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SHARE

An open dataset of scholarly research activity

🔭 Science & SpaceHEALTHYchecked 5h ago
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SHARE compiles metadata about research outputs and scholarly events from a broad network of sources. Its v2 API lists those harvest sources and exposes the aggregated records as JSON:API. A window into who is publishing and sharing what across academia.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 96 · healthy
Uptime history
100%90 days
100%30 days
353P50 · ms
759P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 184 ms, slowest 556 ms, most recent 227 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://share.osf.io/api/v2/sources/?page%5Bsize%5D=1

{
  "data": [
    {
      "type": "Source",
      "id": "1",
      "attributes": {
        "name": "ucsdlibrary",
        "homePage": "",
        "longTitle": "UC San Diego Library"
      }
    }
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://share.osf.io/api/v2/sources/?page%5Bsize%5D=1"
const res = await fetch("https://share.osf.io/api/v2/sources/?page%5Bsize%5D=1");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://share.osf.io/api/v2/sources/?page%5Bsize%5D=1")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /sources/?page%5Bsize%5D=1353 mschecked 5h ago
GET/sources/?page%5Bsize%5D=1PROBED

An open dataset of scholarly research activity

GET/sources/?limit=5

Data sources catalog.

GET/sources/?page=1

Data sources catalog.

GET/api/v2/

V2 — documented GET route.

GET/api/v2/?format=vnd.api%2Bjson

V2 — documented GET route.

GET/api/v2/?format=api

V2 — 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.

SHARE: common questions

Is SHARE free to use?

Yes — SHARE 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 SHARE need an API key?

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 You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call SHARE from the browser?

Yes — SHARE returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is SHARE up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, SHARE is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 353 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.