University of Bonn Datasets API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: bonndata Dataverse Native REST API (Public Read Subset) Datasets API
  description: Public, read-only subset of the Dataverse Native REST API as exposed by bonndata, the University of Bonn institutional research data repository (https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de). The paths, parameters, and operationIds in this document are taken faithfully from the live machine-readable OpenAPI document published by the server at https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de/openapi (Dataverse software version 6.7.1). This subset includes only the endpoints that are publicly accessible without an API token and were verified live on 2026-06-03 (search, dataset retrieval, dataset versions, metadata export, repository info, and dataset metrics). Response schemas were modeled from the actual JSON payloads returned by the live service. The full upstream Dataverse API (425 paths, many requiring authentication) is documented at the Native API guide referenced below.
  version: 6.7.1
  contact:
    name: bonndata Research Data Repository, University of Bonn
    email: bonndata@uni-bonn.de
    url: https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de/
  license:
    name: Apache License 2.0
    url: https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/blob/develop/LICENSE.md
servers:
- url: https://bonndata.uni-bonn.de/api
  description: bonndata Dataverse Native API base (re-verified live 2026-09-01; /search returned total_count 376)
tags:
- name: Datasets
  description: Retrieve published datasets, their versions, and export metadata.
paths:
  /datasets/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Datasets
      summary: Get a dataset
      description: Retrieve a published dataset by its numeric database id, or by persistent identifier using the literal path segment ":persistentId" together with the persistentId query parameter (e.g. /datasets/:persistentId/?persistentId=doi:10.60507/FK2/BBP6GG).
      operationId: Datasets_getDataset
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Numeric dataset id, or the literal ":persistentId".
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: persistentId
        in: query
        description: Persistent identifier (DOI/Handle) when id is ":persistentId".
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: returnOwners
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The dataset and its latest published version.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiEnvelope'
  /datasets/{id}/versions:
    get:
      tags:
      - Datasets
      summary: List dataset versions
      operationId: Datasets_listVersions
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: excludeFiles
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: excludeMetadataBlocks
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of dataset versions.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiEnvelope'
  /datasets/export:
    get:
      tags:
      - Datasets
      summary: Export dataset metadata
      description: Export the metadata of a published dataset in a chosen format (e.g. Datacite, dataverse_json, oai_dc, schema.org, ddi).
      operationId: Datasets_exportDataset
      parameters:
      - name: persistentId
        in: query
        description: Persistent identifier (DOI/Handle) of the dataset.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: exporter
        in: query
        description: Export format name.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: schema.org
      - name: version
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Exported metadata in the requested format.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
            application/xml:
              schema:
                type: string
components:
  schemas:
    ApiEnvelope:
      type: object
      description: Standard Dataverse API response envelope.
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - OK
          - ERROR
        data:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        message:
          type: string
      required:
      - status
externalDocs:
  description: Dataverse Native API guide
  url: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/native-api.html