Search API
The Search API supports the same searching, sorting, and faceting operations as the Dataverse Software’s web interface.
To search unpublished content, you must pass in an API token as described in the API Tokens and Authentication section.
The parameters and JSON response are partly inspired by the GitHub Search API.
Note
CORS The search API can be used from scripts running in web browsers, as it allows cross-origin resource sharing (CORS).
Please note that in Dataverse Software 4.3 and older the “citation” field wrapped the persistent ID URL in an <a> tag but this has been changed to plaintext. If you want the old value with HTML in it, a new field called “citationHtml” can be used.
Parameters
Name |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
q |
string |
The search term or terms. Using “title:data” will search only the “title” field. “*” can be used as a wildcard either alone or adjacent to a term (i.e. “bird*”). For example, https://demo.dataverse.org/api/search?q=title:data . For a list of fields to search, please see https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/issues/2558 (for now). |
type |
string |
Can be either “dataverse”, “dataset”, or “file”. Multiple “type” parameters can be used to include multiple types (i.e. |
subtree |
string |
The identifier of the Dataverse collection to which the search should be narrowed. The subtree of this Dataverse collection and all its children will be searched. Multiple “subtree” parameters can be used to include multiple Dataverse collections. For example, https://demo.dataverse.org/api/search?q=data&subtree=birds&subtree=cats . |
sort |
string |
The sort field. Supported values include “name” and “date”. See example under “order”. |
order |
string |
The order in which to sort. Can either be “asc” or “desc”. For example, https://demo.dataverse.org/api/search?q=data&sort=name&order=asc |
per_page |
int |
The number of results to return per request. The default is 10. The max is 1000. See iteration example. |
start |
int |
A cursor for paging through search results. See iteration example. |
show_relevance |
boolean |
Whether or not to show details of which fields were matched by the query. False by default. See advanced search example. |
show_facets |
boolean |
Whether or not to show facets that can be operated on by the “fq” parameter. False by default. See advanced search example. |
fq |
string |
A filter query on the search term. Multiple “fq” parameters can be used. See advanced search example. |
show_entity_ids |
boolean |
Whether or not to show the database IDs of the search results (for developer use). |
geo_point |
string |
Latitude and longitude in the form |
geo_radius |
string |
Radial distance in kilometers from |
metadata_fields |
string |
Includes the requested fields for each dataset in the response. Multiple “metadata_fields” parameters can be used to include several fields. The value must be in the form “{metadata_block_name}:{field_name}” to include a specific field from a metadata block (see example) or “{metadata_field_set_name}:*” to include all the fields for a metadata block (see example). “{field_name}” cannot be a subfield of a compound field. If “{field_name}” is a compound field, all subfields are included. |
Basic Search Example
https://demo.dataverse.org/api/search?q=trees
{
"status":"OK",
"data":{
"q":"trees",
"total_count":5,
"start":0,
"spelling_alternatives":{
"trees":"[tree]"
},
"items":[
{
"name":"Trees",
"type":"dataverse",
"url":"https://demo.dataverse.org/dataverse/trees",
"image_url":"https://demo.dataverse.org/api/access/dvCardImage/7",
"identifier":"trees",
"description":"A tree dataverse with some birds",
"published_at":"2016-05-10T12:53:38Z"
},
{
"name":"Chestnut Trees",
"type":"dataverse",
"url":"https://demo.dataverse.org/dataverse/chestnuttrees",
"image_url":"https://demo.dataverse.org/api/access/dvCardImage/9",
"identifier":"chestnuttrees",
"description":"A dataverse with chestnut trees and an oriole",
"published_at":"2016-05-10T12:52:38Z"
},
{
"name":"trees.png",
"type":"file",
"url":"https://demo.dataverse.org/api/access/datafile/12",
"image_url":"https://demo.dataverse.org/api/access/fileCardImage/12",
"file_id":"12",
"description":"",
"published_at":"2016-05-10T12:53:39Z",
"file_type":"PNG Image",
"file_content_type":"image/png",
"size_in_bytes":8361,
"md5":"0386269a5acb2c57b4eade587ff4db64",
"file_persistent_id": "doi:10.5072/FK2/XTT5BV/PCCHV7",
"dataset_name": "Dataset One",
"dataset_id": "32",
"dataset_persistent_id": "doi:10.5072/FK2/XTT5BV",
"dataset_citation":"Spruce, Sabrina, 2016, \"Spruce Goose\", http://dx.doi.org/10.5072/FK2/XTT5BV, Root Dataverse, V1"
},
{
"name":"Birds",
"type":"dataverse",
"url":"https://demo.dataverse.org/dataverse/birds",
"image_url":"https://demo.dataverse.org/api/access/dvCardImage/2",
"identifier":"birds",
"description":"A bird Dataverse collection with some trees",
"published_at":"2016-05-10T12:57:27Z"
},
{
"name":"Darwin's Finches",
"type":"dataset",
"url":"https://doi.org/10.70122/FK2/MB5VGR",
"global_id":"doi:10.70122/FK2/MB5VGR",
"description":"Darwin's finches (also known as the Galápagos finches) are a group of about fifteen species of passerine birds.",
"published_at":"2019-12-11T15:26:10Z",
"publisher":"dvbe69f5e1",
"citationHtml":"Finch, Fiona; Spruce, Sabrina; Poe, Edgar Allen; Mulligan, Hercules, 2019, \"Darwin's Finches\", <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.70122/FK2/MB5VGR\" target=\"_blank\">https://doi.org/10.70122/FK2/MB5VGR</a>, Root, V3",
"identifier_of_dataverse":"dvbe69f5e1",
"name_of_dataverse":"dvbe69f5e1",
"citation":"Finch, Fiona; Spruce, Sabrina; Poe, Edgar Allen; Mulligan, Hercules, 2019, \"Darwin's Finches\", https://doi.org/10.70122/FK2/MB5VGR, Root, V3",
"storageIdentifier":"file://10.70122/FK2/MB5VGR",
"subjects":[
"Astronomy and Astrophysics",
"Other"
],
"fileCount":3,
"versionId":1260,
"versionState":"RELEASED",
"majorVersion":3,
"minorVersion":0,
"createdAt":"2019-09-20T18:08:29Z",
"updatedAt":"2019-12-11T15:26:10Z",
"contacts":[
{
"name":"Finch, Fiona",
"affiliation":""
}
],
"producers":[
"Allen, Irwin",
"Spielberg, Stephen"
],
"authors":[
"Finch, Fiona",
"Spruce, Sabrina",
"Poe, Edgar Allen",
"Mulligan, Hercules"
]
}
],
"count_in_response":5
}
}
Advanced Search Examples
Narrowed to Collection, Show Relevance and Facets
In this example, show_relevance=true matches per field are shown. Available facets are shown with show_facets=true and of the facets is being used with fq=publicationDate:2016. The search is being narrowed to the Dataverse collection with the identifier “birds” with the parameter subtree=birds.
{
"status":"OK",
"data":{
"q":"finch",
"total_count":2,
"start":0,
"spelling_alternatives":{
},
"items":[
{
"name":"Finches",
"type":"dataverse",
"url":"https://demo.dataverse.org/dataverse/finches",
"image_url":"https://demo.dataverse.org/api/access/dvCardImage/3",
"identifier":"finches",
"description":"A Dataverse collection with finches",
"published_at":"2016-05-10T12:57:38Z",
"matches":[
{
"description":{
"snippets":[
"A Dataverse collection with <span class=\"search-term-match\">finches</span>"
]
}
},
{
"name":{
"snippets":[
"<span class=\"search-term-match\">Finches</span>"
]
}
}
],
"score": 3.8500118255615234
},
{
"name":"Darwin's Finches",
"type":"dataset",
"url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.5072/FK2/G2VPE7",
"image_url":"https://demo.dataverse.org/api/access/dsCardImage/2",
"global_id":"doi:10.5072/FK2/G2VPE7",
"description": "Darwin's finches (also known as the Galápagos finches) are a group of about fifteen species of passerine birds.",
"published_at":"2016-05-10T12:57:45Z",
"citationHtml":"Finch, Fiona, 2016, \"Darwin's Finches\", <a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.5072/FK2/G2VPE7\" target=\"_blank\">http://dx.doi.org/10.5072/FK2/G2VPE7</a>, Root Dataverse, V1",
"citation":"Finch, Fiona, 2016, \"Darwin's Finches\", http://dx.doi.org/10.5072/FK2/G2VPE7, Root Dataverse, V1",
"matches":[
{
"authorName":{
"snippets":[
"<span class=\"search-term-match\">Finch</span>, Fiona"
]
}
},
{
"dsDescriptionValue":{
"snippets":[
"Darwin's <span class=\"search-term-match\">finches</span> (also known as the Galápagos <span class=\"search-term-match\">finches</span>) are a group of about fifteen species"
]
}
},
{
"title":{
"snippets":[
"Darwin's <span class=\"search-term-match\">Finches</span>"
]
}
}
],
"score": 1.5033848285675049,
"authors":[
"Finch, Fiona"
]
}
],
"facets":[
{
"subject_ss":{
"friendly":"Subject",
"labels":[
{
"Medicine, Health and Life Sciences":2
}
]
},
"authorName_ss": {
"friendly":"Author Name",
"labels": [
{
"Finch, Fiona":1
}
]
},
"publicationDate":{
"friendly":"Publication Date",
"labels":[
{
"2016":2
}
]
}
}
],
"count_in_response":2
}
}
Retrieve Released Versions Only
https://demo.dataverse.org/api/search?q=finch&fq=publicationStatus:Published&type=dataset
The above example fq=publicationStatus:Published retrieves only “RELEASED” versions of datasets. The same could be done to retrieve “DRAFT” versions, fq=publicationStatus:Draft
{
"status": "OK",
"data": {
"q": "finch",
"total_count": 2,
"start": 0,
"spelling_alternatives": {},
"items": [
{
"name": "Darwin's Finches",
"type": "dataset",
"url": "https://doi.org/10.70122/FK2/GUAS41",
"global_id": "doi:10.70122/FK2/GUAS41",
"description": "Darwin's finches (also known as the Galápagos finches) are a group of about fifteen species of passerine birds.",
"published_at": "2019-12-24T08:05:02Z",
"publisher": "mdmizanur rahman Dataverse collection",
"citationHtml": "Finch, Fiona, 2019, \"Darwin's Finches\", <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.70122/FK2/GUAS41\" target=\"_blank\">https://doi.org/10.70122/FK2/GUAS41</a>, Demo Dataverse, V1",
"identifier_of_dataverse": "rahman",
"name_of_dataverse": "mdmizanur rahman Dataverse collection",
"citation": "Finch, Fiona, 2019, \"Darwin's Finches\", https://doi.org/10.70122/FK2/GUAS41, Demo Dataverse, V1",
"storageIdentifier": "file://10.70122/FK2/GUAS41",
"subjects": [
"Medicine, Health and Life Sciences"
],
"fileCount":6,
"versionId": 53001,
"versionState": "RELEASED",
"majorVersion": 1,
"minorVersion": 0,
"createdAt": "2019-12-05T09:18:30Z",
"updatedAt": "2019-12-24T08:38:00Z",
"contacts": [
{
"name": "Finch, Fiona",
"affiliation": ""
}
],
"authors": [
"Finch, Fiona"
]
},
{
"name": "Darwin's Finches",
"type": "dataset",
"url": "https://doi.org/10.70122/FK2/7ZXYRH",
"global_id": "doi:10.70122/FK2/7ZXYRH",
"description": "Darwin's finches (also known as the Galápagos finches) are a group of about fifteen species of passerine birds.",
"published_at": "2020-01-22T21:47:34Z",
"publisher": "Demo Dataverse",
"citationHtml": "Finch, Fiona, 2020, \"Darwin's Finches\", <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.70122/FK2/7ZXYRH\" target=\"_blank\">https://doi.org/10.70122/FK2/7ZXYRH</a>, Demo Dataverse, V1",
"identifier_of_dataverse": "demo",
"name_of_dataverse": "Demo Dataverse",
"citation": "Finch, Fiona, 2020, \"Darwin's Finches\", https://doi.org/10.70122/FK2/7ZXYRH, Demo Dataverse, V1",
"storageIdentifier": "file://10.70122/FK2/7ZXYRH",
"subjects": [
"Medicine, Health and Life Sciences"
],
"fileCount":9,
"versionId": 53444,
"versionState": "RELEASED",
"majorVersion": 1,
"minorVersion": 0,
"createdAt": "2020-01-22T21:23:43Z",
"updatedAt": "2020-01-22T21:47:34Z",
"contacts": [
{
"name": "Finch, Fiona",
"affiliation": ""
}
],
"authors": [
"Finch, Fiona"
]
}
],
"count_in_response": 2
}
}
Include Metadata Blocks and/or Metadata Fields
https://demo.dataverse.org/api/search?q=*&type=dataset&metadata_fields=citation:*
The above example metadata_fields=citation:* returns under “metadataBlocks” all fields from the “citation” metadata block.
{
"status": "OK",
"data": {
"q": "*",
"total_count": 4,
"start": 0,
"spelling_alternatives": {},
"items": [
{
"name": "JDD avec GeoJson 2021-07-13T10:23:46.409Z",
"type": "dataset",
"url": "https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/GIWCKB",
"global_id": "doi:10.5072/FK2/GIWCKB",
"description": "Démo sprint 5. Cette couche représente l'emprise des cimetières sur le territoire des Métropole. Ces périmètres d'emprise des cimetières sont issus du recensement des informations des PLU/POS de chaque commune de la métropole, des données du cadastre DGFiP et d'un inventaire terrain du Service Planification et Études Urbaines de Métropole",
"publisher": "Sample Data",
"citationHtml": "Rennes Métropole, 2021, \"JDD avec GeoJson 2021-07-13T10:23:46.409Z\", <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/GIWCKB\" target=\"_blank\">https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/GIWCKB</a>, Root, DRAFT VERSION",
"identifier_of_dataverse": "Sample_data",
"name_of_dataverse": "Sample Data",
"citation": "Métropole, 2021, \"JDD avec GeoJson 2021-07-13T10:23:46.409Z\", https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/GIWCKB, Root, DRAFT VERSION",
"storageIdentifier": "file://10.5072/FK2/GIWCKB",
"subjects": [
"Other"
],
"fileCount": 0,
"versionId": 9976,
"versionState": "DRAFT",
"createdAt": "2021-07-13T10:28:45Z",
"updatedAt": "2021-07-13T10:28:45Z",
"contacts": [
{
"name": "string",
"affiliation": "string"
}
],
"metadataBlocks": {
"citation": {
"displayName": "Citation Metadata",
"fields": [
{
"typeName": "dsDescription",
"multiple": true,
"typeClass": "compound",
"value": [
{
"dsDescriptionValue": {
"typeName": "dsDescriptionValue",
"multiple": false,
"typeClass": "primitive",
"value": "Démo sprint 5. Cette couche représente l'emprise des cimetières sur le territoire des Métropole. Ces périmètres d'emprise des cimetières sont issus du recensement des informations des PLU/POS de chaque commune de la métropole, des données du cadastre DGFiP et d'un inventaire terrain du Service Planification et Études Urbaines de Métropole"
},
"dsDescriptionDate": {
"typeName": "dsDescriptionDate",
"multiple": false,
"typeClass": "primitive",
"value": "2021-07-13"
}
}
]
},
{
"typeName": "author",
"multiple": true,
"typeClass": "compound",
"value": [
{
"authorName": {
"typeName": "authorName",
"multiple": false,
"typeClass": "primitive",
"value": "Métropole"
},
"authorAffiliation": {
"typeName": "authorAffiliation",
"multiple": false,
"typeClass": "primitive",
"value": "string"
}
}
]
},
{
"typeName": "datasetContact",
"multiple": true,
"typeClass": "compound",
"value": [
{
"datasetContactName": {
"typeName": "datasetContactName",
"multiple": false,
"typeClass": "primitive",
"value": "string"
},
"datasetContactAffiliation": {
"typeName": "datasetContactAffiliation",
"multiple": false,
"typeClass": "primitive",
"value": "string"
},
"datasetContactEmail": {
"typeName": "datasetContactEmail",
"multiple": false,
"typeClass": "primitive",
"value": "contact@Sample.fr"
}
}
]
},
{
"typeName": "subject",
"multiple": true,
"typeClass": "controlledVocabulary",
"value": [
"Other"
]
},
{
"typeName": "title",
"multiple": false,
"typeClass": "primitive",
"value": "JDD avec GeoJson 2021-07-13T10:23:46.409Z"
}
]
}
},
"authors": [
"Métropole"
]
},
{
"name": "Raja Ampat Islands",
"type": "dataset",
"url": "https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/ITNXGR",
"global_id": "doi:10.5072/FK2/ITNXGR",
"description": "Raja Ampat is located off the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula on the island of New Guinea, in Indonesia's West Papua province, Raja Ampat, or the Four Kings, is an archipelago comprising over 1,500 small islands, cays, and shoals surrounding the four main islands of Misool, Salawati, Batanta, and Waigeo, and the smaller island of Kofiau. The Raja Ampat archipelago straddles the Equator and forms part of Coral Triangle which contains the richest marine biodiversity on earth. Administratively, the archipelago is part of the province of West Papua (formerly known as Irian Jaya). Most of the islands constitute the Raja Ampat Regency, which was separated out from Sorong Regency in 2004. The regency encompasses around 70,000 square kilometres (27,000 sq mi) of land and sea, and has a population of about 50,000 (as of 2017). (Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Ampat_Islands)",
"published_at": "2020-07-30T09:23:34Z",
"publisher": "Root",
"citationHtml": "Admin, Dataverse, 2020, \"Raja Ampat Islands\", <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/ITNXGR\" target=\"_blank\">https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/ITNXGR</a>, Root, V1",
"identifier_of_dataverse": "root",
"name_of_dataverse": "Root",
"citation": "Admin, Dataverse, 2020, \"Raja Ampat Islands\", https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/ITNXGR, Root, V1",
"authors": [
"Admin, Dataverse"
]
},
{
"name": "Sample Test",
"type": "dataverse",
"url": "https://68b2d8bb37c6/dataverse/Sample_test",
"identifier": "Sample_test",
"description": "Dataverse utilisé pour les tests unitaires de Sample",
"published_at": "2021-03-16T08:11:54Z"
},
{
"name": "Sample Media Test",
"type": "dataverse",
"url": "https://68b2d8bb37c6/dataverse/Sample_media_test",
"identifier": "Sample_media_test",
"description": "Dataverse de test contenant les médias de Sample, comme les images des fournisseurs et des producteurs",
"published_at": "2021-04-08T15:04:14Z"
}
],
"count_in_response": 4
}
}
Include Specific Fields Only
The above example metadata_fields=citation:dsDescription&metadata_fields=citation:author returns under “metadataBlocks” only the compound fields “dsDescription” and “author” metadata fields from the “citation” metadata block.
{
"status": "OK",
"data": {
"q": "*",
"total_count": 4,
"start": 0,
"spelling_alternatives": {},
"items": [
{
"name": "JDD avec GeoJson 2021-07-13T10:23:46.409Z",
"type": "dataset",
"url": "https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/GIWCKB",
"global_id": "doi:10.5072/FK2/GIWCKB",
"description": "Démo sprint 5. Cette couche représente l'emprise des cimetières sur le territoire des Métropole. Ces périmètres d'emprise des cimetières sont issus du recensement des informations des PLU/POS de chaque commune de la métropole, des données du cadastre DGFiP et d'un inventaire terrain du Service Planification et Études Urbaines de Métropole",
"publisher": "Sample Data",
"citationHtml": "Rennes Métropole, 2021, \"JDD avec GeoJson 2021-07-13T10:23:46.409Z\", <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/GIWCKB\" target=\"_blank\">https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/GIWCKB</a>, Root, DRAFT VERSION",
"identifier_of_dataverse": "Sample_data",
"name_of_dataverse": "Sample Data",
"citation": "Métropole, 2021, \"JDD avec GeoJson 2021-07-13T10:23:46.409Z\", https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/GIWCKB, Root, DRAFT VERSION",
"storageIdentifier": "file://10.5072/FK2/GIWCKB",
"subjects": [
"Other"
],
"fileCount": 0,
"versionId": 9976,
"versionState": "DRAFT",
"createdAt": "2021-07-13T10:28:45Z",
"updatedAt": "2021-07-13T10:28:45Z",
"contacts": [
{
"name": "string",
"affiliation": "string"
}
],
"metadataBlocks": {
"citation": {
"displayName": "Citation Metadata",
"fields": [
{
"typeName": "dsDescription",
"multiple": true,
"typeClass": "compound",
"value": [
{
"dsDescriptionValue": {
"typeName": "dsDescriptionValue",
"multiple": false,
"typeClass": "primitive",
"value": "Démo sprint 5. Cette couche représente l'emprise des cimetières sur le territoire des Métropole. Ces périmètres d'emprise des cimetières sont issus du recensement des informations des PLU/POS de chaque commune de la métropole, des données du cadastre DGFiP et d'un inventaire terrain du Service Planification et Études Urbaines de Métropole"
},
"dsDescriptionDate": {
"typeName": "dsDescriptionDate",
"multiple": false,
"typeClass": "primitive",
"value": "2021-07-13"
}
}
]
},
{
"typeName": "author",
"multiple": true,
"typeClass": "compound",
"value": [
{
"authorName": {
"typeName": "authorName",
"multiple": false,
"typeClass": "primitive",
"value": "Métropole"
},
"authorAffiliation": {
"typeName": "authorAffiliation",
"multiple": false,
"typeClass": "primitive",
"value": "string"
}
}
]
}
]
}
},
"authors": [
"Métropole"
]
},
{
"name": "Raja Ampat Islands",
"type": "dataset",
"url": "https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/ITNXGR",
"global_id": "doi:10.5072/FK2/ITNXGR",
"description": "Raja Ampat is located off the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula on the island of New Guinea, in Indonesia's West Papua province, Raja Ampat, or the Four Kings, is an archipelago comprising over 1,500 small islands, cays, and shoals surrounding the four main islands of Misool, Salawati, Batanta, and Waigeo, and the smaller island of Kofiau. The Raja Ampat archipelago straddles the Equator and forms part of Coral Triangle which contains the richest marine biodiversity on earth. Administratively, the archipelago is part of the province of West Papua (formerly known as Irian Jaya). Most of the islands constitute the Raja Ampat Regency, which was separated out from Sorong Regency in 2004. The regency encompasses around 70,000 square kilometres (27,000 sq mi) of land and sea, and has a population of about 50,000 (as of 2017). (Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Ampat_Islands)",
"published_at": "2020-07-30T09:23:34Z",
"publisher": "Root",
"citationHtml": "Admin, Dataverse, 2020, \"Raja Ampat Islands\", <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/ITNXGR\" target=\"_blank\">https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/ITNXGR</a>, Root, V1",
"identifier_of_dataverse": "root",
"name_of_dataverse": "Root",
"citation": "Admin, Dataverse, 2020, \"Raja Ampat Islands\", https://doi.org/10.5072/FK2/ITNXGR, Root, V1",
"authors": [
"Admin, Dataverse"
]
},
{
"name": "Sample Media Test",
"type": "dataverse",
"url": "https://68b2d8bb37c6/dataverse/Sample_media_test",
"identifier": "Sample_media_test",
"description": "Dataverse de test contenant les médias de Sample, comme les images des fournisseurs et des producteurs",
"published_at": "2021-04-08T15:04:14Z"
},
{
"name": "Sample Test",
"type": "dataverse",
"url": "https://68b2d8bb37c6/dataverse/Sample_test",
"identifier": "Sample_test",
"description": "Dataverse utilisé pour les tests unitaires de Sample",
"published_at": "2021-03-16T08:11:54Z"
}
],
"count_in_response": 4
}
}
Date Range Search Example
Below is an example of searching across a date range of Dataverse collections, datasets, and files that were published in 2018.
Iteration
Be default, up to 10 results are returned with every request (though this can be increased with the per_page parameter). To iterate through many results, increase the start parameter on each iteration until you reach the total_count in the response. An example in Python is below.
#!/usr/bin/env python
import urllib2
import json
base = 'https://demo.dataverse.org'
rows = 10
start = 0
page = 1
condition = True # emulate do-while
while (condition):
url = base + '/api/search?q=*' + "&start=" + str(start)
data = json.load(urllib2.urlopen(url))
total = data['data']['total_count']
print "=== Page", page, "==="
print "start:", start, " total:", total
for i in data['data']['items']:
print "- ", i['name'], "(" + i['type'] + ")"
start = start + rows
page += 1
condition = start < total
Output from iteration example
=== Page 1 ===
start: 0 total: 12
- Spruce Goose (dataset)
- trees.png (file)
- Spruce (dataverse)
- Trees (dataverse)
- Darwin's Finches (dataset)
- Finches (dataverse)
- Birds (dataverse)
- Rings of Conifers (dataset)
- Chestnut Trees (dataverse)
- Sparrows (dataverse)
=== Page 2 ===
start: 10 total: 12
- Chestnut Sparrows (dataverse)
- Wrens (dataverse)