Entities

Endpoints related to the creation, retrieval, and management of RO-Crate entities.

📄️List entities

Retrieve and list the entities in a collection. This endpoint returns key metadata describing each entity (e.g., ID, name, description). The response can be filtered, paginated, and sorted, allowing clients to navigate large archives efficiently.

📄️Get an entity

Retrieve an entity in a collection. This endpoint returns key metadata describing each entity (e.g., ID, name, description).

📄️Delete a contributor-less entity

Optional core — provided when `deposit.supported` is `true`. See the [Deposits guide](https://ro-crate-api.crate-works.org/docs/deposit).

📄️Get the entity's RO-Crate metadata document

Retrieve the entity's RO-Crate Metadata Document: the complete JSON-LD conforming to the RO-Crate specification. This is the metadata document itself, not the summary `Entity` object returned by `GET /entity/{id}`.

📄️Get entity RO-Crate metadata document headers

Retrieve RO-Crate metadata headers without downloading the metadata content. Returns the same headers as GET but with no response body, useful for checking metadata availability and caching information.