University of Manchester

University of Manchester Person API

The person API from University of Manchester — 58 operation(s) for person.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 64

GET /persons Lists all persons #
PUT /persons Create person #
GET /persons/allowed-academic-qualification-types A list of allowed academic qualification types for persons #
GET /persons/allowed-academic-qualifications-distinctions A list of the allowed values for education distinction #
GET /persons/allowed-academic-qualifications-field-of-studies A list of the allowed values for field of study #
GET /persons/allowed-address-countries A list of allowed address countries #
GET /persons/allowed-address-subdivisions A list of allowed subdivisions #
GET /persons/allowed-address-types A list of allowed address types #
GET /persons/allowed-classified-identifier-types A list of allowed classified identifier types #
GET /persons/allowed-custom-defined-field-values/{propertyName}/classifications Get allowed classifications for the custom-defined field associated with the… #
GET /persons/allowed-document-licenses A list of allowed document licenses #
GET /persons/allowed-document-types A list of allowed document types #
GET /persons/allowed-external-positions-appointments A list of the allowed values for appointments #
GET /persons/allowed-genders A list of allowed classifications for the gender property #
GET /persons/allowed-keyword-group-configurations A list of keyword group configurations #
GET /persons/allowed-keyword-group-configurations/{id}/classifications A list of allowed classifications for the specified keyword group #
GET /persons/allowed-leave-of-absense A list of allowed classifications for the leave of absence property #
GET /persons/allowed-link-types A list of allowed link types #
GET /persons/allowed-locales A list of allowed locales in localized strings #
GET /persons/allowed-main-research-areas A list of allowed main research areas #
GET /persons/allowed-metric-collections A list of allowed metric collections #
GET /persons/allowed-names-types A list of allowed classifications for classified names #
GET /persons/allowed-nationalities A list of allowed classifications for the nationalities property #
GET /persons/allowed-person-organization-associations-email-types A list of allowed email types #
GET /persons/allowed-person-organization-associations-employment-types A list of allowed employment types #
GET /persons/allowed-person-organization-associations-job-titles A list of allowed job titles #
GET /persons/allowed-person-organization-associations-phonenumber-types A list of allowed phone number types #
GET /persons/allowed-person-organization-associations-supervisor-roles A list of allowed supervisor roles #
GET /persons/allowed-person-organization-associations-webaddress-types A list of allowed web address types #
GET /persons/allowed-private-address-countries DEPRECATED - use 'allowed-address-countries' - A list of allowed country… #
GET /persons/allowed-profile-information-types A list of allowed classifications for the profile information property #
GET /persons/allowed-profile-photo-types A list of allowed photo types #
GET /persons/allowed-staff-organization-associations-contract-types A list of allowed contract types #
GET /persons/allowed-staff-organization-associations-staff-types A list of allowed staff types #
GET /persons/allowed-student-organization-associations-attendance-status-types A list of allowed student attendance status types #
GET /persons/allowed-student-organization-associations-country-of-domicile-types A list of allowed student country of domicile types #
GET /persons/allowed-student-organization-associations-employment-types A list of allowed employment types #
GET /persons/allowed-student-organization-associations-nationality-types A list of allowed student nationality types #
GET /persons/allowed-student-organization-associations-type-description-types A list of allowed student type description types #
GET /persons/allowed-titles-types A list of allowed classifications for the titles property #
GET /persons/allowed-visiting-scholar-organization-associations-employment-types A list of allowed employment types #
GET /persons/allowed-workflow-steps A list of allowed workflow steps #
GET /persons/disciplines/allowed-discipline-schemes A list of allowed discipline schemes #
GET /persons/disciplines/{discipline-scheme}/allowed-disciplines A list of allowed disciplines for a specific discipline scheme #
POST /persons/disciplines/{discipline-scheme}/search Query operation for disciplines associated with persons #
PUT /persons/file-uploads Upload file to a specific person #
GET /persons/orderings Lists available orderings #
POST /persons/search Query operation for persons #
GET /persons/{uuid} Get person #
PUT /persons/{uuid} Update person #
DELETE /persons/{uuid} Delete person #
POST /persons/{uuid}/actions/lock Lock the content #
POST /persons/{uuid}/actions/unlock Unlock the content #
GET /persons/{uuid}/dependents Lists all dependents to the person #
GET /persons/{uuid}/disciplines/{discipline-scheme} Get disciplines from the discipline scheme associated with the person #
PUT /persons/{uuid}/disciplines/{discipline-scheme} Update disciplines from the discipline scheme associated with the person #
GET /persons/{uuid}/files/{fileId} Get file from the person #
GET /persons/{uuid}/fingerprints Get the fingerprints for the person #
GET /persons/{uuid}/highlighted-content Get highlighted content #
PUT /persons/{uuid}/highlighted-content Update highlighted content #
GET /persons/{uuid}/metrics/{collection-id} Lists metrics with collection id #
GET /persons/{uuid}/notes Lists notes #
PUT /persons/{uuid}/notes Create note #
GET /persons/{uuid}/supervisee person supervisees #

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

university-of-manchester-person-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: University Of Manchester Person API
  version: 5.35.2-2
  contact:
    name: ''
    url: ''
    email: pure-support@elsevier.com
  license:
    name: ''
    url: ''
  termsOfService: ''
  description: 'Operations tagged person across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: university-of-manchester-pure-rest.yaml, university-of-manchester-pure-rest.yaml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: /ws/api
security:
- api-key: []
tags:


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