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Dryad

Dryad is a nonprofit open data publishing platform and repository that enables researchers to publish, preserve, and access research datasets. It provides a REST API for submitting, updating, and retrieving datasets associated with peer-reviewed publications in biology, ecology, and related disciplines.

Dryad publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including datasets API, files API, internal API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Research Data, Open Science, Data Repository, Datasets, and Biology.

The Dryad catalog on APIs.io includes 2 JSON-LD contexts and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Dryad’s developer surface includes authentication, pricing, engineering blog, GitHub presence, signup flow, and 10 more developer resources.

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47.4/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 42/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
AccessSelf serve
7 APIs
Research DataOpen ScienceData RepositoryDatasetsBiologyEcologyOpen Access

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 47.4/100 · developing
Contract Quality 16.3 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.9 / 20
Access Clarity 16.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Contract Governance 1.2 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 42/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 7

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Dryad datasets API

Dataset operations

Dryad files API

Operations on individual files of a dataset

Dryad internal API

Internal APIs not of general interest to the public

Dryad reports API

Reports on content in Dryad

Dryad root API

Root-level API calls

Dryad search API

Searching datasets

Dryad versions API

Operations on individual versions of a dataset

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Open Collections 8

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Dryad datasets API

OPEN COLLECTION

Dryad datasets files API

OPEN COLLECTION

Dryad datasets internal API

OPEN COLLECTION

Dryad datasets reports API

OPEN COLLECTION

Dryad datasets root API

OPEN COLLECTION

Dryad datasets search API

OPEN COLLECTION

Dryad datasets versions API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Plans

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 2

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Api Context

29 classes · 7 properties

JSON-LD

context Context

29 classes · 7 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Dryad API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 44

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Error

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Admin Values

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Author

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Dataset

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Dataset Links

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Dataset Submission

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Datasets

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Dc Metadata

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Embargo

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Embedded Datasets

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Embedded Files

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Embedded Versions

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

File

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

File Links

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Files

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Funder

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Geolocation

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Geolocationbox

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Geolocationpoint

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Hal Curie

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Hal Dataset Links

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Hal File Links

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Hal Link

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Hal Links

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Hal Page Links

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Hal Paged Response

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Hal Self Link

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Hal Version Links

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Paging Counts

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Processor Result

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Processor Results

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Relatedwork

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Related Type

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Reports

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Root

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Root Links

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Simple Author

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Simple Version

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Tenant

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Url

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Url Json

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Version

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Version Links

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Versions

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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Examples 6

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Delete Files Id Response 403

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Get Reports Name Response 404

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Get Reports Name Response 500

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Get Search Response 400

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Get Versions Id Download Response 404

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Patch Datasets Doi Response 403

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Dryad Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Dryad Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Dryad Agentic Access

25 operations · 9 acting

25 operations · 9 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup
Signup

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Releases
Releases
 Contact
Contact

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License
License
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 Pricing
Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Blog
Blog
 InstitutionalPartners
InstitutionalPartners
 PublisherPartners
PublisherPartners

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Dryad
description: Dryad is a nonprofit open data publishing platform and repository that enables researchers to publish, preserve,
  and access research datasets. It provides a REST API for submitting, updating, and retrieving datasets associated with peer-reviewed
  publications in biology, ecology, and related disciplines.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://datadryad.org/images/logo.png
tags:
- Research Data
- Open Science
- Data Repository
- Datasets
- Biology
- Ecology
- Open Access
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: dryad:dryad-datasets-api
  name: Dryad datasets API
  description: Dataset operations
  humanURL: https://datadryad.org/api/v2/docs
  baseURL: https://datadryad.org/api/v2
  tags:
  - Datasets
  tags_raw:
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  properties:
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  - type: Documentation
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  - type: GitHubRepository
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  - type: SubmissionGuide
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/submission.md
  - type: SearchGuide
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/search.md
  - type: APIAccounts
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  - type: DatasetMetadata
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  - type: FinOps
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  - type: Vocabulary
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- aid: dryad:dryad-files-api
  name: Dryad files API
  description: Operations on individual files of a dataset
  humanURL: https://datadryad.org/api/v2/docs
  baseURL: https://datadryad.org/api/v2
  tags:
  - File
  tags_raw:
  - files
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dryad-files-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datadryad.org/api/v2/docs
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app
  - type: SubmissionGuide
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/submission.md
  - type: SearchGuide
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/search.md
  - type: APIAccounts
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/api_accounts.md
  - type: DatasetMetadata
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/dataset_metadata.md
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/json-ld/context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/vocabulary.json
- aid: dryad:dryad-internal-api
  name: Dryad internal API
  description: Internal APIs not of general interest to the public
  humanURL: https://datadryad.org/api/v2/docs
  baseURL: https://datadryad.org/api/v2
  tags:
  - Internal
  tags_raw:
  - internal
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dryad-internal-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datadryad.org/api/v2/docs
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app
  - type: SubmissionGuide
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/submission.md
  - type: SearchGuide
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/search.md
  - type: APIAccounts
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/api_accounts.md
  - type: DatasetMetadata
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/dataset_metadata.md
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/json-schema/
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/json-ld/context.jsonld
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/vocabulary.json
- aid: dryad:dryad-reports-api
  name: Dryad reports API
  description: Reports on content in Dryad
  humanURL: https://datadryad.org/api/v2/docs
  baseURL: https://datadryad.org/api/v2
  tags:
  - Reports
  tags_raw:
  - reports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dryad-reports-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datadryad.org/api/v2/docs
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app
  - type: SubmissionGuide
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/submission.md
  - type: SearchGuide
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/search.md
  - type: APIAccounts
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/api_accounts.md
  - type: DatasetMetadata
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/dataset_metadata.md
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONLDContext
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  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/vocabulary.json
- aid: dryad:dryad-root-api
  name: Dryad root API
  description: Root-level API calls
  humanURL: https://datadryad.org/api/v2/docs
  baseURL: https://datadryad.org/api/v2
  tags:
  - Root
  tags_raw:
  - root
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dryad-root-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datadryad.org/api/v2/docs
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app
  - type: SubmissionGuide
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/submission.md
  - type: SearchGuide
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/search.md
  - type: APIAccounts
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/api_accounts.md
  - type: DatasetMetadata
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/dataset_metadata.md
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
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  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONLDContext
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  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/vocabulary.json
- aid: dryad:dryad-search-api
  name: Dryad search API
  description: Searching datasets
  humanURL: https://datadryad.org/api/v2/docs
  baseURL: https://datadryad.org/api/v2
  tags:
  - Search
  tags_raw:
  - search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dryad-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datadryad.org/api/v2/docs
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app
  - type: SubmissionGuide
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/submission.md
  - type: SearchGuide
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/search.md
  - type: APIAccounts
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/api_accounts.md
  - type: DatasetMetadata
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/dataset_metadata.md
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
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  - type: JSONLDContext
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  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/vocabulary.json
- aid: dryad:dryad-versions-api
  name: Dryad versions API
  description: Operations on individual versions of a dataset
  humanURL: https://datadryad.org/api/v2/docs
  baseURL: https://datadryad.org/api/v2
  tags:
  - Versions
  tags_raw:
  - versions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/dryad-versions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datadryad.org/api/v2/docs
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app
  - type: SubmissionGuide
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/submission.md
  - type: SearchGuide
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/search.md
  - type: APIAccounts
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/api_accounts.md
  - type: DatasetMetadata
    url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/dataset_metadata.md
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
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  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dryad/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/vocabulary.json
common:
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/releases
- type: License
  name: MIT
  url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/dryad-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dryad-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/dryad-authentication.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: https://github.com/datadryad/dryad-app/blob/main/documentation/apis/api_accounts.md
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://datadryad.org/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://datadryad.org/privacy
- type: Pricing
  url: https://datadryad.org/help/requirements/costs
- type: Contact
  url: https://datadryad.org/contact
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.datadryad.org
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/datadryad
- type: Signup
  url: https://datadryad.org/account
- type: InstitutionalPartners
  url: https://datadryad.org/institutions
- type: PublisherPartners
  url: https://datadryad.org/publishers
modified: '2026-06-13'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com