Figshare API

Name: Figshare API API
Brand: Figshare API
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For Agents

Manage research articles, datasets, files, and collections on Figshare with OAuth2 across 139 endpoints, including private and public search and reporting.

Connect the Figshare API to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Figshare API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Install Jentic One Beta (Self-Hosted)

Jentic One Host machine

# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh

Agent machine

# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with Figshare API API.

Create, update, and delete research articles inside an account

Upload files attached to articles for open data publishing

Search private and public articles by metadata fields

Manage authors and contributors on each article

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View OpenAPI Document

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI document for Figshare API, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

The Figshare API provides programmatic access to research artefacts including articles, datasets, files, projects, collections, and authors across 139 endpoints. Authentication uses OAuth2, and the API exposes both private (account-scoped) and public read paths over the v2 base. The surface supports article creation, file uploads, search, reporting, and collaboration features used by researchers and institutions to publish open data.

Use Cases

Patterns agents use Figshare API API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Research Data Publishing Pipeline

Automate the creation of Figshare articles from a lab's data management system so researchers do not manually re-enter metadata. The API exposes POST /account/articles for creation and matching file-upload endpoints, supporting end-to-end publication including DOI assignment. Cuts publishing overhead from days to minutes per dataset for high-output labs.

POST /account/articles with title and description, then upload files via the file-upload endpoint and finalise the article

Institutional Compliance Reporting

Generate quarterly reports of articles published by an institution to satisfy funder open-access requirements. The API offers POST /account/articles/export to initiate report generation and matching list endpoints to inspect article state. Useful for research office staff overseeing dozens to hundreds of researchers.

POST /account/articles/export with a date range, then GET /account/articles/export to fetch the resulting URL

Public Article Discovery

Build agent-driven discovery flows that surface relevant public datasets across Figshare's catalogue. With 139 endpoints, both private and public searches are available, including POST /account/articles/search for authenticated queries against richer metadata. Supports literature-review workflows that span hundreds of candidate datasets.

POST /account/articles/search with a keyword and category filter, return the top 20 articles with DOI and title

Author Management on Articles

Manage co-author lists programmatically as research collaborations evolve. The API exposes GET, POST, and PUT on /account/articles/{article_id}/authors so an agent can add, list, or fully replace authors in a single call. Supports correction workflows where author orderings or affiliations change late in publication.

PUT /account/articles/{article_id}/authors with the corrected author list to replace the existing roster

AI Agent Research Assistant via Jentic

Through Jentic, an agent can answer questions like which datasets a lab published this quarter or which articles share an author. Jentic exposes Figshare's article, author, and search operations as discoverable tools so a Claude or GPT agent can run grounded research-administration queries without bespoke integration code.

Search Jentic for 'list private articles', call GET /account/articles, return the most recent 10 with file counts

Key Endpoints

139 endpoints — the figshare api provides programmatic access to research artefacts including articles, datasets, files, projects, collections, and authors across 139 endpoints.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/account/articles

List private articles

POST

/account/articles

Create a new article

GET

/account/articles/{article_id}

Get article details

PUT

/account/articles/{article_id}

Update an article

POST

/account/articles/search

Search private articles

POST

/account/articles/export

Initiate article report

GET

/account/articles

List private articles

POST

/account/articles

Create a new article

GET

/account/articles/{article_id}

Get article details

PUT

/account/articles/{article_id}

Update an article

POST

/account/articles/search

Search private articles

Why though Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

Figshare OAuth2 tokens are stored encrypted in the Jentic MAXsystem vault. Agents receive scoped access — refresh and access tokens never enter the agent's context.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search by intent (e.g., 'create a research article') and Jentic returns the matching POST /account/articles operation with its schema, so the agent calls it without reading docs.figshare.com.

Time to first call

Direct Figshare integration: 3-5 days for OAuth setup, file upload handling, and report polling. Through Jentic: under 2 hours — search, load, execute.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Alternative

DataCite REST API

DOI minting and metadata alternative for research outputs across repositories

Choose DataCite when minting DOIs across multiple repositories; choose Figshare when publishing data in Figshare itself.

Complementary

Fess API

Self-hosted enterprise search to index Figshare metadata across institutions

Pair Fess with Figshare when an institution wants a unified search front end across local repositories and Figshare.

Complementary

GitHub API

Source code repositories tied to research datasets in Figshare

Use GitHub with Figshare when datasets reference analysis code that should be linked from the article record.

FAQs

Specific to using Figshare API API through Jentic.

What authentication does the Figshare API use?

Figshare uses OAuth2 for authenticated calls into account-scoped endpoints. Public read endpoints can be called without auth. Through Jentic the OAuth tokens are stored encrypted in MAXsystem.

Can I upload files to Figshare articles via the API?

Yes. After creating an article via POST /account/articles, the API exposes file-upload endpoints under the article that accept binary uploads and link the file to the article record.

What are the rate limits for the Figshare API?

Figshare does not publish per-second limits in the OpenAPI spec; consult docs.figshare.com for current quotas, which may differ between authenticated and unauthenticated calls.

How do I create a research article through Jentic?

Search Jentic for 'create research article', load the POST /account/articles schema, and execute with title and description. Run pip install jentic to start.

Does Figshare support institutional reporting?

Yes. POST /account/articles/export initiates a report generation job and the matching GET endpoint returns the result. Suitable for funder compliance and open-access reporting.

Can I search public articles without authentication?

Yes. Public search endpoints under /v2 do not require OAuth, making them suitable for discovery agents that surface relevant open datasets without user credentials.