# Lancaster University Idp API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/lancaster-idp-api/  
**Provider:** Lancaster University — https://apis.io/providers/lancaster/  
**Base URL:** https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/cgi/oai2  
**Documentation:** https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/

Lancaster University Idp API is one of 5 APIs that [Lancaster University](https://apis.io/providers/lancaster/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include IDP. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

The Idp API from Lancaster University — 1 operation(s) for idp.

## Operations (1)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/idp/shibboleth` | Retrieve the IdP's SAML 2.0 metadata |

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lancaster/refs/heads/main/openapi/lancaster-idp-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://idp.lancs.ac.uk/idp/shibboleth
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lancaster/refs/heads/main/authentication/lancaster-authentication.yml
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lancaster/refs/heads/main/conformance/lancaster-education-standards-conformance.yml

## Other Lancaster University APIs (4)

- [Lancaster EPrints OAI-PMH 2.0 Interface](https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/lancaster-oai2-api/)
- [Lancaster Research Directory (Elsevier Pure) — tenant](https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/pure-research-directory/)
- [Lancaster Library Discovery and Services (Ex Libris Alma / Primo VE) — tenant](https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/library-discovery/)
- [Lancaster Library Alma Webhook Handler (open source)](https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/alma-webhook-handler/)

## Tags

IDP

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/lancaster-idp-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/lancaster/.