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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur holds API

Manage holds

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur holds 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 holds. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 11 operations across 7 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.

11 operations 7 paths 5 schemas 2 DELETE3 GET1 PATCH2 POST3 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 11

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 2 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 PATCH, 2 POST, 3 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

holds 11

Manage holds

GET
/holds
List holds
listHolds 26 params body → 200400401403404500501503
POST
/holds
Place hold
addHold 1 param body → 201400401403404500501503
DELETE
/holds/{hold_id}
Cancel hold
deleteHold 2 params → 202204400401403404500501
PATCH
/holds/{hold_id}
Update hold
editHold 1 param body → 200400401403404500501503
PUT
/holds/{hold_id}
Update hold
overwriteHold 1 param body → 200400401403404500501503
PUT
/holds/{hold_id}/pickup_location
Update pickup location for the hold
updateHoldPickupLocation 1 param body → 200400401403404409500501
GET
/holds/{hold_id}/pickup_locations
Get valid pickup locations for hold
getHoldPickupLocations 8 params body → 200400401403404500501503
PUT
/holds/{hold_id}/priority
Update priority for the hold
updateHoldPriority 1 param body → 200400401403404409500501
DELETE
/holds/{hold_id}/suspension
Resume hold
resumeHold 1 param → 204400401403404500501503
POST
/holds/{hold_id}/suspension
Suspend the hold
suspendHold 1 param body → 201400401403404500501503
GET
/patrons/{patron_id}/holds
List holds for a patron
getPatronHolds 9 params body → 200400401403404500501503

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are hold_yaml (26 properties), library_yaml (26 properties), error_yaml (2 properties), DefaultResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

error_yaml
object
2 properties
library_yaml
object
26 properties 2 required
hold_yaml
object
26 properties
DefaultResponse
object
1 property 1 required
holds_yaml
array

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

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