Prolific Studies API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Prolific Bonuses Studies API
  description: 'The Prolific API is a versioned REST interface for the Prolific online research participant recruitment platform. Researchers use it to programmatically create and publish studies, review and approve submissions, manage participant groups, projects and workspaces, apply demographic filters and requirements, pay bonuses, message participants, and subscribe to event webhooks (hooks). The API is served from https://api.prolific.com/api/v1 and follows a standard REST pattern: a collection endpoint (.../resource/) for GET (list) and POST (create), and an element endpoint (.../resource/{id}/) for GET, PATCH/PUT, and DELETE. All requests are authenticated with an API token supplied in the Authorization header as "Token <your token>".'
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: Prolific
    url: https://docs.prolific.com/api-reference
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://www.prolific.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.prolific.com/api/v1
  description: Prolific API v1
security:
- tokenAuth: []
tags:
- name: Studies
  description: Create, publish, and manage research studies.
paths:
  /studies/:
    get:
      operationId: listStudies
      tags:
      - Studies
      summary: List all studies
      description: Lists all studies, with the option to filter by study status.
      parameters:
      - name: state
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Filter studies by status (e.g. UNPUBLISHED, ACTIVE, COMPLETED).
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of studies.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StudyList'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createStudy
      tags:
      - Studies
      summary: Create a draft study
      description: Creates a new draft study. Publishing is a separate transition step.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/StudyInput'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The created draft study.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Study'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /studies/{id}/:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/StudyId'
    get:
      operationId: getStudy
      tags:
      - Studies
      summary: Retrieve a study
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A study.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Study'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    patch:
      operationId: updateStudy
      tags:
      - Studies
      summary: Update a study
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/StudyInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated study.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Study'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteStudy
      tags:
      - Studies
      summary: Delete a study
      responses:
        '204':
          description: The study was deleted.
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /studies/{id}/transition/:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/StudyId'
    post:
      operationId: transitionStudy
      tags:
      - Studies
      summary: Transition study status
      description: Change the status of a study, e.g. PUBLISH a draft, START, PAUSE, or STOP an active study.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                action:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - PUBLISH
                  - START
                  - PAUSE
                  - STOP
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The study in its new status.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Study'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /studies/{id}/cost/:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/StudyId'
    get:
      operationId: getStudyCost
      tags:
      - Studies
      summary: Show study cost
      description: Returns the calculated cost of a study including participant rewards and platform fee.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Study cost breakdown.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            detail:
              type: string
            error_code:
              type: integer
    StudyList:
      type: object
      properties:
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Study'
        _links:
          type: object
    Study:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        internal_name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
        external_study_url:
          type: string
        total_available_places:
          type: integer
        reward:
          type: integer
          description: Reward per participant in the study currency's minor units.
        estimated_completion_time:
          type: integer
        project:
          type: string
        filters:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
    StudyInput:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        external_study_url:
          type: string
        total_available_places:
          type: integer
        reward:
          type: integer
        estimated_completion_time:
          type: integer
        project:
          type: string
        filters:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
  parameters:
    StudyId:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: The study ID.
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication credentials were missing or invalid.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    tokenAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: API token supplied as "Token <your token>".