# University of Minnesota Dataset API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-minnesota/university-of-minnesota-dataset-api/  
**Provider:** University of Minnesota — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-minnesota/  
**Base URL:** https://exchange-1.gems.msi.umn.edu  
**Documentation:** https://gems.umn.edu/gems-exchange-apis

University of Minnesota Dataset API is one of 15 APIs that [University of Minnesota](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-minnesota/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Datasets. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and 2 JSON Schemas.

The dataset API from University of Minnesota — 14 operation(s) for dataset.

## Operations (20)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/grid` | Get All Grids |
| GET | `/grid/{id}` | Get Grid |
| GET | `/datasets` | Get Datasets |
| GET | `/{keyname}/object/search` | Get Search Object |
| POST | `/{keyname}/object/search` | Post Search Object |
| GET | `/{keyname}/object/{id}` | Get Object Metadata |
| GET | `/{keyname}/object/{id}/point` | Get Object Point |
| GET | `/{keyname}/object/{id}/envelope` | Get Object Envelope |
| GET | `/{keyname}/object/{id}/raster` | Get Object Spatial |
| POST | `/{keyname}/object/{id}/raster` | Post Object Spatial |
| GET | `/{keyname}/object/{id}/stats` | Get Object Stats |
| POST | `/{keyname}/object/{id}/stats` | Post Object Stats |
| GET | `/{keyname}/object/{id}/histogram` | Get Object Hist |
| POST | `/{keyname}/object/{id}/histogram` | Post Object Hist |
| GET | `/{keyname}/object/{id}/quantiles` | Get Object Quantiles |
| POST | `/{keyname}/object/{id}/quantiles` | Post Object Quantiles |
| GET | `/{keyname}/object/{id}/valuecount` | Get Object Value Count |
| POST | `/{keyname}/object/{id}/valuecount` | Post Object Value Count |
| GET | `/{keyname}/layer` | Get All Layers |
| GET | `/{keyname}/layer/{id}` | Get Layer |

## Machine-readable artifacts (9)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-minnesota/refs/heads/main/openapi/university-of-minnesota-dataset-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://gems.umn.edu/gems-exchange-apis
- **APIReference** — https://exchange-1.gems.msi.umn.edu/soil/v2/docs
- **Signup** — https://exchange-1.gems.msi.umn.edu/portal/home
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/GEMS-UMN/Exchange-Notebooks
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-minnesota/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-minnesota-gems-exchange-schemas.json
- **Documentation** — https://github.com/UMNLibraries/digital_collection_apis
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/UMNLibraries/digital_collection_apis
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-minnesota/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-minnesota-umedia-item.json

## Other University of Minnesota APIs (12)

- [Common Good APIs](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-minnesota/common-good-apis/)
- [UMN Digital Conservancy — OAI-PMH and DSpace REST](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-minnesota/digital-conservancy-oai-pmh/)
- [InCommon Identity Federation — University of Minnesota Shibboleth IdP](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-minnesota/incommon-identity-federation/)
- [DataCite membership — University of Minnesota](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-minnesota/datacite-membership/)
- [Crossref membership — University of Minnesota](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-minnesota/crossref-membership/)
- [ROR registration — University of Minnesota](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-minnesota/ror-registration/)
- [Boomi API Developer Portal (UMN tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-minnesota/boomi-api-developer-portal/)
- [UMedia IIIF image delivery (OCLC CONTENTdm tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-minnesota/contentdm-iiif/)
- [University of Minnesota Catchment API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-minnesota/university-of-minnesota-catchment-api/)
- [University of Minnesota Item API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-minnesota/university-of-minnesota-item-api/)
- [University of Minnesota Lake API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-minnesota/university-of-minnesota-lake-api/)
- [University of Minnesota Pedtools API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-minnesota/university-of-minnesota-pedtools-api/)

## Tags

Datasets

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