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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur biblios API

Manage bibliographic records

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur biblios API is one of 64 APIs that Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 13 operations across 9 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://libserv.iitk.ac.in/api/v1.

13 operations 9 paths 5 schemas 1 DELETE6 GET4 POST2 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1
Base URL
https://libserv.iitk.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/oai.pl
License
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 13

Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 13 operations — 1 DELETE, 6 GET, 4 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

biblios 13

Manage bibliographic records

GET
/biblios
List biblios
listBiblio 6 params body → 200400401403404406500501
POST
/biblios
Add biblio
addBiblio 3 params → 200400401403404406500501
DELETE
/biblios/{biblio_id}
Delete biblio
deleteBiblio 1 param → 204400401403404409500501
GET
/biblios/{biblio_id}
Get biblio
getBiblio 1 param → 200400401403404406500501
PUT
/biblios/{biblio_id}
Update biblio
updateBiblio 4 params → 200400401403404406500501
GET
/biblios/{biblio_id}/items
Get items for a biblio
getBiblioItems 9 params body → 200400401403404406500501
POST
/biblios/{biblio_id}/items
Add an item for a biblio
addBiblioItem 1 param body → 201400401403404409500501
PUT
/biblios/{biblio_id}/items/{item_id}
Update an item for a biblio
updateBiblioItem 2 params body → 200400401403404409500501
POST
/biblios/{biblio_id}/merge
Merge Biblios
mergeBiblios 1 param body → 200400401403404500501503
GET
/biblios/{biblio_id}/pickup_locations
Get valid pickup locations for a biblio
getBiblioPickupLocations 7 params body → 200400401403404500501503
GET
/public/biblios/{biblio_id}
Get biblio (public)
getBiblioPublic 1 param → 200400401403404406500501
GET
/public/biblios/{biblio_id}/items
getBiblioItemsPublic 7 params body → 200400401403404406500501
POST
/public/biblios/{biblio_id}/ratings
set biblio rating (public)
setBiblioRating 1 param body → 200400401403404500501503

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are item_yaml (50 properties), library_yaml (26 properties), merge_biblios_yaml (4 properties), error_yaml (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

error_yaml
object
2 properties
library_yaml
object
26 properties 2 required
item_yaml
object
50 properties
merge_biblios_yaml
object
4 properties 1 required
DefaultResponse
object
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

iit-kanpur-biblios-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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