Zenodo

Zenodo Drafts Files upload API

Draft file upload workflow

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Operations 3

POST /api/records/{draftId}/draft/files Step 1: Start draft file uploads #

PUT /api/records/{draftId}/draft/files/{file-name}/content Step 2: Upload draft file content #

POST /api/records/{draftId}/draft/files/{file-name}/commit Step 3: Complete a draft file upload #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Zenodo REST Access Drafts Files upload 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 Files upload
  description: Draft file upload workflow
paths:
  /api/records/{draftId}/draft/files:
    post:
      summary: 'Step 1: Start draft file uploads'
      tags:
      - Drafts Files upload
      operationId: startDraftFileUploads
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  key:
                    type: string
            example:
            - key: filename.csv
      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/files/{file-name}/content:
    put:
      summary: 'Step 2: Upload draft file content'
      tags:
      - Drafts Files upload
      operationId: uploadDraftFileContent
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: file-name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/octet-stream:
            schema:
              type: string
              format: binary
      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/{file-name}/commit:
    post:
      summary: 'Step 3: Complete a draft file upload'
      tags:
      - Drafts Files upload
      operationId: completeDraftFileUpload
      parameters:
      - name: draftId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: file-name
        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: []
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