Zenodo

Zenodo Requests API

Request management endpoints

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 8

GET /api/requests Search requests #
GET /api/requests/{requestId} Get a request #
PUT /api/requests/{requestId} Update a request #
POST /api/requests/{requestId}/comments Submit a comment on a request #
GET /api/requests/{requestId}/comments/{comment_id} Get a comment #
PUT /api/requests/{requestId}/comments/{comment_id} Update a comment #
DELETE /api/requests/{requestId}/comments/{comment_id} Delete a comment #
GET /api/requests/{requestId}/timeline Get request timeline #

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https://developers.zenodo.org/

Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zenodo/refs/heads/main/openapi/zenodo-requests-api-openapi.yml

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https://sandbox.zenodo.org

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OpenAPI Specification

zenodo-requests-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Zenodo REST Access Requests 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: Requests
  description: Request management endpoints
paths:
  /api/requests:
    get:
      summary: Search requests
      tags:
      - Requests
      operationId: searchRequests
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: sort
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: size
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: page
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
  /api/requests/{requestId}:
    get:
      summary: Get a request
      tags:
      - Requests
      operationId: getARequest
      parameters:
      - name: requestId
        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 request
      tags:
      - Requests
      operationId: updateARequest
      parameters:
      - name: requestId
        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: []
  /api/requests/{requestId}/comments:
    post:
      summary: Submit a comment on a request
      tags:
      - Requests
      operationId: submitACommentOnARequest
      parameters:
      - name: requestId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
            example:
              payload:
                content: My comment text.
                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/requests/{requestId}/comments/{comment_id}:
    get:
      summary: Get a comment
      tags:
      - Requests
      operationId: getAComment
      parameters:
      - name: requestId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: comment_id
        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 comment
      tags:
      - Requests
      operationId: updateAComment
      parameters:
      - name: requestId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: comment_id
        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: []
    delete:
      summary: Delete a comment
      tags:
      - Requests
      operationId: deleteAComment
      parameters:
      - name: requestId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: comment_id
        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/requests/{requestId}/timeline:
    get:
      summary: Get request timeline
      tags:
      - Requests
      operationId: getRequestTimeline
      parameters:
      - name: requestId
        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