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uO Research DSpace REST API

Public DSpace 8.3 REST/HATEOAS API for uO Research (Recherche uO Research), the University of Ottawa Library's self-hosted institutional repository. Probed 2026-09-01: the root returns HTTP 200 application/hal+json with dspaceVersion "DSpace 8.3", dspaceName "Recherche uO Research" and 79 HAL link relations. Communities and collections read anonymously; /core/items and /core/bitstreams return 401, so public discovery goes through /discover/search/objects. The host resolves to 137.122.5.61, inside uOttawa's own IP allocation - the software is open-source DSpace, the deployment and the content are the institution's. uOttawa publishes no OpenAPI for it; the spec here was written by API Evangelist from live probes.

uO Research DSpace REST API is one of 10 APIs that University of Ottawa publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Library, Institutional Repository, DSpace, Open Access, and Research Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, authentication docs, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 9 operations across 9 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 8.3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://ruor.uottawa.ca/server/api.

9 operations 9 paths 6 schemas 9 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
8.3
Base URL
https://ruor.uottawa.ca/server/api
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 9

Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 9 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Operations 9
GET
/
API root / service document
getRoot → 200
GET
/core/communities
List top-level and child communities
listCommunities 2 params → 200
GET
/core/communities/{uuid}
Get one community by UUID
getCommunity 1 param → 200401
GET
/core/collections
List collections
listCollections 2 params → 200
GET
/core/items
List items
listItems → 401
GET
/discover/search/objects
Discovery search across the repository
searchObjects 4 params → 200
GET
/core/metadataschemas
Metadata schema registry
listMetadataSchemas 1 param → 200
GET
/core/metadatafields
Metadata field registry
listMetadataFields 2 params → 200
GET
/authn/status
Authentication status of the caller
getAuthenticationStatus → 200

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Community (6 properties), Root (6 properties), Error (5 properties), AuthnStatus (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Root
object
6 properties
PagedCommunities
object
3 properties
Community
object
6 properties
Page
object
4 properties
AuthnStatus
object
4 properties
Error
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

university-of-ottawa-ruor-dspace-rest-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs University of Ottawa publishes across the network.

uO Research OAI-PMH
uottawa.ca Content JSON:API
uOttawa Shibboleth Identity Provider (Canadian Access Federation)
uOttawa Course Catalogue (CourseLeaf tenancy)
uOttawa Dataverse collection on Borealis
Omni library discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE tenancy)
DataCite membership (UOTT)
Crossref membership (7569, 16151)
ROR registration (03c4mmv16)
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