Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam organization API is one of 28 APIs that Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Organization. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.
This API exposes
38 operations
across 33 paths,
and defines 45 schemas.
It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 5.34.3.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://research.vu.nl/ws/api.
38 operations33 paths45 schemas1 DELETE28 GET4 POST5 PUT
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam organization API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as api-key (api-key).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
api-key — Security mechanism for the API
Paths & Operations 38
Across 33 paths, the API surfaces 38 operations — 1 DELETE, 28 GET, 4 POST, 5 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
The contract defines 45 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Organization (31 properties), ImageFile (15 properties), ClassifiedAddress (10 properties), AllowedKeywordGroupConfiguration (10 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
DisciplinesDisciplineScheme
object
A discipline scheme
2 properties2 required
SystemLocalizedString
object
A set of localized string values each for a specific UI locale.
RemoteFile
object
Information about a remote file (Elsevier only)
6 properties4 required
UploadedFile
object
Information about the uploaded file
7 properties1 required
DisciplinesDisciplineListResult
object
List of disciplines for a specific discipline scheme
3 properties
ConflictProblemDetails
object
Problem details for state conflict failures
7 properties
Link
object
A hyperlink describing a location on the web.
5 properties1 required
Identifier
object
1 property1 required
ClassifiedValue
object
A classified value
3 properties2 required
Visibility
object
Visibility of an object
2 properties1 required
DisciplinesDisciplineAssignment
object
The assigned discipline and its split percentage
2 properties2 required
DisciplinesAssociationsQuery
object
Create a query for discipline associations
3 properties
Organization
object
An organization in the institution
31 properties3 required
ClassifiedFormattedLocalizedValue
object
A classified formatted localized value
3 properties1 required
Note
object
A note
3 properties1 required
AllowedKeywordGroupConfigurationList
object
List of allowed keyword group configurations
1 property
DisciplinesDisciplineSchemeListResult
object
List of discipline schemes
2 properties
ClassificationRef
object
A reference to a classification value
2 properties1 required
ContentRefListResult
object
List of Content Refs
1 property
ProblemDetails
object
RFC7807 Error details
5 properties
GeoLocation
object
Geographical location
3 properties
ContentRef
object
2 properties2 required
DisciplinesDiscipline
object
A discipline within a specific discipline scheme
3 properties
ImageFile
object
An image file
15 properties2 required
OrganizationListResult
object
A list of organizations
3 properties
CustomDefinedField
object
Map of CustomDefinedField values, where the key is the field identifier
1 property1 required
FormattedLocalizedString
object
A set of localized strings that support formatting. Invalid locale values will be ignored.
ClassificationSchemeRef
object
A reference to a classification scheme
1 required
PageInformation
object
Information about pages
2 properties
CustomDefinedFields
object
Map of CustomDefinedField values, where the key is the field identifier
OrganizationRef
object
A reference to an organization in the institution
1 required
PersonRef
object
A reference to a person internal to the institution
1 required
ClassificationRefList
object
List of classification references
1 property
ClassifiedAddress
object
A physical address
10 properties1 required
DateRange
object
A date range
2 properties
AllowedKeywordGroupConfiguration
object
A specification of the allowed behavior of a specified keyword group
10 properties1 required
DisciplinesAssociation
object
An association between a content and a number of discipline assignments
3 properties1 required
LocalizedString
object
A set of string values, one for each submission locale. Note: invalid locale values will be ignored.
KeywordGroup
object
4 properties2 required
LocalesList
object
List of available locales
1 property
NoteListResult
object
List of notes
3 properties
DisciplinesAssociationListResult
object
List of discipline associations. Can contain a subset of all items along with the full count
3 properties
OrganizationsQuery
object
Create a query for organizations
6 properties
OrderingsList
object
List of available orderings
1 property
ClassifiedLocalizedValue
object
A classified localized value
3 properties1 required
Specification
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