University of California, San Diego Objects API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: UC San Diego Library Digital Collections JSON Objects API
  description: Public, read-only JSON search-and-retrieval interface over the UC San Diego Library Digital Collections (DC), the Library's locally developed Digital Asset Management System (DAMS).
  version: 2026-08-19
  contact:
    name: UC San Diego Library — Research Data Curation
    email: research-data-curation@ucsd.edu
    url: https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/p/about
  license:
    name: Rights vary per object; see the Digital Collections rights statements
    url: https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/p/collection_policies
servers:
- url: https://library.ucsd.edu
  description: UC San Diego Library Digital Collections (production)
tags:
- name: Objects
  description: Retrieval of a single digital object or assembled collection record.
paths:
  /dc/object/{id}.json:
    get:
      tags:
      - Objects
      summary: Retrieve a digital object
      operationId: getDigitalObject
      description: Returns the indexed Solr document for a single digital object, keyed by its ARK name segment (for example `bb38236995`). The document carries descriptive metadata, rights and permission statements, component/file maps, collection membership and object profile datastreams.
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: ARK name segment of the object.
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: ^[a-z0-9]+$
        example: bb38236995
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Solr document for the object.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DigitalObject'
        '404':
          description: No such object, or the object is not publicly discoverable.
          content:
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string
  /dc/collection/{id}.json:
    get:
      tags:
      - Objects
      summary: Retrieve an assembled collection
      operationId: getCollection
      description: Returns the indexed Solr document for an assembled collection (`DamsAssembledCollection`), keyed by its ARK name segment.
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: ARK name segment of the collection.
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: ^[a-z0-9]+$
        example: bb88559640
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Solr document for the collection.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DigitalObject'
        '404':
          description: No such collection, or it is not publicly discoverable.
          content:
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string
components:
  schemas:
    DigitalObject:
      type: object
      description: Solr document for a digital object. Field names follow the Samvera/Hydra dynamic field suffix convention (_tesim text stored indexed multivalued, _ssi string stored indexed, _sim string indexed multivalued, _dtsi date stored indexed).
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: ARK name segment, also the object's public identifier.
          example: bb38236995
        active_fedora_model_ssi:
          type: string
          description: Fedora model of the record.
          example: DamsObject
        object_state_ssi:
          type: string
          example: A
        title_tesim:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        date_tesim:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        unit_code_tesim:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        collection_name_tesim:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        resource_type_tesim:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        rightsHolder_tesim:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        otherRights_tesim:
          type: array
          description: Serialized rights/permission statements including basis and permission type.
          items:
            type: string
        discover_access_group_ssim:
          type: array
          description: Access groups permitted to discover the object; `public` for open material.
          items:
            type: string
        system_create_dtsi:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        system_modified_dtsi:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      additionalProperties: true