Fatcat Releases API
**Release** entities represent specific published versions of a research # TAGLINEwork, such as a pre-print, a journal article, a book (or chapter), or a # TAGLINEscholarly blog post. Releases are always grouped together under Works; # TAGLINEthey may be published in a specific Container; they may have known # TAGLINECreators; and there may exist known File/Fileset/WebCapture digital copies # TAGLINEof the release. # 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[Release Entity Reference](https://guide.fatcat.wiki/entity_release.html). # TAGLINE
Fatcat Releases API is one of 11 APIs that Fatcat publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Releases. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a GitHub repository, and rate-limit docs.
This API exposes 14 operations across 13 paths, and defines 24 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 0.5.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.fatcat.wiki/v0.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Fatcat Releases 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 14
Across 13 paths, the API surfaces 14 operations — 2 DELETE, 9 GET, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Release entities represent specific published versions of a research TAGLINE work, such as a pre-print, a journal article, a book (or chapter), or a TAGLINE scholarly blog post.
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), container_entity (14 properties), release_ext_ids (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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