Zenodo

Zenodo Records Files API

File management operations on published records

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Zenodo REST Access Records Files 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: Records Files
  description: File management operations on published records
paths:
  /api/records/{recordId}/files:
    get:
      summary: List a record's files
      tags:
      - Records Files
      operationId: listRecordFiles
      parameters:
      - name: recordId
        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/{recordId}/files/{file-name}:
    get:
      summary: Get a record file's metadata
      tags:
      - Records Files
      operationId: getRecordFileMetadata
      parameters:
      - name: recordId
        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/{recordId}/files/{file-name}/content:
    get:
      summary: Download a record file
      tags:
      - Records Files
      operationId: downloadRecordFile
      parameters:
      - name: recordId
        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:
    Success:
      description: Successful response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized - authentication required
    NotFound:
      description: Not found - resource does not exist
    Forbidden:
      description: Forbidden - insufficient permissions
    InternalServerError:
      description: Internal server error
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Personal access token issued from the Zenodo account settings