Create DOI

Registers a new DOI if the specified DOI doesn’t exist. This method will attempt to update the URL if you specify an existing DOI. Creating a DOI requires authentication credentials.Note that metadata must be registered for a DOI first, using the create metadata call.

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The MDS API also accepts POST requests using the same format.

Path Params
string
required
Form Data
string

doi and url separated by newline, e.g. "doi=10.5072/0000-03VC\nurl=http://example.org/"

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string
required
Defaults to text/plain
string
required
Defaults to UTF-8
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