# Loughborough University Library Discovery (VuFind)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/loughborough/vufind-discovery/  
**Provider:** Loughborough University — https://apis.io/providers/loughborough/  
**Base URL:** https://vufind.lboro.ac.uk/api/v1  
**Documentation:** https://vufind.lboro.ac.uk/

Loughborough University Library Discovery (VuFind) is one of 7 APIs that [Loughborough University](https://apis.io/providers/loughborough/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, Discovery, and Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

VuFind discovery layer at vufind.lboro.ac.uk, the public search interface over the Koha catalogue, on managed hosting by PTFS Europe (CNAME lboro-vufind.infrastructure.servers.ptfse.net). VuFind's Search API is present at /api/v1 but is not open: /api/v1/search and /api/v1/record both return HTTP 403 with {"status":"ERROR","statusMessage":"Permission denied"}. The VuFind OAI-PMH responder at /OAI/Server and the HTML surface are behind an Anubis bot challenge and returned an interstitial rather than content on every attempt. Recorded because the surface is real and deployed, not because it is usable — the honest state is deployed-but-closed.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://www.lboro.ac.uk/services/library/search/

## Other Loughborough University APIs (6)

- [Loughborough University Library Catalogue API (Koha)](https://apis.io/apis/loughborough/library-catalogue-api/)
- [Loughborough Learn — LTI 1.3 Advantage Platform (Moodle)](https://apis.io/apis/loughborough/learn-lti-platform/)
- [Loughborough University SAML 2.0 Identity Provider](https://apis.io/apis/loughborough/identity-federation/)
- [Loughborough University Research Repository (figshare tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/loughborough/research-repository/)
- [Loughborough University Reading Lists (Talis Aspire tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/loughborough/reading-lists/)
- [Loughborough University Library Hours and Bookings (Springshare LibCal tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/loughborough/libcal/)

## Tags

Library, Discovery, Search

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