Zenodo

Zenodo Vocabularies API

Vocabulary and controlled terms endpoints

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https://developers.zenodo.org/

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

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https://sandbox.zenodo.org

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OpenAPI Specification

zenodo-vocabularies-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Zenodo REST Access Vocabularies 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: Vocabularies
  description: Vocabulary and controlled terms endpoints
paths:
  /api/vocabularies/{vocabularies-type}:
    get:
      summary: Search vocabularies by type
      tags:
      - Vocabularies
      operationId: searchVocabularies
      parameters:
      - name: vocabularies-type
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Vocabulary type e.g. resourcetypes, languages, licenses, relationtypes
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: suggest
        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'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /api/vocabularies/{vocabularies-type}/{vocabulariesId}:
    get:
      summary: Get vocabulary record by ID
      tags:
      - Vocabularies
      operationId: getVocabularyRecordById
      parameters:
      - name: vocabularies-type
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: vocabulariesId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /api/funders:
    get:
      summary: Search funders vocabulary
      tags:
      - Vocabularies
      operationId: searchFunders
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: suggest
        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'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /api/funders/{vocFundersId}:
    get:
      summary: Get funder by ID
      tags:
      - Vocabularies
      operationId: getFunderById
      parameters:
      - name: vocFundersId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /api/awards:
    get:
      summary: Search awards vocabulary
      tags:
      - Vocabularies
      operationId: searchAwards
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: suggest
        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'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /api/awards/{vocAwardsId}:
    get:
      summary: Get award by ID
      tags:
      - Vocabularies
      operationId: getAwardById
      parameters:
      - name: vocAwardsId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /api/names:
    get:
      summary: Search names vocabulary
      tags:
      - Vocabularies
      operationId: searchNames
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: suggest
        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'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /api/names/{vocNamesId}:
    get:
      summary: Get name vocabulary entry by ID
      tags:
      - Vocabularies
      operationId: getNameById
      parameters:
      - name: vocNamesId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /api/affiliations:
    get:
      summary: Search affiliations vocabulary
      tags:
      - Vocabularies
      operationId: searchAffiliations
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /api/affiliations/{vocAffiliationId}:
    get:
      summary: Get affiliation by ID
      tags:
      - Vocabularies
      operationId: getAffiliationById
      parameters:
      - name: vocAffiliationId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /api/subjects:
    get:
      summary: Search subjects vocabulary
      tags:
      - Vocabularies
      operationId: searchSubjects
      parameters:
      - name: suggest
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Success'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
  /api/subjects/{vocSubjectsId}:
    get:
      summary: Get subject by ID
      tags:
      - Vocabularies
      operationId: getSubjectById
      parameters:
      - name: vocSubjectsId
        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:
    Success:
      description: Successful response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
    NotFound:
      description: Not found - resource does not exist
    InternalServerError:
      description: Internal server error
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Personal access token issued from the Zenodo account settings