# University of Bristol OAI PMH API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bristol/university-of-bristol-oai-pmh-api/  
**Provider:** University of Bristol — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-bristol/  
**Base URL:** https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/oai  
**Documentation:** https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/oai?verb=ListSets

University of Bristol OAI PMH API is one of 5 APIs that [University of Bristol](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-bristol/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include OAI-PMH. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, authentication docs, and API documentation.

OpenArchives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting 2.0 verbs.

## Operations (1)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/` | OAI-PMH 2.0 request |

## Machine-readable artifacts (9)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-bristol/refs/heads/main/openapi/university-of-bristol-oai-pmh-api-openapi.yml
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-bristol/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-bristol-oai-pmh-examples.json
- **Errors** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-bristol/refs/heads/main/errors/university-of-bristol-oai-pmh-errors.yml
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-bristol/refs/heads/main/conformance/university-of-bristol-domain-standards.yml
- **Vocabulary** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-bristol/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/university-of-bristol-oai-pmh-vocabulary.yml
- **Rules** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-bristol/refs/heads/main/rules/university-of-bristol-oai-pmh-spectral-rules.yml
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-bristol/refs/heads/main/authentication/university-of-bristol-authentication.yml
- **Lifecycle** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-bristol/refs/heads/main/lifecycle/university-of-bristol-lifecycle.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html

## Other University of Bristol APIs (4)

- [University of Bristol Identity Provider (Shibboleth / SAML 2.0)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bristol/idp-shibboleth/)
- [data.bris Research Data Repository](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bristol/data-bris-research-data-repository/)
- [Elsevier Pure Web Services (University of Bristol tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bristol/pure-web-services/)
- [University of Bristol Library Discovery (OCLC WorldCat Discovery)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bristol/library-discovery-worldcat/)

## Tags

OAI-PMH

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