Zenodo

Zenodo Export API

Record export functionality

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Operations 5

GET /api/records/{recordId}/export/json Export record as JSON #

GET /api/records/{recordId}/export/dublincore Export record as Dublin Core XML #

GET /api/records/{recordId}/export/datacite-xml Export record as DataCite XML #

GET /api/records/{recordId}/export/datacite-json Export record as DataCite JSON #

GET /api/records/{recordId}/export/csl Export record as CSL #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Zenodo REST Access Export 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: Export
  description: Record export functionality
paths:
  /api/records/{recordId}/export/json:
    get:
      summary: Export record as JSON
      tags:
      - Export
      operationId: exportRecordAsJson
      parameters:
      - name: recordId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /api/records/{recordId}/export/dublincore:
    get:
      summary: Export record as Dublin Core XML
      tags:
      - Export
      operationId: exportRecordAsDublinCore
      parameters:
      - name: recordId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /api/records/{recordId}/export/datacite-xml:
    get:
      summary: Export record as DataCite XML
      tags:
      - Export
      operationId: exportRecordAsDataCiteXml
      parameters:
      - name: recordId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /api/records/{recordId}/export/datacite-json:
    get:
      summary: Export record as DataCite JSON
      tags:
      - Export
      operationId: exportRecordAsDataCiteJson
      parameters:
      - name: recordId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /api/records/{recordId}/export/csl:
    get:
      summary: Export record as CSL
      tags:
      - Export
      operationId: exportRecordAsCsl
      parameters:
      - name: recordId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
components:
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: Not found - resource does not exist
    InternalServerError:
      description: Internal server error
    Success:
      description: Successful response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Personal access token issued from the Zenodo account settings