Zenodo

Zenodo Drafts API

Draft record management

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Operations 16

GET /api/records/{draftId}/draft Get a draft record #

PUT /api/records/{draftId}/draft Update a draft record #

POST /api/records/{draftId}/draft Edit a published record (create draft from published) #

DELETE /api/records/{draftId}/draft Delete/discard a draft record #

POST /api/records/{draftId}/draft/actions/publish Publish a draft record #

POST /api/records/{draftId}/draft/actions/files-import Link files from previous version #

GET /api/records/{draftId}/draft/review Get a review request for a draft #

PUT /api/records/{draftId}/draft/review Create or update a review request #

DELETE /api/records/{draftId}/draft/review Delete a review request #

POST /api/records/{draftId}/draft/actions/submit-review Submit a draft for community review #

POST /api/records/{draftId}/draft/pids/doi Reserve a DOI for a draft #

DELETE /api/records/{draftId}/draft/pids/doi Delete a reserved DOI #

GET /api/records/{draftId}/draft/files List draft files #

GET /api/records/{draftId}/draft/files/{file-name}/content Download a draft file #

GET /api/records/{draftId}/draft/files/{file-name} Get draft file metadata #

DELETE /api/records/{draftId}/draft/files/{file-name} Delete a draft file #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Zenodo REST Access Drafts API
  description: 'REST API for Zenodo, the free open research data repository operated by CERN and built on InvenioRDM. Provides programmatic access to deposits (draft records), published records, file management, communities, vocabularies, OAI-PMH sets, requests, users, groups, statistics, and audit logs. Every published record receives a DOI for persistent citation. Authenticate with a personal access token passed as a Bearer token.

    '
  version: 12.0.0
  contact:
    name: Zenodo Developer Documentation
    url: https://developers.zenodo.org/
  license:
    name: MIT License
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
  x-upstream-spec: https://github.com/inveniosoftware/invenio-openapi
servers:
- url: https://zenodo.org
  description: Zenodo production instance
- url: https://sandbox.zenodo.org
  description: Zenodo sandbox (testing)
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Drafts
  description: Draft record management
paths:
  /api/records/{draftId}/draft:
    get:
      summary: Get a draft record
      tags:
      - Drafts
      operationId: getADraftRecord
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
    put:
      summary: Update a draft record
      tags:
      - Drafts
      operationId: updateADraftRecord
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
    post:
      summary: Edit a published record (create draft from published)
      tags:
      - Drafts
      operationId: editAPublishedRecord
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Created'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
    delete:
      summary: Delete/discard a draft record
      tags:
      - Drafts
      operationId: deleteADraftRecord
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
  /api/records/{draftId}/draft/actions/publish:
    post:
      summary: Publish a draft record
      tags:
      - Drafts
      operationId: publishADraftRecord
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Created'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
  /api/records/{draftId}/draft/actions/files-import:
    post:
      summary: Link files from previous version
      tags:
      - Drafts
      operationId: linkFilesFromPreviousVersion
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Created'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
  /api/records/{draftId}/draft/review:
    get:
      summary: Get a review request for a draft
      tags:
      - Drafts
      operationId: getAReviewRequest
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
    put:
      summary: Create or update a review request
      tags:
      - Drafts
      operationId: createUpdateAReviewRequest
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
            example:
              receiver:
                community: community-id
              type: community-submission
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
    delete:
      summary: Delete a review request
      tags:
      - Drafts
      operationId: deleteAReviewRequest
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
  /api/records/{draftId}/draft/actions/submit-review:
    post:
      summary: Submit a draft for community review
      tags:
      - Drafts
      operationId: submitARecordForReview
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
            example:
              payload:
                content: Thank you in advance for the review.
                format: html
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Created'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
  /api/records/{draftId}/draft/pids/doi:
    post:
      summary: Reserve a DOI for a draft
      tags:
      - Drafts
      operationId: reserveADoi
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Created'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
    delete:
      summary: Delete a reserved DOI
      tags:
      - Drafts
      operationId: deleteADoi
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
  /api/records/{draftId}/draft/files:
    get:
      summary: List draft files
      tags:
      - Drafts
      operationId: listDraftFiles
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
  /api/records/{draftId}/draft/files/{file-name}/content:
    get:
      summary: Download a draft file
      tags:
      - Drafts
      operationId: downloadADraftFile
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: file-name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
  /api/records/{draftId}/draft/files/{file-name}:
    get:
      summary: Get draft file metadata
      tags:
      - Drafts
      operationId: getDraftFileMetadata
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: file-name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
    delete:
      summary: Delete a draft file
      tags:
      - Drafts
      operationId: deleteADraftFile
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: file-name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
components:
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request - invalid input parameters
    NotFound:
      description: Not found - resource does not exist
    Forbidden:
      description: Forbidden - insufficient permissions
    Success:
      description: Successful response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized - authentication required
    InternalServerError:
      description: Internal server error
    Created:
      description: Resource created successfully
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Personal access token issued from the Zenodo account settings