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UNSWorks Repository REST API (DSpace 7.0)

UNSWorks is the UNSW open-access institutional repository, running DSpace 7.0 on UNSW infrastructure and administered by the UNSW Library. The HAL/REST server at /server/api is readable without credentials for the service document, communities, collections, the metadata registry, entity types and discovery search; unbounded item and bitstream browse return 401. Objects are identified by CNRI handles under the UNSW-registered prefix 1959.4. No OpenAPI is published by UNSW — the specification in this repository was derived from live probes.

UNSWorks Repository REST API (DSpace 7.0) is one of 9 APIs that University of New South Wales publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

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

This API exposes 9 operations across 9 paths, organized into 3 resource areas, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 7.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/server/api.

9 operations 9 paths 6 schemas 9 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
7.0
Base URL
https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/server/api
Resource Areas
3

Paths & Operations 9

Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 9 GET. They span 3 resource areas: root, core, discover. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

root 1

Service entry point and HAL link index.

GET
/
Repository service document
getRoot → 200
core 7

Communities, collections, sites and the metadata registry.

GET
/core/communities
List top-level and child communities
listCommunities 2 params → 200
GET
/core/collections
List collections
listCollections 2 params → 200
GET
/core/sites
Repository site object
listSites → 200
GET
/core/metadataschemas
Metadata schema registry
listMetadataSchemas 1 param → 200
GET
/core/metadatafields/search/byFieldName
Search the metadata field registry by field name
searchMetadataFields 2 params → 200
GET
/core/entitytypes
Configured entity types
listEntityTypes 1 param → 200
GET
/core/items/{uuid}
Fetch a single item by UUID
getItem 1 param → 200404401
discover 1

Public discovery search over repository objects.

GET
/discover/search/objects
Discovery search across repository objects
searchObjects 4 params → 200

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Community (6 properties), RootServiceDocument (6 properties), Error (5 properties), HalPage (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

RootServiceDocument
object
DSpace HAL entry point, captured live from UNSWorks.
6 properties 6 required
HalPage
object
Generic DSpace HAL paged envelope.
3 properties
CommunityPage
Community
object
6 properties 4 required
MetadataMap
object
DSpace metadata map keyed by qualified field name.
Error
object
Spring Boot error envelope as returned live by UNSWorks.
5 properties 4 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

unsw-sydney-unsworks-dspace-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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