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University of Padua object-basics API

Most important requests you'll need to manage digital objects in PHAIDRA

University of Padua object-basics API is one of 19 APIs that University of Padua publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include object-basics. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 17 operations across 16 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.2, at version 3.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://phaidra.unipd.it/api.

17 operations 16 paths 7 schemas 6 GET11 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.2
API Version
3.0
Base URL
https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api
Authentication
HTTP Basic, API Key
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

University of Padua object-basics API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). An API key is passed in the header as X-XSRF-TOKEN (tokenAuth).

Paths & Operations 17

Across 16 paths, the API surfaces 17 operations — 6 GET, 11 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

object-basics 17

Most important requests you'll need to manage digital objects in PHAIDRA

POST
/audio/create
Creates an audio object
body → 200404
POST
/collection/create
Creates a collection
body → 200
POST
/container/create
Creates a container object
body → 200404
POST
/document/create
Creates a document object
body → 200404
POST
/object/{pid}/delete
Delete object.
1 param → 200
GET
/object/{pid}/download
Download object's data
1 param → 200404
GET
/object/{pid}/get
Get object's data
1 param → 200404
POST
/object/{pid}/index
Re-indexes object.
3 params → 200404
GET
/object/{pid}/info
Get object info
1 param → 200404
POST
/object/{pid}/metadata
Edit object's metadata
1 param body → 200404
GET
/object/{pid}/preview
Get preview page
1 param → 200404
GET
/object/{pid}/rights
Retrieves the object access restrictions. This method expects authentication.
1 param → 200404
POST
/object/{pid}/rights
Saves the object's access restrictions
body → 200
GET
/object/{pid}/thumbnail
Get the thumbnail image
1 param → 200404
POST
/picture/create
Creates a picture object
body
POST
/unknown/create
Creates a data object
body → 200404
POST
/video/create
Creates a video object
body → 200404

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are object_info (30 properties), json-ld (11 properties), geo (1 property), rights (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

json-ld
object
11 properties
mods
object
1 property
members
array
container_with_members
object
rights
object
1 property
geo
object
1 property
object_info
object
30 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

university-of-padua-object-basics-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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