Inventory API Introduction 🧪
Inventory is being developed with an API-first approach. As a result, all of the actions that can be performed through the user interface can also be performed through the API.
After the Beta release in September 2021, we intend to provide worked examples and code snippets in Bash and Python in our Github repo. Any suggestions or contributions are always welcome via pull requests; you can also email us to request specific API use cases to be documented.
API Key Authentication and Swagger Documentation
The steps for obtaining your API key, authenticating, and accessing the documentation are similar to the ELN steps described in RSpace API Introduction. Please note you will have to generate an API key on the Inventory-enabled RSpace instance at https://rs-inventory-beta.researchspace.com, and the Swagger documentation is available at https://rs-inventory-beta.researchspace.com/public/apiDocs.
To switch between RSpace ELN and Inventory APIs on Swagger, use the "Select a definition" dropdown:
