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University of California, Davis

Aggie Experts API

Aggie Experts is the UC Davis Library's research-profile and expertise-discovery system, and its API is the strongest programmable surface the institution operates. Version 5.0, Apache-2.0 licensed, twelve documented operations over experts, scholarly works and grants, with published terms of use and a contact address. Verified callable anonymously on 2026-08-19: /api/expert/browse returned 196 experts beginning with A and /api/search returned 1,625 hits for 'genomics'. Responses are JSON-LD carrying VIVO and vCard terms, UC Davis ARK identifiers (NAAN 87287), ORCID iDs and Scopus author IDs. UC Davis authored this contract.

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Aggie Experts API is one of 18 APIs that University of California, Davis publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Research, Expertise Discovery, Scholarly Communication, JSON-LD, and ORCID. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, an API reference, and API documentation.

This API exposes 13 operations across 12 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 5.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://experts.ucdavis.edu/api.

13 operations 12 paths 5 schemas 12 GET1 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
5.0
Base URL
https://experts.ucdavis.edu/api
Contact
experts@ucdavis.edu
License
Apache 2.0
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 13

Across 12 paths, the API surfaces 13 operations — 12 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

expert 13

Expert Information

GET
/api/search/
Returns matching search results, including the number of matching works and grants
11 params → 200400
GET
/api/expert/browse
Returns for undefined for A - Z, or if sending query param p={letter}, will return results for undefined with last names of that letter
3 params → 200400
GET
/api/expert/{expertId}
Get an expert by id
4 params → 200400403404
POST
/api/expert/{expertId}
Get an expert by id with subselect options
1 param body → 200404
GET
/api/work/search
Returns matching search results for works.
5 params → 200400
GET
/api/work/browse
Returns works A - Z, or if sending query param p={letter}, will return results with that letter
3 params → 200400
GET
/api/work/{id}
Get a work by id
1 param → 200400403404
GET
/api/grant/browse
Returns grants A - Z, or if sending query param p={letter}, will return results with that letter
3 params → 200400
GET
/api/grant/{id}
Get a grant by id
1 param → 200400403404
GET
/api/sitefarm/experts/{ids}
Returns a JSON array of expert profiles
1 param → 200400404
GET
/api/miv/user
Returns the expertId for the currently authenticated MIV user
→ 200404
GET
/api/miv/grants
Returns a JSON array of an expert's grants. One of 'email', 'ucdPersonUUID', or 'iamId' must be provided to identify the expert. The 'until' date defaults to today if not provided.
5 params → 200400404
GET
/api/miv/raw_grants
Returns the raw Elasticsearch grant documents for an expert. One of 'email', 'ucdPersonUUID', or 'iamId' must be provided. The 'until' date defaults to today if not provided.
5 params → 200400404

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Expert (10 properties), Grant (2 properties), Work (2 properties), Search (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Browse
object
2 properties
Search
object
2 properties
Work
object
2 properties
Grant
object
2 properties
Expert
object
10 properties 10 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

uc-davis-aggie-experts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
uc-davis:aggie-experts
Base URL
https://experts.ucdavis.edu/api
Docs
https://experts.ucdavis.edu/
Provider
University of California, Davis
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