Université de Montréal

Université de Montréal Informations API

Full record retrieval by persistent identifier.

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Operations 2

GET /info/individu Retrieve the full record for one or more individuals #
GET /info/uniterech Retrieve the full record for one or more research units #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://wiki.umontreal.ca/spaces/DOC/pages/294781211/API+REST+%E2%80%93+Description+technique

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/universite-de-montreal/refs/heads/main/openapi/universite-de-montreal-informations-api-openapi.yml

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JSONSchema
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OpenAPI Specification

universite-de-montreal-informations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: SADVR REST API (Vitrine-Recherche) Informations API
  summary: Université de Montréal's own research-expertise and research-unit API.
  description: REST API of the Service d'accès aux données de la Vitrine-Recherche (SADVR), built and operated by Université de Montréal's Centre d'expertise numérique pour la recherche (CEN-R) to redistribute the data held in the Vitrine-Recherche repository.
  version: '1.8'
  contact:
    name: Centre d'expertise numérique pour la recherche (CEN-R), Université de Montréal
    url: https://wiki.umontreal.ca/spaces/DOC/pages/294781211/API+REST+%E2%80%93+Description+technique
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-evidence: servers[] and every documented route are under recherche.umontreal.ca, the institution's own registrable domain; the API was developed in-house by the CEN-R under the SADVR project (2015-2016) and is documented on the institution's own wiki.
  x-provenance:
    generated: '2026-08-30'
    method: derived
    source: https://wiki.umontreal.ca/spaces/DOC/pages/294781211/API+REST+%E2%80%93+Description+technique
    confirmed_by: live probes of 15 documented routes on 2026-08-30, all returning 200 application/json
    authored_by: API Evangelist — NOT published by Université de Montréal
servers:
- url: https://www.recherche.umontreal.ca/vitrine/rest/api/1.8/umontreal
  description: Documented production base. Requests are 301-redirected to the /vitrine/rest/public/api/1.8/ form; clients must follow redirects. The trailing /umontreal/ path segment is a tenancy slot the CEN-R reserved so the same API could later serve other Québec universities.
security: []
tags:
- name: Informations
  description: Full record retrieval by persistent identifier.
paths:
  /info/individu:
    get:
      tags:
      - Informations
      operationId: getIndividu
      summary: Retrieve the full record for one or more individuals
      parameters:
      - name: idsadvr
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Persistent identifier, e.g. in13593. Repeatable as idsadvr[0], idsadvr[1].
        schema:
          type: string
          example: in13593
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Envelope containing full individual records, including publication, teaching, funding and consent blocks.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - data
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/IndividuComplet'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
  /info/uniterech:
    get:
      tags:
      - Informations
      operationId: getUniteRecherche
      summary: Retrieve the full record for one or more research units
      parameters:
      - name: idsadvr
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Persistent identifier, e.g. ur13852. Repeatable as idsadvr[0], idsadvr[1].
        schema:
          type: string
          example: ur13852
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Envelope containing full research-unit records.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - data
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/UniteRecherche'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
components:
  schemas:
    Affiliation:
      type: object
      properties:
        fonction:
          type: object
          properties:
            codeSad:
              type: string
            nom:
              type: string
        uniteAdministrative:
          type: object
          properties:
            codeSad:
              type: string
            nom:
              type: string
        departement:
          type: object
          properties:
            codeSad:
              type: string
            nom:
              type: string
        faculte:
          type: object
          properties:
            codeSad:
              type: string
            nom:
              type: string
        courrielInstitutionnel:
          type: string
          format: email
        telephone:
          type: object
          properties:
            numero:
              type:
              - string
              - 'null'
            poste:
              type:
              - string
              - 'null'
        immeuble:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        local:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        exclusion:
          type: string
        exclusionTel:
          type: string
    Expertise:
      type: object
      properties:
        secteursRecherche:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TermeClasse'
        disciplines:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TermeClasse'
        motsCles:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MotCle'
        pays:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TermeClasse'
        continents:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TermeClasse'
        periodesChronologiques:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TermeClasse'
        phraseCle:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              codeLangue:
                type: string
              contenu:
                type: string
    MotCle:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TermeClasse'
      - type: object
        properties:
          departement:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          departementCodeSAD:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          faculte:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          faculteCodeSAD:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          uniteRecherche:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          uniteRechercheIdsadvr:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
    IndividuComplet:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/IndividuEtendu'
      - type: object
        description: Full record. Adds the consent and web-display blocks that record which UdeM showcases the person has agreed to appear in, plus biography, teaching, publications, grants and awards.
        properties:
          sexe:
            type: string
          institution:
            type: string
          paysCode:
            type: string
          paysNom:
            type: string
          in-memoriam:
            type: boolean
          consentement:
            type: object
            description: Per-showcase consent status. This is the field that makes the personal data in this API lawful to publish; consumers must not redistribute records whose consent status is withdrawn.
            properties:
              departements:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
              facultes:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
              unitesRecherche:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
              UdeM:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    nom:
                      type: string
                    statutConsentement:
                      type: string
          affichageWeb:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
          langues:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
              properties:
                nom:
                  type: string
                medium:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - Écrit
                  - Oral
          formations:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
          biographie:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
          unitesRecherche:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
          projetsRecherche:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
          activitesRecherche:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
          activiteEnseignement:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
          publication:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
          communication:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
          expertiseMedia:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
          prix:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
          visuels:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
          activitesPromotion:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
          infosSupplementaires:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
          recrutementRecherche:
            type: boolean
    TermeClasse:
      type: object
      properties:
        uid:
          type: string
        codeLangue:
          type: string
          enum:
          - fre
          - eng
        nom:
          type: string
        ordre:
          type: string
    IndividuEtendu:
      type: object
      description: Extended record for a person. CONTAINS PERSONAL DATA — name, affiliations, institutional email and telephone numbers.
      properties:
        idsadvr:
          type: string
        prenom:
          type: string
        nom:
          type: string
        affiliations:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Affiliation'
        courriels:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        telephones:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              numero:
                type: string
              poste:
                type:
                - string
                - 'null'
              categorie:
                type: string
        etablissementsAffilies:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        visuelOfficiel:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        visuelOfficielGrand:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        expertise:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Expertise'
        urlVitrine:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              nom:
                type: string
              url:
                type: string
                format: uri
        recrutementRecherche:
          type: boolean
    UniteRecherche:
      type: object
      description: A UdeM research unit — chair, group, centre or affiliated research structure.
      properties:
        idsadvr:
          type: string
          example: ur13580
        nom:
          type: string
        acronyme:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        type:
          type: string
        typeTrad:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TermeClasse'
        responsable:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
              nom:
                type: string
              prenom:
                type: string
              courriel:
                type: string
                format: email
              fonction:
                type: string
              fonctionCodeSAD:
                type: string
              uniteAdmin:
                type: string
              fonctionResp:
                type: string
        unitesRattachement:
          type: object
          properties:
            departements:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
            facultes:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
        expertise:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Expertise'
        visuelOfficiel:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        visuelOfficielGrand:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
    Erreur:
      type: object
      description: Error envelope. The API documents 400 and 500 as its only failure codes and returns the message as JSON.
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: The request is missing required elements or references values that do not exist.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Erreur'
    ServerError:
      description: Server-side fault in the SADVR API.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Erreur'
externalDocs:
  description: API REST – Description technique (Université de Montréal Confluence wiki)
  url: https://wiki.umontreal.ca/spaces/DOC/pages/294781211/API+REST+%E2%80%93+Description+technique