RWTH Aachen University Provenance API

Endpoints for the provenance information.

Operations 3

GET /api/v2/projects/{projectId}/resources/{resourceId}/provenance/specific Retrieves the specific provenance information associated with a resource. #
PUT /api/v2/projects/{projectId}/resources/{resourceId}/provenance/specific Updates existing specific provenance information of a resource. #
OPTIONS /api/v2/projects/{projectId}/resources/{resourceId}/provenance Responds with the HTTP methods allowed for the endpoint.

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OpenAPI Specification

rwth-aachen-university-provenance-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Coscine Web Admin Provenance API
  description: Coscine (short for <b>CO</b>llaborative <b>SC</b>ientific <b>IN</b>tegration <b>E</b>nvironment) is the research data management platform for your research project.
  termsOfService: https://about.coscine.de/en/termsofuse/
  contact:
    name: Coscine Team
    email: servicedesk@rwth-aachen.de
  version: '2.0'
servers:
- url: https://coscine.rwth-aachen.de/coscine
security:
- Bearer: []
tags:
- name: Provenance
  description: Endpoints for the provenance information.
paths:
  /api/v2/projects/{projectId}/resources/{resourceId}/provenance/specific:
    get:
      tags:
      - Provenance
      summary: Retrieves the specific provenance information associated with a resource.
      operationId: GetSpecificProvenance
      parameters:
      - name: projectId
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier or slug of the project.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: resourceId
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of the resource.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      - name: Path
        in: query
        description: Gets or sets the path of the metadata tree.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: Version
        in: query
        description: 'Gets or sets the desired version.

          If the version is null, the newest will be returned.'
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns the specific metadata tree of a resource.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProvenanceDtoResponse'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProvenanceDtoResponse'
        '403':
          description: User is missing authorization requirements.
        '400':
          description: Provided input has a bad format.
        '404':
          description: Project does not exist or has been deleted.
    put:
      tags:
      - Provenance
      summary: Updates existing specific provenance information of a resource.
      description: <p><strong>Required JWT roles for access:</strong> <code>administrator</code>.</p>
      operationId: UpdateSpecificProvenance
      parameters:
      - name: projectId
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier or slug of the project.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: resourceId
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of the resource.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      requestBody:
        description: The updated provenance information.
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProvenanceForUpdateDto'
          text/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProvenanceForUpdateDto'
          application/*+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProvenanceForUpdateDto'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Provenance information updated.
        '403':
          description: User is missing authorization requirements.
        '400':
          description: Provided input has a bad format or the resource is write-protected due to its archived status.
        '404':
          description: Provided input refers to entries that do not exist or have been deleted.
  /api/v2/projects/{projectId}/resources/{resourceId}/provenance:
    options:
      tags:
      - Provenance
      summary: Responds with the HTTP methods allowed for the endpoint.
      parameters:
      - name: projectId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: resourceId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
components:
  schemas:
    ProvenanceDto:
      required:
      - id
      - variants
      - wasRevisionOf
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Gets or sets the id of the current metadata graph.
          format: uri
        generatedAt:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Gets or sets the date and time when the metadata was generated.
          format: date-time
        wasRevisionOf:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: uri
          description: Gets or sets the adapted versions from the specific metadata tree.
        variants:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/VariantDto'
          description: Gets or sets the variants of the specific metadata tree.
        similarityToLastVersion:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
          description: The similarity to the last version.
          format: double
        wasInvalidatedBy:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Information if the specific metadata tree was invalidated by something.
          format: uri
        hashParameters:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/HashParametersDto'
      additionalProperties: false
      description: Represents a data transfer object (DTO) for provenance information.
    ProvenanceDtoResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProvenanceDto'
        isSuccess:
          type: boolean
          readOnly: true
        statusCode:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int32
        traceId:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      additionalProperties: false
    ProvenanceForUpdateDto:
      required:
      - id
      type: object
      properties:
        wasRevisionOf:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: uri
          description: Gets or sets the adapted versions from the specific metadata tree.
        variants:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/VariantDto'
          description: Gets or sets the variants of the specific metadata tree.
        wasInvalidatedBy:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Information if the specific metadata tree was invalidated by something.
          format: uri
        similarityToLastVersion:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
          description: The similarity to the last version.
          format: double
        metadataExtractorVersion:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Gets or initializes the version of the metadata extractor.
        hashParameters:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/HashParametersDto'
        id:
          type: string
          description: Gets or sets the id of the specific metadata tree.
          format: uri
      additionalProperties: false
      description: 'Data transfer object (DTO) representing the update of provenance

        Inherits from the base class Coscine.Api.Core.Shared.DataTransferObjects.ParameterObjects.ProvenanceParametersDto.'
    VariantDto:
      type: object
      properties:
        graphName:
          type: string
          description: Name of the graph.
          format: uri
        similarity:
          type: number
          description: Similarity value 0-1
          format: double
      additionalProperties: false
      description: Represents the variants of this specific metadata tree.
    HashParametersDto:
      required:
      - algorithmName
      - value
      type: object
      properties:
        algorithmName:
          minLength: 1
          type: string
          description: Gets or initializes the hash algorithm name.
        value:
          minLength: 1
          type: string
          description: Gets or initializes the hash value.
      additionalProperties: false
      description: Data transfer object (DTO) representing Hash Parameters in a request.
  securitySchemes:
    Bearer:
      type: apiKey
      description: JWT Authorization header using the Bearer scheme.
      name: Authorization
      in: header