GtR APIs Explained

NOTE: the endpoints for the GtR API (version 1) have changed as follows:

Schema endpoint - has not changed and is still available at https://gtr.ukri.org/api
Projects endpoint - is now at https://gtr.ukri.org/api/projects
Organisations endpoint - is now at https://gtr.ukri.org/api/organisation
People endpoint - is now at https://gtr.ukri.org/api/person
Publication endpoint - is now at https://gtr.ukri.org/api/publication
Search projects endpoint - is now at https://gtr.ukri.org/api/search/project
Search people endpoint - is now at https://gtr.ukri.org/api/search/person
Search organisation endpoint - is now at https://gtr.ukri.org/api/organisation

The documentation still has the old endpoints in it, but we are working on creating new documentation with the new endpoints.

An Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of programming instructions and standards for accessing a web-based software application.
GtR has made two APIs available which allow developers to create applications that are able to extract information, about research, directly from the GtR website; such applications might typically be created to analyse the data in ways that add value for users.

The APIs are for use by people with technical experience of APIs. Further information can be found in the documentation below.

The GtR API is developed around the requirements of the website and is linked directly to each of the screens.
The GtR-2 API accesses the data in a form that provides greater independence from the current User Interface, and provides versioning to allow clients to progress to later versions at their choosing.