swh.web.api.views.citation module#

swh.web.api.views.citation.api_raw_intrinsic_citation_origin_get(request: Request)[source]#

GET /api/1/raw-intrinsic-metadata/citation/origin/#

Get a software citation, given a format (only currently supported format is BibTeX) and a software origin. This citation will refer to the latest visit snapshot version of the main branch of the software repository.

Query Parameters:

citation_format (string) – the citation expected format (currently bibtex)
origin_url (string) – the URL of the software origin

Response JSON Object:

format (string) – citation format (currently bibtex)
content (string) – formatted string representing the software citation content in the expected format
source_swhid (string) – qualified SWHID for citation metadata source file
source_url (string) – link to raw bytes of citation metadata source file

Request Headers:

Accept – the requested response content type, either application/json (default) or application/yaml

Response Headers:

Content-Type – this depends on Accept header of request

Status Codes:

200 OK – no error
400 Bad Request – the requested software origin is invalid
404 Not Found – the requested software origin cannot be found in the archive or metadata for citation is missing, or citation is empty

Example:

https://archive.softwareheritage.org/api/1/raw-intrinsic-metadata/citation/origin/?citation_format=bibtex&origin_url=https://github.com/rdicosmo/parmap

swh.web.api.views.citation.api_raw_intrinsic_citation_swhid_get(request: Request)[source]#

GET /api/1/raw-intrinsic-metadata/citation/swhid/#

Get a software citation, given an object SWHID and a format (only currently supported format is BibTeX).