figshare API #4
Description
the figshare API may offer a way to access open licensed figure metadata and the actual files.
Docs are here: https://github.com/figshare/user_documentation/blob/master/APIv2/index.md
The public API endpoints do not include item file data, but the private ones do - hopefully private here just means needing to authenticate, rather than only being able to see one's own data.
Steps:
- search for images with open licenses https://github.com/figshare/user_documentation/blob/master/APIv2/articles.md#search-public-articles
- get the metadata record for each article, e.g. https://api.figshare.com/v2/articles/2064108
- take the
idof each article and use the article files private API to list files and get their URLs: https://github.com/figshare/user_documentation/blob/master/APIv2/articles.md#article-files-subsection