
    email: https://scholarsphere.psu.edu/help
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://scholarsphere.psu.edu/api/{version}
  description: API endpoint
  variables:
    version:
      description: Version of the API
      enum:
      - v1
      default: v1
tags:
- name: DOIs
paths:
  /dois:
    get:
      summary: List of all DOIs
      description: Retrieve a dictionary of all DOIs known to Scholarsphere. The keys in this dictionary will be the DOI, like `"doi:10.26207/002c-bb83"` and the value will be an array of UUIDs of all resources that reference that DOI
      security:
      - APIKey: []
      responses:
        200:
          description: A list of all DOIs
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/doi_list'
      tags:
      - DOIs
      operationId: getDois
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /dois/{doi}:
    get:
      summary: Search for a DOI
      description: Retrieve a list of resources that mention the given DOI.
      security:
      - APIKey: []
      parameters:
      - name: doi
        in: path
        description: A DOI name, including the slash ("/"). Just put the slash right in the url, like `/dois/10.26207/002c-bb83`
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          example: 10.26207/002c-bb83
      responses:
        200:
          description: The DOI was found in one or more resources
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/doi_response'
        404:
          description: The DOI was not found in any of ScholarSphere's resources
      tags:
      - DOIs
      operationId: getDoisByDoi
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    doi_response:
      type: array
      items:
        type: object
        properties:
          url:
            type: string
            format: uri
            example: /resources/a0fc525b-0d49-48e0-a385-f86bd13bce4d
            description: path to a Scholarsphere resource
    doi_list:
      type: object
      additionalProperties:
        type: array
        description: a list of resource UUIDs
        items:
          type: string
          description: a resource UUID
          example: a0fc525b-0d49-48e0-a385-f86bd13bce4d
      example:
        doi:10.26207/002c-bb83:
        - a0fc525b-0d49-48e0-a385-f86bd13bce4d
        - 146a74e3-ae66-4802-b5f8-471bcac80d58
        doi:10.18113/dmnf-6dzs:
        - 87287b53-76be-424e-b202-bc6d521c841b
  securitySchemes:
    APIKey:
      type: apiKey
      description: Key-based authorization mechanism to the API. A key is obtained fron the ScholarSphere team and is included in the header of all requests.
      name: X_API_KEY
      in: header