University of Manchester

University of Manchester Person Expertise API

The personExpertise API from University of Manchester — 7 operation(s) for personexpertise.

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Operations 10

GET /person-expertises Lists all person expertises #

PUT /person-expertises Create person expertise #

GET /person-expertises/allowed-area-of-expertise-classifications A list of allowed area of expertise classifications #

GET /person-expertises/allowed-types A list of allowed classifications for the type property #

GET /person-expertises/allowed-workflow-steps A list of allowed workflow steps #

GET /person-expertises/orderings Lists available orderings #

POST /person-expertises/search Query operation for person expertises #

GET /person-expertises/{uuid} Get person expertise #

PUT /person-expertises/{uuid} Update person expertise #

DELETE /person-expertises/{uuid} Delete person expertise #

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: University Of Manchester Person Expertise API
  version: 5.35.2-2
  contact:
    name: ''
    url: ''
    email: pure-support@elsevier.com
  license:
    name: ''
    url: ''
  termsOfService: ''
  description: 'Operations tagged personExpertise 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:
- name: personExpertise
paths:
  /person-expertises:
    get:
      tags:
      - personExpertise
      summary: Lists all person expertises
      description: Lists all person expertises in the Pure instance. If you need to filter the person expertises returned, see the POST version which supports additional filtering.
      operationId: personExpertise_list
      parameters:
      - name: size
        in: query
        description: Number of returned person expertises per request.
        schema:
          maximum: 1000
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 10
      - name: offset
        in: query
        description: The offset for the returned list. 0 or null value is from the start
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: 0
      - name: order
        in: query
        description: The order of the list, must be a value from /person-expertises/orderings
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonExpertiseListResult'
    put:
      tags:
      - personExpertise
      summary: Create person expertise
      operationId: personExpertise_create
      requestBody:
        description: The content to create
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonExpertise'
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonExpertise'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
    servers:
    - url: /ws/api
  /person-expertises/allowed-area-of-expertise-classifications:
    get:
      tags:
      - personExpertise
      summary: A list of allowed area of expertise classifications
      description: Get a list of allowed area of expertise classifications that can be used for the 'allowedAreaOfExpertiseClassifications' attribute of person expertises
      operationId: personExpertise_getAllowedAreaOfExpertiseClassifications
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClassificationRefList'
    servers:
    - url: /ws/api
  /person-expertises/allowed-types:
    get:
      tags:
      - personExpertise
      summary: A list of allowed classifications for the type property
      description: Get a list of classifications that can be used when submitting a type.
      operationId: personExpertise_getAllowedTypes
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClassificationRefList'
    servers:
    - url: /ws/api
  /person-expertises/allowed-workflow-steps:
    get:
      tags:
      - personExpertise
      summary: A list of allowed workflow steps
      description: Get a list of allowed workflow steps that can be used for the 'workflow' attribute of person expertises
      operationId: personExpertise_getAllowedWorkflowSteps
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WorkflowListResult'
    servers:
    - url: /ws/api
  /person-expertises/orderings:
    get:
      tags:
      - personExpertise
      summary: Lists available orderings
      description: Lists all orderings available to the person expertises endpoint. These values can be used by the order parameter when listing person expertises.
      operationId: personExpertise_getOrderings
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrderingsList'
    servers:
    - url: /ws/api
  /person-expertises/search:
    post:
      tags:
      - personExpertise
      summary: Query operation for person expertises
      description: Lists person expertises in the Pure instance that matches the provided query, similar to the GET version, instead of using parameters to alter the response, an JSON document is posted with the request. The JSON document contains fields for all the parameters available for the GET version, but also additional filtering options.
      operationId: personExpertise_query
      requestBody:
        description: The query to perform
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonExpertiseQuery'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonExpertiseListResult'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
    servers:
    - url: /ws/api
  /person-expertises/{uuid}:
    get:
      tags:
      - personExpertise
      summary: Get person expertise
      description: Get person expertise with specific UUID.
      operationId: personExpertise_get
      parameters:
      - name: uuid
        in: path
        description: UUID of the desired person expertise
        required: true
        schema:
          pattern: .+
          type: string
          format: uuid
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonExpertise'
        '301':
          description: The requested content have changed UUID
        '404':
          description: Resource not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
    put:
      tags:
      - personExpertise
      summary: Update person expertise
      description: Update person expertise with specific UUID.
      operationId: personExpertise_update
      parameters:
      - name: uuid
        in: path
        description: UUID of the person expertise to update
        required: true
        schema:
          pattern: .+
          type: string
          format: uuid
      requestBody:
        description: The content to update
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonExpertise'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonExpertise'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
        '404':
          description: Resource not found
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
        '409':
          description: Version conflict
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConflictProblemDetails'
    delete:
      tags:
      - personExpertise
      summary: Delete person expertise
      description: Delete person expertise with specific UUID.
      operationId: personExpertise_delete
      parameters:
      - name: uuid
        in: path
        description: UUID of the person expertise
        required: true
        schema:
          pattern: .+
          type: string
          format: uuid
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Successful operation
        '404':
          description: Resource not found
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
        '409':
          description: Conflict
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConflictProblemDetails'
    servers:
    - url: /ws/api
components:
  schemas:
    PersonExpertise:
      required:
      - type
      type: object
      properties:
        pureId:
          type: integer
          description: Pure database ID of the object, prefer using the UUID if it is present on the entity
          format: int64
          readOnly: true
        uuid:
          type: string
          description: UUID, this is the primary identity of the entity
          format: uuid
          readOnly: true
        createdBy:
          type: string
          description: Username of creator
          readOnly: true
        createdDate:
          type: string
          description: Date and time of creation
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
        modifiedBy:
          type: string
          description: Username of the user that performed a modification
          readOnly: true
        modifiedDate:
          type: string
          description: Date and time of last modification
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
        portalUrl:
          type: string
          description: URL of the content on the Pure Portal
          readOnly: true
        prettyUrlIdentifiers:
          type: array
          description: All pretty URLs
          readOnly: true
          items:
            type: string
            description: All pretty URLs
            readOnly: true
        previousUuids:
          type: array
          description: UUIDs of other content items which have been merged into this content item (or similar)
          readOnly: true
          items:
            type: string
            description: UUIDs of other content items which have been merged into this content item (or similar)
            readOnly: true
        version:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Used to guard against conflicting updates. For new content this is null, and for existing content the current value. The property should never be modified by a client, except in the rare case where the client wants to perform an update irrespective of if other clients have made updates in the meantime, also known as a "dirty write". A dirty write is performed by not including the property value or setting the property to null
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClassificationRef'
        workflow:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Workflow'
        areaOfExpertise:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          description: A collection of area of expertise.
          readOnly: true
          items:
            type: string
        areaOfExpertiseClassifications:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          description: A collection of area of expertise classifications.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClassificationRef'
        willingnessToMedia:
          type:
          - boolean
          - 'null'
          description: Indicates willingness to media.
          readOnly: true
        moderatedWillingnessToMedia:
          type:
          - boolean
          - 'null'
          description: Indicates moderated willingness to media.
        person:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonRef'
        systemName:
          type: string
          description: The content system name
          readOnly: true
      description: The expertise of the person.
    ClassificationRef:
      required:
      - uri
      type:
      - object
      - 'null'
      properties:
        uri:
          type: string
          description: Classification URI of the referred classification
        term:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SystemLocalizedString'
      description: A reference to a classification value
    PersonRef:
      required:
      - uuid
      type:
      - object
      - 'null'
      description: A reference to a person internal to the institution
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentRef'
    PageInformation:
      type: object
      properties:
        offset:
          type: integer
          description: Offset that returned items start at
          format: int32
        size:
          type: integer
          description: The requested number of items. May be higher than the actual number of items in the result if there are fewer items in the store than requested
          format: int32
      description: Information about pages
    PersonExpertiseQuery:
      type: object
      properties:
        uuids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: uuid
        size:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        offset:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        orderings:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        searchString:
          type: string
          description: String used to perform search
        orderBy:
          type: string
          writeOnly: true
      description: Create a query for person expertise
    SystemLocalizedString:
      type:
      - object
      - 'null'
      additionalProperties:
        type:
        - string
        - 'null'
        description: A set of localized string values each for a specific UI locale.
        example: '{"en_GB":"Some text"}'
      description: A set of localized string values each for a specific UI locale.
      example:
        en_GB: Some text
    PersonExpertiseListResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
          description: The full count, ignoring paging
          format: int32
        pageInformation:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageInformation'
        items:
          type: array
          description: List of Persons Expertise
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonExpertise'
      description: List of Persons Expertise. Can contain a subset of all items along with the full count
    Workflow:
      required:
      - step
      type: object
      properties:
        step:
          type: string
          description: Current workflow step
        description:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SystemLocalizedString'
      description: Information about workflow
    OrderingsList:
      type: object
      properties:
        orderings:
          type: array
          description: IDs of ways content can be ordered
          items:
            type: string
            description: IDs of ways content can be ordered
      description: List of available orderings
    ClassificationRefList:
      type: object
      properties:
        classifications:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClassificationRef'
      description: List of classification references
    WorkflowListResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        workflows:
          type: array
          description: Allowed workflow steps.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Workflow'
      description: List of workflow steps.
    ProblemDetails:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: A URI reference [RFC3986] that identifies the problem type.
        title:
          type: string
          description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. It SHOULD NOT change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization (e.g., using proactive content negotiation; see [RFC7231], Section 3.4).
        status:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status code ([RFC7231], Section 6) generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem.
          format: int32
        detail:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
        instance:
          type: string
          description: A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem.  It may or may not yield further information if dereferenced.
      description: RFC7807 Error details
      discriminator:
        propertyName: type
        mapping:
          /error: '#/components/schemas/GenericProblemDetails'
          /validation-error: '#/components/schemas/ValidationProblemDetails'
          /dependency-violation-error: '#/components/schemas/DependencyViolationProblemDetails'
    ContentRef:
      required:
      - systemName
      - uuid
      type:
      - object
      - 'null'
      properties:
        uuid:
          type: string
          description: UUID of the referred content
          format: uuid
        systemName:
          type: string
      discriminator:
        propertyName: systemName
        mapping:
          AccessDefinition: '#/components/schemas/AccessDefinitionRef'
          Activity: '#/components/schemas/ActivityRef'
          Application: '#/components/schemas/ApplicationRef'
          AuthorCollaboration: '#/components/schemas/AuthorCollaborationRef'
          Award: '#/components/schemas/AwardRef'
          ClassificationScheme: '#/components/schemas/ClassificationSchemeRef'
          ConferenceSeries: '#/components/schemas/ConferenceSeriesRef'
          DataSet: '#/components/schemas/DataSetRef'
          Equipment: '#/components/schemas/EquipmentRef'
          Event: '#/components/schemas/EventRef'
          ExternalOrganization: '#/components/schemas/ExternalOrganizationRef'
          ExternalPerson: '#/components/schemas/ExternalPersonRef'
          Impact: '#/components/schemas/ImpactRef'
          Journal: '#/components/schemas/JournalRef'
          Organization: '#/components/schemas/OrganizationRef'
          Person: '#/components/schemas/PersonRef'
          Publisher: '#/components/schemas/PublisherRef'
          PressMedia: '#/components/schemas/PressMediaRef'
          Prize: '#/components/schemas/PrizeRef'
          Project: '#/components/schemas/ProjectRef'
          ResearchOutput: '#/components/schemas/ResearchOutputRef'
          StudentThesis: '#/components/schemas/StudentThesisRef'
          FundingOpportunity: '#/components/schemas/FundingOpportunityRef'
          EthicalReview: '#/components/schemas/EthicalReviewRef'
          ApplicationCluster: '#/components/schemas/ApplicationClusterRef'
          AwardCluster: '#/components/schemas/AwardClusterRef'
          User: '#/components/schemas/UserRef'
          ERA2018FieldOfResearch: '#/components/schemas/Anzsrc2008FieldOfResearchRef'
          UnitOfAssessmentREF2014: '#/components/schemas/Ref2014UnitOfAssessmentRef'
          UnitOfAssessmentREF2020: '#/components/schemas/Ref2020UnitOfAssessmentRef'
          ANZSRCTypeOfActivity: '#/components/schemas/Anzsrc2020TypeOfActivityRef'
          ANZSRCFieldOfResearch: '#/components/schemas/Anzsrc2020FieldOfResearchRef'
          ANZSRCSocioEconomicObjective: '#/components/schemas/Anzsrc2020SocioEconomicObjectiveRef'
          Semester: '#/components/schemas/SemesterRef'
          Education: '#/components/schemas/EducationRef'
          Course: '#/components/schemas/CourseRef'
          CurriculumVitae: '#/components/schemas/CurriculumVitaeRef'
          CustomDefinedFieldConfiguration: '#/components/schemas/CustomDefinedFieldConfigurationRef'
          KeywordGroupConfiguration: '#/components/schemas/KeywordGroupConfigurationRef'
          Review: '#/components/schemas/ReviewRef'
          GenericContentRef: '#/components/schemas/GenericContentRef'
          UserProfile: '#/components/schemas/UserProfileRef'
          Thesaurus: '#/components/schemas/ThesaurusRef'
          Concept: '#/components/schemas/ConceptRef'
          PersonExpertise: '#/components/schemas/PersonExpertiseRef'
          Contract: '#/components/schemas/ContractRef'
          Milestone: '#/components/schemas/MilestoneRef'
          Fingerprint: '#/components/schemas/FingerprintRef'
          Specialization: '#/components/schemas/SpecializationRef'
          StudentProject: '#/components/schemas/StudentProjectRef'
    ConflictProblemDetails:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: A URI reference [RFC3986] that identifies the problem type.
        title:
          type: string
          description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. It SHOULD NOT change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem, except for purposes of localization (e.g., using proactive content negotiation; see [RFC7231], Section 3.4).
        status:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status code ([RFC7231], Section 6) generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem.
          format: int32
        detail:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
        instance:
          type: string
          description: A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem.  It may or may not yield further information if dereferenced.
        modified:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        modifiedBy:
          type: string
      description: Problem details for state conflict failures
  securitySchemes:
    api-key:
      type: apiKey
      description: Security mechanism for the API
      name: api-key
      in: header
x-refined-from:
- university-of-manchester-pure-rest.yaml
- university-of-manchester-pure-rest.yaml