# Rice University Reference API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/rice/rice-reference-api/  
**Provider:** Rice University — https://apis.io/providers/rice/  
**Base URL:** https://lg4tooqkr1.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod  
**Documentation:** https://kinder.rice.edu/initiative/urban-data-platform

Rice University Reference API is one of 9 APIs that [Rice University](https://apis.io/providers/rice/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Reference. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, authentication docs, API documentation, and 1 JSON Schema.

Controlled vocabularies the catalog's fields draw from.

## Operations (1)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/lookups` | Retrieve every controlled vocabulary the catalog uses |

## Machine-readable artifacts (10)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rice/refs/heads/main/openapi/rice-reference-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rice/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rice-kinder-udp-dataset-schema.json
- **Vocabulary** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rice/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/rice-kinder-udp-vocabulary.yml
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rice/refs/heads/main/examples/rice-kinder-udp-datasets-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rice/refs/heads/main/examples/rice-kinder-udp-dataset-detail-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rice/refs/heads/main/examples/rice-kinder-udp-lookups-example.json
- **Errors** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rice/refs/heads/main/errors/rice-errors.yml
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rice/refs/heads/main/authentication/rice-authentication.yml
- **Website** — https://www.kinderudp.org/
- **Documentation** — https://kinder.rice.edu/initiative/urban-data-platform

## Other Rice University APIs (8)

- [Rice Shibboleth SAML 2.0 Identity Provider](https://apis.io/apis/rice/sso-shibboleth/)
- [InCommon Federation registration](https://apis.io/apis/rice/incommon-federation/)
- [DataCite membership — Fondren Library, Rice University](https://apis.io/apis/rice/datacite/)
- [ROR registration — Rice University](https://apis.io/apis/rice/ror/)
- [Rice University Course Schedule](https://apis.io/apis/rice/course-schedule/)
- [Rice Research Repository (DSpaceDirect tenancy) — REST API](https://apis.io/apis/rice/repository-rest/)
- [Rice Research Repository (DSpaceDirect tenancy) — OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/rice/repository-oai/)
- [Rice University Datasets API](https://apis.io/apis/rice/rice-datasets-api/)

## Tags

Reference

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