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 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Altmetric API, Articles API, Authors API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Research Data, Research 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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38.7/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent ready Heartbeat 14/100 dormant saas Full breakdown ↓
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1 published contract

Research Data Research Repository Open Science DOI Datasets Academic File Storage Open Access Figshare OAI-PMH

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Research & Scholarship Management

BC-4780

articlescollections

GET /articles GET /articles/{article_id} GET /articles/{article_id}/versions GET /articles/{article_id}/versions/{version_id}

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 38.7/100 · thin

Contract Quality 13.6 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 2.7 / 15

Access Clarity 2.8 / 15

Operational Transparency 2.6 / 10

Contract Governance 2.1 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 4.0 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · 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

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Education & Research regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks
Documented Reversibility +6 pts — a reversal operation in the contract, graded up when a window is documented too

7 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Developer Ergonomics scores 17.9 — up to +16.4 composite points
Access Clarity scores 18.4 — up to +16.3 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 26.3 — up to +9.6 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Higher Education and Research	standard	34.5 (thin)	-	-
APIs.guru OpenAPI Directory (API definition directory)	standard	34.5 (thin)	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 4

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

DOI

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

OAI-PMH

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

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 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.

Figshare OAUTH API

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

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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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Open Collections 10

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

Figshare altmetric API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric articles API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric authors API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric collections API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric institutions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric oauth API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric other API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric profiles API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric projects API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric symplectic API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Figshare API pricing

Not yet checked against Figshare's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-06-12; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free free	—
Figshare+ Small paid	—
Figshare+ Medium paid	—
Figshare+ Large paid	—
Figshare+ Extra Large paid	—
Figshare+ Up to 5TB paid	—
Figshare+ Over 5TB enterprise	—
Institutional Figshare enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

: 1 requests per second
: 20 max file size standard gb
: 500 max files per item

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Figshare's documentation. Rate-limit details →

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

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Figshare

SLA

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 — jsonschema 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

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 · 79 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

157 operations · 79 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 4

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

BlogRSS

BlogRSS

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

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
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/figshare.png
x-docs-platform: swagger-ui
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-03
tags:
- Research Data
- Research Repository
- Open Science
- DOI
- Datasets
- Academic
- File Storage
- Open Access
- Figshare
- OAI-PMH
tags_raw:
- Research Data
- Data Repository
- Open Science
- DOI
- Datasets
- Academic
- File Storage
- Open Access
- Figshare
- OAI-PMH
- Research Repository
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/figshare/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
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
  tags_raw:
  - 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
  tags_raw:
  - 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:
  - Collection
  tags_raw:
  - 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
  tags_raw:
  - 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-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: []
  tags_raw:
  - 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
  tags_raw:
  - 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:
  - Project
  tags_raw:
  - 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
  tags_raw:
  - 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
- 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
  - Authentication
  tags_raw:
  - oauth
  - Authentication
  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
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/figshare-capability-edges.yml
  name: Figshare Business Capability Map
- 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/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Figshare API — frequently asked questions

Does Figshare have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 10 APIs from Figshare, including Figshare Altmetric API, Figshare Articles API and Figshare Authors API, and 7 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Figshare API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 10 OpenAPI specifications for Figshare, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Figshare API?

Figshare documents its authentication (oauth2 · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Figshare Authentication.

How much does the Figshare API cost?

APIs.io lists 8 pricing plans for Figshare, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Figshare API ready for AI agents?

Figshare has a Kin Score of 38.7 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 30.5 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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