The Pure API is expressed and documented using the OpenAPI standard. Reading a OpenAPI document can be a fragmented experience. This guide aims to give you insights into the concepts handled by the Pure API and the ideas behind.

We have focused on discrete subjects so far. Our hope is that you will be benefit from these right away. We are very much aware of the need for a more cohesive narrative about the Pure API and we plan to extend the user guide with that later.

Table of contents

• How to get started with the API 
• API keys 
• Authorization 
• Users and roles 
• Files 
• Pure API - Metrics 
• Pure API - Custom-defined fields 
• Write API vs XML Synchronisation 
• Synchronization workaround 
• Working with research-output types (and sub-types in general)