University of the Witwatersrand

WIReDSpace DSpace REST Root API

HAL/JSON root document of the WIReDSpace DSpace 9.2 REST API, advertising 80 endpoint links including communities, collections, items, discovery, authn and identifiers. Operated by the University of the Witwatersrand Library on the university's own domain.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: WIReDSpace DSpace REST Root API
  description: REST API for WIReDSpace, the University of the Witwatersrand institutional repository, running DSpace 9.2. The API serves a HAL/JSON root document at /server/api and exposes read access to communities, collections, items, bundles, bitstreams, and discovery/browse endpoints. This specification documents the public, anonymously-readable read surfaces verified live against the deployment; write, workflow, and administrative endpoints exist in DSpace but require authentication and are not enumerated here.
  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: Root
  description: HAL/JSON API root document
paths:
  /:
    get:
      tags:
      - Root
      summary: API root document
      description: Returns the DSpace HAL/JSON root document, including dspaceVersion, dspaceName, and an _links map of all available endpoints.
      operationId: getRoot
      responses:
        '200':
          description: HAL/JSON root document
          content:
            application/hal+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Root'
components:
  schemas:
    Link:
      type: object
      properties:
        href:
          type: string
          format: uri
    Root:
      type: object
      properties:
        dspaceUI:
          type: string
          format: uri
          example: https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za
        dspaceName:
          type: string
          example: WIReDSpace
        dspaceServer:
          type: string
          format: uri
          example: https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/server
        dspaceVersion:
          type: string
          example: DSpace 9.2
        type:
          type: string
          example: root
        _links:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'