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Figshare

Figshare is a research data repository platform that enables researchers, institutions, and organizations to upload, manage, and publicly share scientific outputs including datasets, figures, media, papers, posters, and software. The platform provides persistent DOI assignment for all published research outputs, enabling proper citation and long-term discoverability. Figshare's REST API v2 allows programmatic access to articles, collections, projects, file uploads, statistics, and administrative functions. The platform is built on AWS infrastructure and supports both individual researchers with a free 20GB tier and institutional deployments with custom storage configurations up to multiple terabytes.

Figshare publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including altmetric API, articles API, authors API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Research Data, Data Repository, Open Science, DOI, and Datasets.

The Figshare catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Figshare’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, pricing, support, and 17 more developer resources.

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56.7/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 41/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
10 APIs
Research DataData RepositoryOpen ScienceDOIDatasetsAcademicFile StorageOpen Access

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 56.7/100 · strong
Contract Quality 18.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 6.1 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 41/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
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 10

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

Figshare altmetric API

The altmetric API from Figshare — 1 operation(s) for altmetric.

Figshare articles API

The articles API from Figshare — 34 operation(s) for articles.

Figshare authors API

The authors API from Figshare — 2 operation(s) for authors.

Figshare collections API

The collections API from Figshare — 21 operation(s) for collections.

Figshare institutions API

The institutions API from Figshare — 20 operation(s) for institutions.

Figshare oauth API

The oauth API from Figshare — 1 operation(s) for oauth.

Figshare other API

The other API from Figshare — 7 operation(s) for other.

Figshare profiles API

The profiles API from Figshare — 2 operation(s) for profiles.

Figshare projects API

The projects API from Figshare — 17 operation(s) for projects.

Figshare symplectic API

The symplectic API from Figshare — 5 operation(s) for symplectic.

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Postman Collections 10

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Figshare altmetric API

POSTMAN

Figshare altmetric articles API

POSTMAN

Figshare altmetric authors API

POSTMAN

Figshare altmetric collections API

POSTMAN

Figshare altmetric institutions API

POSTMAN

Figshare altmetric oauth API

POSTMAN

Figshare altmetric other API

POSTMAN

Figshare altmetric profiles API

POSTMAN

Figshare altmetric projects API

POSTMAN

Figshare altmetric symplectic API

POSTMAN

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Figshare Plans Pricing

8 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Figshare Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Figshare Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Figshare Context

38 classes · 5 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Figshare API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 13

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

Account

19 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Article

16 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ArticleComplete

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Author

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Category

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Collection

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CollectionComplete

23 properties

JSON SCHEMA

FundingInformation

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

License

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PrivateFile

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Project

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ProjectComplete

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PublicFile

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Figshare Article Example

17 fields

EXAMPLE

Figshare Collection Example

10 fields

EXAMPLE

Figshare File_Upload Example

11 fields

EXAMPLE

Figshare Project Example

9 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

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

Figshare Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Figshare Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Figshare Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Figshare Agentic Access

157 operations · 81 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

157 operations · 81 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 UserDocumentation
UserDocumentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary
Vocabulary
 JSONLDContext
JSONLDContext

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace
PostmanWorkspace
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 Support
Support
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 5

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 BlogRSS
BlogRSS
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: figshare
name: Figshare
description: Figshare is a research data repository platform that enables researchers, institutions, and organizations to
  upload, manage, and publicly share scientific outputs including datasets, figures, media, papers, posters, and software.
  The platform provides persistent DOI assignment for all published research outputs, enabling proper citation and long-term
  discoverability. Figshare's REST API v2 allows programmatic access to articles, collections, projects, file uploads, statistics,
  and administrative functions. The platform is built on AWS infrastructure and supports both individual researchers with
  a free 20GB tier and institutional deployments with custom storage configurations up to multiple terabytes.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/figshare.png
tags:
- Research Data
- Data Repository
- Open Science
- DOI
- Datasets
- Academic
- File Storage
- Open Access
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/figshare/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: figshare:figshare-altmetric-api
  name: Figshare altmetric API
  description: The altmetric API from Figshare — 1 operation(s) for altmetric.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - altmetric
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/figshare-altmetric-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/api_reference/oauth/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-project-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-publicfile-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-license-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-fundinginformation-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-article-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-collection-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-project-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-file_upload-example.json
- aid: figshare:figshare-articles-api
  name: Figshare articles API
  description: The articles API from Figshare — 34 operation(s) for articles.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - articles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/figshare-articles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/api_reference/oauth/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-project-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-publicfile-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-license-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-fundinginformation-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-article-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-collection-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-project-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-file_upload-example.json
- aid: figshare:figshare-authors-api
  name: Figshare authors API
  description: The authors API from Figshare — 2 operation(s) for authors.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - authors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/figshare-authors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/api_reference/oauth/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-project-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-publicfile-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-license-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-fundinginformation-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-article-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-collection-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-project-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-file_upload-example.json
- aid: figshare:figshare-collections-api
  name: Figshare collections API
  description: The collections API from Figshare — 21 operation(s) for collections.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - collections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/figshare-collections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/api_reference/oauth/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-project-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-publicfile-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-license-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-fundinginformation-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-article-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-collection-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-project-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-file_upload-example.json
- aid: figshare:figshare-institutions-api
  name: Figshare institutions API
  description: The institutions API from Figshare — 20 operation(s) for institutions.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - institutions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/figshare-institutions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/api_reference/oauth/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-project-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-publicfile-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-license-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-fundinginformation-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-article-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-collection-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-project-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-file_upload-example.json
- aid: figshare:figshare-oauth-api
  name: Figshare oauth API
  description: The oauth API from Figshare — 1 operation(s) for oauth.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - oauth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/figshare-oauth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/api_reference/oauth/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-project-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-publicfile-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-license-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-fundinginformation-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-article-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-collection-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-project-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-file_upload-example.json
- aid: figshare:figshare-other-api
  name: Figshare other API
  description: The other API from Figshare — 7 operation(s) for other.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - other
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/figshare-other-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/api_reference/oauth/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-project-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-publicfile-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-license-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-fundinginformation-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-article-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-collection-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-project-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-file_upload-example.json
- aid: figshare:figshare-profiles-api
  name: Figshare profiles API
  description: The profiles API from Figshare — 2 operation(s) for profiles.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - profiles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/figshare-profiles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/api_reference/oauth/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-project-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-publicfile-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-license-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-fundinginformation-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-article-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-collection-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-project-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-file_upload-example.json
- aid: figshare:figshare-projects-api
  name: Figshare projects API
  description: The projects API from Figshare — 17 operation(s) for projects.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/figshare-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/api_reference/oauth/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-project-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-publicfile-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-license-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-fundinginformation-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-article-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-collection-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-project-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-file_upload-example.json
- aid: figshare:figshare-symplectic-api
  name: Figshare symplectic API
  description: The symplectic API from Figshare — 5 operation(s) for symplectic.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - symplectic
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/figshare-symplectic-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/api_reference/oauth/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-project-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-author-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-publicfile-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-license-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/figshare-fundinginformation-schema.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-article-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-collection-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-project-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/figshare-file_upload-example.json
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/figshare/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/figshare-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/figshare-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/figshare-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/figshare-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://figshare.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.figshare.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/figshare
- type: Blog
  url: https://info.figshare.com/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://info.figshare.com/figshare-plus/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.figshare.com/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/figshare/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/figshare
- type: Support
  url: https://support.figshare.com/
- type: UserDocumentation
  url: https://info.figshare.com/user-guide/how-to-use-the-figshare-api/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/figshare-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/figshare-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/figshare-finops.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/figshare-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/figshare-context.jsonld
- type: BlogRSS
  url: https://info.figshare.com/blog/feed/
- type: Blog
  url: blogs/blogs.json
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com