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University of Chicago Gen3 Sheepdog — entity API

The entity API from University of Chicago — 7 operation(s) for entity.

University of Chicago Gen3 Sheepdog — entity API is one of 44 APIs that University of Chicago publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 9 operations across 7 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 0.1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://gen3.datacommons.io/.

9 operations 7 paths 3 schemas 2 DELETE1 GET2 POST4 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
0.1.0
Base URL
https://gen3.datacommons.io/
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
License
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

University of Chicago Gen3 Sheepdog — entity API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 1 scope.

Paths & Operations 9

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 2 DELETE, 1 GET, 2 POST, 4 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

entity 9
POST
/v0/submission//
Create entities
3 params body → 201400404
PUT
/v0/submission//
Update entities
3 params body → 201400404
POST
/v0/submission///bulk
Create entities in bulk
2 params body → 201400404
PUT
/v0/submission///bulk
Update entities in bulk
2 params body → 201400404
GET
/v0/submission///entities/
Get entities by ID
3 params → 200400403404
DELETE
/v0/submission///entities/
Delete entities
4 params → 200400403404
PUT
/v0/submission///xml/biospecimen/bcr
Update Biospecimen Supplement entities
2 params body → 200403404
PUT
/v0/submission///xml/clinical/bcr
Update Clinical Supplement entities
2 params body → 200403404
DELETE
/v0/submission/admin///entities//to_delete/
Delete entities
4 params → 200400403404

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are schema_entity_bulk (3 properties), schema_entity (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

schema_entity_bulk
object
3 properties 3 required
schema_entity_list
array
schema_entity
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

university-of-chicago-entity-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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University of Chicago Library IIIF Image API
University of Chicago Library Catalog API (VuFind)
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University of Chicago Gen3 indexd — bundle API
University of Chicago Gen3 Peregrine — core metadata API
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