Figshare

aid: figshare
name: Figshare
description: >-
  Figshare is a research data repository platform that enables researchers, institutions, and
  organizations to upload, manage, and publicly share scientific outputs including datasets,
  figures, media, papers, posters, and software. The platform provides persistent DOI assignment
  for all published research outputs, enabling proper citation and long-term discoverability.
  Figshare's REST API v2 allows programmatic access to articles, collections, projects, file
  uploads, statistics, and administrative functions. The platform is built on AWS infrastructure
  and supports both individual researchers with a free 20GB tier and institutional deployments
  with custom storage configurations up to multiple terabytes.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Research Data
  - Data Repository
  - Open Science
  - DOI
  - Datasets
  - Academic
  - File Storage
  - Open Access
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/figshare/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: figshare-api
    name: Figshare API
    description: >-
      The Figshare REST API v2 provides full programmatic access to the platform, including
      public and private article management, file uploads (standard and S3-based), collections,
      projects, authors, licenses, funding, statistics, search, OAI-PMH harvesting, and
      institutional administration endpoints. Authentication is via OAuth 2.0 or personal tokens.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
    baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
    tags:
      - Research Data
      - Datasets
      - DOI
      - File Uploads
      - Collections
      - Projects
      - Articles
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.figshare.com/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://docs.figshare.com/swagger.json
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/figshare-api-openapi.yml
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://docs.figshare.com/api_reference/oauth/
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/figshare-article-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/figshare-collection-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/figshare-project-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/figshare-author-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/figshare-publicfile-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/figshare-license-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/figshare-fundinginformation-schema.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/figshare-article-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/figshare-collection-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/figshare-project-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/figshare-file_upload-example.json
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/figshare
  - type: Blog
    url: https://info.figshare.com/blog/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://info.figshare.com/figshare-plus/
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.figshare.com/
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/figshare/
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/figshare
  - type: Support
    url: https://support.figshare.com/
  - type: UserDocumentation
    url: https://info.figshare.com/user-guide/how-to-use-the-figshare-api/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/figshare-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/figshare-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/figshare-finops.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/figshare-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/figshare-context.jsonld
  - type: BlogRSS
    url: https://info.figshare.com/blog/feed/
  - type: Blogs
    url: blogs/blogs.json
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]