# GET /members stops working

Calls to GET /members* on DataCite REST API stopped working on July 1, 2026.

On July 1, 2026, DataCite REST API removed the GET /members* endpoints. Following this change, calls to these legacy Version 1 endpoints fail. DataCite REST API retired them due to low usage and in favor of the functionality offered by Version 2.

## What to use instead

Use the Version 2 endpoint /providers instead, changing requests from /members/{id} to /providers/{id}. Moving to this replacement takes more than an endpoint swap because its response structure differs.

- API: DataCite REST API (api.datacite.org)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Takes effect: July 1, 2026
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `GET /members*`
- Source: [Announcement](https://support.datacite.org/docs/datacite-rest-api-legacy-endpoints-deprecation)
- Verified: November 6, 2026, against DataCite REST API's own pages
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/datacite-rest-api/breaking-changes/get-members-stops-working/

## DataCite REST API's words

> Due to the low usage of Version 1 and the improved functionality of the widely-adopted Version 2 successor, Version 1 endpoints will be deprecated on 1 July 2026.

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