Fatcat files API
**File** entities represent unique digital files which are full # TAGLINEmanifestations of specific releases (publications), such as fulltext PDF # TAGLINEfiles, JATS XML documents, or video files. File entities also include a # TAGLINEset of locations where they can be found on the public web. # TAGLINESee the "Catalog Style Guide" section of the guide for details and # TAGLINEsemantics of what should be included in specific entity fields. # TAGLINESpecifically, the # TAGLINE[File Entity Reference](https://guide.fatcat.wiki/entity_file.html). # TAGLINE
Fatcat files API is one of 11 APIs that Fatcat publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include File. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a GitHub repository, and rate-limit docs.
This API exposes 11 operations across 10 paths, and defines 24 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 0.5.0.
Requests are made against the base URL https://api.fatcat.wiki/v0.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Fatcat files API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (Bearer).
Bearer— The only current API authentication mechanism is HTTP bearer authentication using the Authorization HTTP header. The header should be formatted as the string "…
Paths & Operations 11
Across 10 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 2 DELETE, 6 GET, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
File entities represent unique digital files which are full TAGLINE manifestations of specific releases (publications), such as fulltext PDF TAGLINE files, JATS XML documents, or…
Schemas 24
The contract defines 24 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are release_entity (34 properties), file_entity (15 properties), release_ext_ids (14 properties), container_entity (14 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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