Yale University Info API

Deployment identity, version and metrics

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GET /api/info/version Get the Dataverse software version of this deployment conformant #

GET /api/v1/info/server Get the canonical hostname of this installation conformant #

GET /api/info/metrics/datasets Count published datasets conformant #

GET /api/metadatablocks/{name} Retrieve a metadata block definition #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Yale Dataverse Repository Info API
  description: Public read endpoints of Yale Dataverse (https://dataverse.yale.edu), Yale University's institutional research-data repository.
  version: 6.10.1
  contact:
    name: Yale University Library — Yale Dataverse
    url: https://dataverse.yale.edu/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: https://dataverse.yale.edu
  description: Yale Dataverse production (institution-operated)
tags:
- name: Info
  description: Deployment identity, version and metrics
paths:
  /api/info/version:
    get:
      tags:
      - Info
      operationId: getVersion
      summary: Get the Dataverse software version of this deployment
      description: Returns the Dataverse release and build running at Yale. Verified 200 on 2026-08-19.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Version envelope.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatusEnvelope'
              example:
                status: OK
                data:
                  version: 6.10.1
                  build: master-300d5b5
  /api/v1/info/server:
    get:
      tags:
      - Info
      operationId: getServer
      summary: Get the canonical hostname of this installation
      description: Returns the installation hostname. Verified 200 returning dataverse.yale.edu on 2026-08-19.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Server identity envelope.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatusEnvelope'
              example:
                status: OK
                data:
                  message: dataverse.yale.edu
  /api/info/metrics/datasets:
    get:
      tags:
      - Info
      operationId: getDatasetMetrics
      summary: Count published datasets
      description: Returns the number of published datasets in this installation. Verified 200 returning 279 on 2026-08-19.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Dataset count envelope.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatusEnvelope'
              example:
                status: OK
                data:
                  count: 279
  /api/metadatablocks/{name}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Info
      operationId: getMetadataBlock
      summary: Retrieve a metadata block definition
      description: Returns the field definitions for a named metadata block. The citation block on this deployment declares ORCID among its author-identifier schemes. Verified 200 on 2026-08-19.
      parameters:
      - name: name
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Metadata block name, e.g. citation.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Metadata block envelope.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatusEnvelope'
        '404':
          description: No such metadata block.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
components:
  schemas:
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      description: Standard Dataverse response envelope for a failed call.
      required:
      - status
      - message
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - ERROR
        message:
          type: string
    StatusEnvelope:
      type: object
      description: Standard Dataverse response envelope for a successful call.
      required:
      - status
      - data
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - OK
        data:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
externalDocs:
  description: Upstream Dataverse Project API guide (the software vendor's documentation, not Yale's)
  url: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/