University of the Witwatersrand

WIReDSpace DSpace REST Items API

Individual repository records — theses, dissertations, research articles and reports — each with Dublin Core metadata, bitstreams and a Handle under the 10539 prefix.

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GET /core/items/{uuid} Get an item by UUID #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: WIReDSpace DSpace REST Items API
  description: REST API for WIReDSpace, the University of the Witwatersrand institutional repository, running DSpace 9.2.
  version: '9.2'
  contact:
    name: Wits Open Scholarship, Library
    email: openscholarship.library@wits.ac.za
    url: https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/
  license:
    name: DSpace BSD License
    url: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/server/api
  description: WIReDSpace production DSpace 9.2 REST server
tags:
- name: Items
  description: Repository items (records)
paths:
  /core/items/{uuid}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Items
      summary: Get an item by UUID
      description: Returns a single repository item. Anonymous access is governed by the item's access policies; restricted items return 401/403.
      operationId: getItem
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Uuid'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single item
          content:
            application/hal+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DSpaceObject'
        '401':
          description: Authentication required for this item
        '404':
          description: Item not found
components:
  schemas:
    Link:
      type: object
      properties:
        href:
          type: string
          format: uri
    DSpaceObject:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        uuid:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        name:
          type: string
        handle:
          type: string
        metadata:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetadataValue'
        type:
          type: string
        _links:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
    MetadataValue:
      type: object
      properties:
        value:
          type: string
        language:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        authority:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        confidence:
          type: integer
        place:
          type: integer
  parameters:
    Uuid:
      name: uuid
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The UUID of the DSpace object
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid