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King's College London authors API

The authors API from King's College London — 2 operation(s) for authors.

King’s College London authors API is one of 11 APIs that King’s College London publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.figshare.com/v2.

2 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/oai
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

King's College London authors API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 1 scope.

Paths & Operations 2

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

authors 2
POST
/account/authors/search
Search Authors
private_authors_search body → 200400403500
GET
/account/authors/{author_id}
Author details
private_author_details 1 param → 200400403404500

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PrivateAuthorsSearch (10 properties), Author (7 properties), AuthorComplete (6 properties), ErrorMessage (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ErrorMessage
object
2 properties
PrivateAuthorsSearch
object
10 properties
Author
object
7 properties 7 required
AuthorComplete
object
6 properties 6 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kings-college-london-authors-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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