# ScholarlyCommons at Penn — DSpace REST API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-pennsylvania/scholarlycommons-rest/  
**Provider:** University of Pennsylvania — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-pennsylvania/  
**Base URL:** https://repository.upenn.edu/server/api  
**Documentation:** https://repository.upenn.edu/server/api

ScholarlyCommons at Penn — DSpace REST API is one of 10 APIs that [University of Pennsylvania](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-pennsylvania/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Research Repository, DSpace, Open Access, and Library. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an API reference.

DSpace 7.6 HAL+JSON REST API on Penn's own host. The API root returned HTTP 200 advertising dspaceName "ScholarlyCommons at Penn" and the full DSpace link relation set; content endpoints require authentication (/server/api/core/items returned 401). Recorded as institution because Penn operates the deployment and the records, with the explicit caveat that the CONTRACT SHAPE IS UPSTREAM DSPACE'S, shared by every DSpace 7 installation — so no OpenAPI is derived for it and no contract-quality credit should attach to Penn for it.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **APIReference** — https://repository.upenn.edu/server/api
- **x-authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-pennsylvania/refs/heads/main/authentication/university-of-pennsylvania-authentication.yml
- **x-errors** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-pennsylvania/refs/heads/main/errors/university-of-pennsylvania-errors.yml

## Other University of Pennsylvania APIs (9)

- [Penn Courses API (Penn Course Alert / Plan / Review / Degree Plan)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-pennsylvania/penn-courses/)
- [Penn Clubs API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-pennsylvania/penn-clubs/)
- [Penn SDK (Python)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-pennsylvania/penn-sdk-python/)
- [Penn SDK (JavaScript / Node)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-pennsylvania/penn-sdk-js/)
- [PennKey Identity Provider — SAML 2.0 / Shibboleth Metadata](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-pennsylvania/pennkey-identity-provider/)
- [ScholarlyCommons at Penn — OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-pennsylvania/scholarlycommons-oai-pmh/)
- [Penn Libraries Franklin Catalog — JSON API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-pennsylvania/franklin-catalog/)
- [Colenda Digital Repository — Search JSON](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-pennsylvania/colenda/)
- [OPenn — Open Manuscript Data](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-pennsylvania/openn/)

## Tags

Research Repository, DSpace, Open Access, Library

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