Harvard Dataverse API

Overview

Dataverse is an open-source research data repository platform developed by Harvard IQSS, hosting 150K+ datasets across 80+ installations worldwide. The Harvard Dataverse alone has 130K+ datasets covering social science, natural science, and humanities. The API supports search, metadata retrieval, file download, and dataset deposit. Free, no authentication for read access.

API Endpoints

Base URL

https://dataverse.harvard.edu/api

Search

# Search datasets
curl "https://dataverse.harvard.edu/api/search?q=climate+change&type=dataset&per_page=20"