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King's College London profiles API

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

King’s College London profiles 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 profiles. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 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 2 schemas 1 POST1 PUT

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 profiles 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 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

profiles 2
PUT
/account/profile
Update public profile
update_user_profile 2 params body → 200400403404500
POST
/account/profile/{user_id}/picture
Update public profile picture
update_user_profile_picture 1 param body → 200400403404500

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ProfileUpdateData (12 properties), ErrorMessage (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ErrorMessage
object
2 properties
ProfileUpdateData
object
12 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

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