# KIT Library Catalogue REST API (self-hosted Koha)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/library-catalog-api/  
**Provider:** Karlsruhe Institute of Technology — https://apis.io/providers/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/  
**Base URL:** https://katalog.bibliothek.kit.edu/api/v1/  
**Documentation:** https://katalog.bibliothek.kit.edu/

KIT Library Catalogue REST API (self-hosted Koha) is one of 9 APIs that [Karlsruhe Institute of Technology](https://apis.io/providers/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, Catalog, Koha, REST, and Discovery. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

The KIT Library self-hosts Koha, the open-source integrated library system, at katalog.bibliothek.kit.edu, and its REST API is live and served from KIT's own registrable domain. Verified 2026-09-01: /api/v1/ returns a 739 KB Swagger 2.0 document declaring host katalog.bibliothek.kit.edu, basePath /api/v1, 242 paths and 103 definitions, of which sixteen sit under /public and need no credentials. /api/v1/public/libraries answers 200 with KIT's own branch records (Bibliothek Campus Nord, service@bibliothek.kit.edu); staff endpoints such as /api/v1/libraries correctly answer 401. The DEPLOYMENT, the host and the data are KIT's. The CONTRACT is not: info.contact names the Koha Development Team at koha-community.org and the document ships identically with every Koha install, so it is recorded here and deliberately NOT saved under KIT's name. Koha's OAI-PMH provider is not enabled on this instance (/cgi-bin/koha/oai.pl returns a Koha error page).

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://www.bibliothek.kit.edu/english/about-us.php
- **Swagger** — https://katalog.bibliothek.kit.edu/api/v1/
- **APIReference** — https://katalog.bibliothek.kit.edu/api/v1/.html
- **x-public-endpoint** — https://katalog.bibliothek.kit.edu/api/v1/public/libraries

## Other Karlsruhe Institute of Technology APIs (8)

- [KITopen OAI-PMH Interface](https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/kitopen-oai/)
- [RADAR4KIT Research Data Repository (RADAR tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/radar4kit/)
- [DFN-AAI Identity Federation — KIT Shibboleth Identity Provider](https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/shibboleth-idp/)
- [KIT OpenID Connect Provider (SCC Keycloak realm)](https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/scc-oidc/)
- [KI-Toolbox — KIT Generative AI Service (Open WebUI)](https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/ki-toolbox/)
- [DataCite Membership — Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)](https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/datacite-member/)
- [Crossref Membership — KIT Library](https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/crossref-member/)
- [ROR Registry Record — Karlsruhe Institute of Technology](https://apis.io/apis/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology/ror-record/)

## Tags

Library, Catalog, Koha, REST, Discovery

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