Programming interface (REST API)

Old TUdatalib REST interface no longer available

With the upgrade of TUdatalib in June 2025, the previous REST interface is no longer available. Software that was connected to TUdatalib via this interface must be converted to the new interface.

1 Using TUdatalib via the REST interface

The REST interface allows you to create data sets and add files and metadata to them without using the graphical user interface (web interface) of TUdatalib.

The functions of the DSpace 8 REST interface are described in detail in the corresponding documentation. We will soon be presenting sample scripts and code fragments here that illustrate how to interact with this interface using the Python 3 programming language. For Python 3, the DSpace REST Client is an open source library that simplifies accessing this interface for many applications.