Figshare

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
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
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-api
  name: Figshare API
  description: The Figshare REST API v2 provides full programmatic access to the platform, including public and private article
    management, file uploads (standard and S3-based), collections, projects, authors, licenses, funding, statistics, search,
    OAI-PMH harvesting, and institutional administration endpoints. Authentication is via OAuth 2.0 or personal tokens.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - Research Data
  - Datasets
  - DOI
  - File Uploads
  - Collections
  - Projects
  - Articles
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/swagger.json
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/figshare-api-openapi.yml
  - 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: 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