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Open Science Framework

Programmatic access to the Open Science Framework

🔭 Science & SpaceHEALTHYchecked 12h ago
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The OSF API exposes public research projects, files, and metadata from the Center for Open Science's platform. Listing nodes returns project titles, descriptions, categories, and timestamps as JSON:API documents. A gateway to open study designs, data, and preprints.

64HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
Docs ↗
Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 64 · healthy
Uptime history
97.1%90 days
95.0%30 days
952P50 · ms
2111P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 710 ms, slowest 2111 ms, most recent 2111 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://api.osf.io/v2/nodes/?page%5Bsize%5D=1

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "5cepz",
      "type": "nodes",
      "attributes": {
        "title": "Patient Advise Leaflets",
        "description": "QR Codes",
        "category": "project",
        "date_created": "2026-07-05T10:14:27.250697"
      }
    }
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.osf.io/v2/nodes/?page%5Bsize%5D=1"
const res = await fetch("https://api.osf.io/v2/nodes/?page%5Bsize%5D=1");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.osf.io/v2/nodes/?page%5Bsize%5D=1")
print(res.json())

BROWSER CALLS BLOCKED (NO CORS/HTTPS) — USE THE CURL SNIPPET

Endpoints · 3HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /nodes/?page%5Bsize%5D=1952 mschecked 12h ago
GET/nodes/?page%5Bsize%5D=1PROBED

Programmatic access to the Open Science Framework

GET/nodes/?limit=5

Nodes — documented GET route.

GET/nodes/?page=1

Nodes — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Open Science Framework: common questions

Is Open Science Framework free to use?

Yes — Open Science Framework is a free science & space API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Open Science Framework need an API key?

No — Open Science Framework needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Open Science Framework from the browser?

Not directly — Open Science Framework doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is Open Science Framework up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Open Science Framework is healthy with 97.1% uptime over 90 days and a 952 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.