# sciCORE OpenID Connect Issuer

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-basel/scicore-oidc/  
**Provider:** University of Basel — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-basel/  
**Base URL:** https://iam.scicore.unibas.ch/realms/switch-eduid  
**Documentation:** https://scicore.unibas.ch/

sciCORE OpenID Connect Issuer is one of 7 APIs that [University of Basel](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-basel/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include OpenID Connect, Authentication, Identity, and Research Computing. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an API reference, API documentation, and authentication docs.

OpenID Connect issuer operated by sciCORE, the University of Basel's centre for scientific computing, at https://iam.scicore.unibas.ch/realms/switch-eduid — a Keycloak realm that brokers SWITCH edu-ID into the university's research-computing services. The discovery document is served anonymously and declares the full endpoint set (authorization, token, introspection, userinfo, JWKS, device and CIBA), ten grant types including client_credentials, device_code, jwt-bearer and token-exchange, and thirteen scopes. Host is under unibas.ch and resolves to the university's own network (131.152.224.47). Verified live 2026-08-30 (HTTP 200).

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **APIReference** — https://iam.scicore.unibas.ch/realms/switch-eduid/.well-known/openid-configuration
- **Documentation** — https://scicore.unibas.ch/
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-basel/refs/heads/main/authentication/university-of-basel-authentication.yml

## Other University of Basel APIs (6)

- [edoc DSpace REST API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-basel/edoc-rest/)
- [edoc OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-basel/edoc-oai/)
- [University of Basel SWITCHaai / eduGAIN Identity Provider](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-basel/switchaai-idp/)
- [ADAM (ILIAS) LTI launch endpoint](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-basel/adam-lti/)
- [UNIverse Research Information System API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-basel/universe-research-information/)
- [swisscovery (SLSP / Ex Libris Alma) SRU — Basel institution zone](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-basel/swisscovery-sru/)

## Tags

OpenID Connect, Authentication, Identity, Research Computing

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