Purdue University

Purdue University Publications API

The Publications API from Purdue University — 4 operation(s) for publications.

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Operations 10

GET /publications Get publications #
POST /publications Create publications #
GET /publications/{id} Get publications by id #
PUT /publications/{id} Replace publications by id #
DELETE /publications/{id} Delete publications by id #
GET /publications/types Get publications types #
POST /publications/types Create publications types #
GET /publications/types/{id} Get publications types by id #
PUT /publications/types/{id} Replace publications types by id #
DELETE /publications/types/{id} Delete publications types by id #

Documentation

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APIReference
https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/api
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Documentation
https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/knowledge
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Authentication
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Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/openapi/purdue-publications-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
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JSONSchema
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Other Resources

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OpenAPIOriginal
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/openapi/_original/purdue-rcac-api.json
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Support
https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/help
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Errors
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Lifecycle
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/lifecycle/purdue-lifecycle.yml
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Rules
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Vocabulary
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Examples
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Examples
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Website
https://www.housing.purdue.edu/

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OpenAPI Specification

purdue-publications-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: RCAC Publications API
  version: 0.0.1
servers:
- url: https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/api
  description: Production server
tags:
- name: Publications
paths:
  /publications:
    get:
      description: Display a listing of entries
      parameters: []
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                client_id:
                  description: Client (admin = 1|site = 0) ID
                  type: integer
                  default: '0'
                search:
                  description: A word or phrase to search for.
                  type: string
                  default: null
                limit:
                  description: Number of result per page.
                  type: integer
                  default: 20
                page:
                  description: Number of where to start returning results.
                  type: integer
                  default: 1
                order:
                  description: Field to sort results by.
                  type: string
                  default: published_at
                order_dir:
                  description: Direction to sort results by.
                  type: string
                  default: asc
              required: []
      tags:
      - Publications
      summary: Get publications
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getPublications
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    post:
      description: Create a new entry
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Successful entry creation
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 2
                title: Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur et.
                type_id: 10
                author: John Smith
                editor: null
                url: null
                series: null
                booktitle: null
                edition: null
                chapter: null
                issuetitle: null
                journal: null
                issue: null
                volume: null
                number: null
                pages: null
                publisher: null
                address: null
                institution: null
                organization: null
                school: null
                crossref: null
                isbn: null
                doi: null
                note: null
                state: 1
                published_at: '2022-06-01 00:00:00'
                created_at: '2022-06-20T17:59:21.000000Z'
                updated_at: '2022-06-20T17:59:21.000000Z'
                deleted_at: null
                filename: ''
                tags:
                - foo
                - bar
                api: https://example.org/api/publications/2
        '409':
          description: Invalid data
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                type_id:
                  description: Type ID
                  type: integer
                  default: 0
                title:
                  description: Title
                  type: string
                  default: null
                author:
                  description: Authors
                  type: string
                  default: null
                editor:
                  description: Editors
                  type: string
                  default: null
                url:
                  description: URL
                  type: string
                  default: null
                series:
                  description: Series
                  type: string
                  default: null
                booktitle:
                  description: Book title
                  type: string
                  default: null
                edition:
                  description: Edition
                  type: string
                  default: null
                chapter:
                  description: Chapter
                  type: string
                  default: null
                issuetitle:
                  description: Issue title
                  type: string
                  default: null
                journal:
                  description: Journal
                  type: string
                  default: null
                issue:
                  description: Issue
                  type: string
                  default: null
                volume:
                  description: Volume
                  type: string
                  default: null
                number:
                  description: Number
                  type: string
                  default: null
                pages:
                  description: Pages
                  type: string
                  default: null
                publisher:
                  description: Publisher
                  type: string
                  default: null
                address:
                  description: Address
                  type: string
                  default: null
                institution:
                  description: Institution
                  type: string
                  default: null
                organization:
                  description: Organization
                  type: string
                  default: null
                school:
                  description: School
                  type: string
                  default: null
                crossref:
                  description: Cross-ref
                  type: string
                  default: null
                isbn:
                  description: ISBN
                  type: string
                  default: null
                doi:
                  description: DOI
                  type: string
                  default: null
                note:
                  description: Note
                  type: string
                  default: null
                state:
                  description: State
                  type: integer
                  default: null
                published_at:
                  description: Published at
                  type: string
                  default: null
                tags:
                  description: A list of tags to apply to the entry
                  type: array
                  default: null
              required:
              - title
      tags:
      - Publications
      summary: Create publications
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: postPublications
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /publications/{id}:
    get:
      description: Retrieve an entry
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        description: Entry identifier
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful entry read
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 2
                title: Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur et.
                type_id: 10
                author: John Smith
                editor: null
                url: null
                series: null
                booktitle: null
                edition: null
                chapter: null
                issuetitle: null
                journal: null
                issue: null
                volume: null
                number: null
                pages: null
                publisher: null
                address: null
                institution: null
                organization: null
                school: null
                crossref: null
                isbn: null
                doi: null
                note: null
                state: 1
                published_at: '2022-06-01 00:00:00'
                created_at: '2022-06-20T17:59:21.000000Z'
                updated_at: '2022-06-20T17:59:21.000000Z'
                deleted_at: null
                filename: ''
                tags:
                - foo
                - bar
                api: https://example.org/api/publications/2
        '404':
          description: Record not found
      tags:
      - Publications
      summary: Get publications by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getPublicationsById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    put:
      description: Update an entry
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Successful entry modification
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 2
                title: Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur et.
                type_id: 10
                author: John Smith
                editor: null
                url: null
                series: null
                booktitle: null
                edition: null
                chapter: null
                issuetitle: null
                journal: null
                issue: null
                volume: null
                number: null
                pages: null
                publisher: null
                address: null
                institution: null
                organization: null
                school: null
                crossref: null
                isbn: null
                doi: null
                note: null
                state: 1
                published_at: '2022-06-01 00:00:00'
                created_at: '2022-06-20T17:59:21.000000Z'
                updated_at: '2022-06-20T17:59:21.000000Z'
                deleted_at: null
                filename: ''
                tags:
                - foo
                - bar
                api: https://example.org/api/publications/2
        '404':
          description: Record not found
        '409':
          description: Invalid data
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                type_id:
                  description: Type ID
                  type: integer
                  default: 0
                title:
                  description: Title
                  type: string
                  default: null
                author:
                  description: Authors
                  type: string
                  default: null
                editor:
                  description: Editors
                  type: string
                  default: null
                url:
                  description: URL
                  type: string
                  default: null
                series:
                  description: Series
                  type: string
                  default: null
                booktitle:
                  description: Book title
                  type: string
                  default: null
                edition:
                  description: Edition
                  type: string
                  default: null
                chapter:
                  description: Chapter
                  type: string
                  default: null
                issuetitle:
                  description: Issue title
                  type: string
                  default: null
                journal:
                  description: Journal
                  type: string
                  default: null
                issue:
                  description: Issue
                  type: string
                  default: null
                volume:
                  description: Volume
                  type: string
                  default: null
                number:
                  description: Number
                  type: string
                  default: null
                pages:
                  description: Pages
                  type: string
                  default: null
                publisher:
                  description: Publisher
                  type: string
                  default: null
                address:
                  description: Address
                  type: string
                  default: null
                institution:
                  description: Institution
                  type: string
                  default: null
                organization:
                  description: Organization
                  type: string
                  default: null
                school:
                  description: School
                  type: string
                  default: null
                crossref:
                  description: Cross-ref
                  type: string
                  default: null
                isbn:
                  description: ISBN
                  type: string
                  default: null
                doi:
                  description: DOI
                  type: string
                  default: null
                note:
                  description: Note
                  type: string
                  default: null
                state:
                  description: State
                  type: integer
                  default: null
                published_at:
                  description: Published at
                  type: string
                  default: null
                tags:
                  description: A list of tags to apply to the entry
                  type: array
                  default: null
              required:
              - title
      tags:
      - Publications
      summary: Replace publications by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: putPublicationsById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    delete:
      description: Delete an entry
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        description: Entry identifier
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Successful entry deletion
        '404':
          description: Record not found
      tags:
      - Publications
      summary: Delete publications by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: deletePublicationsById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /publications/types:
    get:
      description: Display a listing of entries
      parameters: []
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                search:
                  description: A word or phrase to search for.
                  type: string
                  default: null
                limit:
                  description: Number of result per page.
                  type: integer
                  default: 20
                page:
                  description: Number of where to start returning results.
                  type: integer
                  default: 1
                order:
                  description: Field to sort results by.
                  type: string
                  default: name
                order_dir:
                  description: Direction to sort results by.
                  type: string
                  default: asc
              required: []
      tags:
      - Publications
      summary: Get publications types
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getPublicationsTypes
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    post:
      description: Create a new entry
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Successful entry creation
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 9
                name: Journal
                alias: journal
                api: https://example.org/api/publications/types/9
        '409':
          description: Invalid data
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  description: Name
                  type: string
                  default: null
                alias:
                  description: Alias
                  type: string
                  default: null
              required:
              - name
      tags:
      - Publications
      summary: Create publications types
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: postPublicationsTypes
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /publications/types/{id}:
    get:
      description: Retrieve an entry
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        description: Entry identifier
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful entry read
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 9
                name: Journal
                alias: journal
                api: https://example.org/api/publications/types/9
        '404':
          description: Record not found
      tags:
      - Publications
      summary: Get publications types by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getPublicationsTypesById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    put:
      description: Update an entry
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        description: Entry identifier
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Successful entry modification
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 9
                name: Journal
                alias: journal
                api: https://example.org/api/publications/types/9
        '404':
          description: Record not found
        '409':
          description: Invalid data
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  description: Name
                  type: string
                  default: null
                alias:
                  description: Alias
                  type: string
                  default: null
              required: []
      tags:
      - Publications
      summary: Replace publications types by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: putPublicationsTypesById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    delete:
      description: Delete an entry
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        description: Entry identifier
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Successful entry deletion
        '404':
          description: Record not found
      tags:
      - Publications
      summary: Delete publications types by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: deletePublicationsTypesById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  securitySchemes:
    api_token:
      type: apiKey
      name: api_token
      in: header