# MacSphere OAI-PMH Repository Interface

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/mcmaster/macsphere-oai/  
**Provider:** McMaster University — https://apis.io/providers/mcmaster/  
**Base URL:** https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/server/oai/request  
**Documentation:** https://library.mcmaster.ca/research/getting-started-macsphere

MacSphere OAI-PMH Repository Interface is one of 2 APIs that [McMaster University](https://apis.io/providers/mcmaster/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, OAI-PMH, DSpace, Open Access, and Institutional Repository. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Publicly accessible OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata-harvesting interface for MacSphere, McMaster University Libraries' DSpace institutional repository of theses, dissertations, and open-access research outputs. Supports the standard OAI-PMH verbs (Identify, ListRecords, ListSets, GetRecord) over HTTP returning XML metadata.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://library.mcmaster.ca/research/getting-started-macsphere

## Other McMaster University APIs (1)

- [McMaster API Service Developer Portal](https://apis.io/apis/mcmaster/developer-portal/)

## Tags

Library, OAI-PMH, DSpace, Open Access, Institutional Repository, Metadata

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