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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Core API

Core repository resources (communities, collections, items)

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Core API is one of 6 APIs that Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Core. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 6 operations across 6 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 8.4.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/server/api.

6 operations 6 paths 8 schemas 6 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
8.4
Base URL
https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/server/api
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 6

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 6 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Core 6

Core repository resources (communities, collections, items)

GET
/core/communities
List communities
listCommunities 2 params → 200
GET
/core/communities/{uuid}
Get a community by UUID
getCommunity 1 param → 200404
GET
/core/communities/{uuid}/collections
List collections within a community
listCommunityCollections 3 params → 200
GET
/core/collections
List collections
listCollections 2 params → 200
GET
/core/collections/{uuid}
Get a collection by UUID
getCollection 1 param → 200404
GET
/core/items/{uuid}
Get an item by UUID
getItem 1 param → 200401404

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Item (12 properties), Community (8 properties), Collection (8 properties), MetadataValue (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Link
object
1 property
PageInfo
object
4 properties
MetadataMap
object
Map of metadata field keys (e.g. "dc.title", "dc.identifier.uri", "dc.description") to arrays of metadata values.
Item
object
A DSpace item (a repository record such as a thesis, article, or dataset).
12 properties
PagedResponse
object
3 properties
Collection
object
A DSpace collection (a container of items).
8 properties
MetadataValue
object
A single DSpace metadata value entry.
5 properties 1 required
Community
object
A DSpace community (a grouping of collections and sub-communities).
8 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-core-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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