# Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA) REST API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/era-repository-api/  
**Provider:** University of Edinburgh — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-edinburgh/  
**Base URL:** https://era.ed.ac.uk/server/api  
**Documentation:** https://era.ed.ac.uk/

Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA) REST API is one of 10 APIs that [University of Edinburgh](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-edinburgh/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Research Repository, Institutional Repository, Theses, and DSpace. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, authentication docs, and 1 JSON Schema.

DSpace 8.3 REST API for the Edinburgh Research Archive, the University's institutional repository of theses, dissertations and research publications. 54 communities readable anonymously; items return 401. Distinct from DataShare and not previously catalogued.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-edinburgh/refs/heads/main/openapi/university-of-edinburgh-era-repository-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-edinburgh/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-edinburgh-dspace-community-schema.json
- **x-examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-edinburgh/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-edinburgh-era-communities-example.json
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-edinburgh/refs/heads/main/authentication/university-of-edinburgh-authentication.yml
- **Lifecycle** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-edinburgh/refs/heads/main/lifecycle/university-of-edinburgh-lifecycle.yml

## Other University of Edinburgh APIs (9)

- [Edinburgh DataShare REST API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/datashare-repository-api/)
- [Edinburgh DataShare OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/datashare-oai/)
- [Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA) OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/era-oai/)
- [EIDF Data Catalogue API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/eidf-data-catalogue-api/)
- [ELM — Edinburgh Language Models API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/elm-api/)
- [University of Edinburgh Shibboleth Identity Provider](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/identity-federation/)
- [Enterprise API Gateway (gated)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/enterprise-api-gateway/)
- [Edinburgh Research Explorer (Elsevier Pure) — tenant](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/pure-research-explorer/)
- [DiscoverEd Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo) — tenant](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/discovered-primo/)

## Tags

Research Repository, Institutional Repository, Theses, DSpace

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