University of Basel

UNIverse Research Information System API

The REST backend of UNIverse (universe.unibas.ch), the University of Basel's research information system, at https://universe-intern.unibas.ch/api. It is the only OpenAPI contract the university itself serves: OpenAPI 3.1.0, title "Super MedMe API", version 1.16.2.191, 1,671 paths and 1,170 schemas, one securityScheme ("Bearer Token"), covering publications, books, persons, departments, reviewers, stakeholder review workflow and room/meeting administration. The contract names no vendor — no info.contact, no license, and its only server is the unibas.ch host itself, which resolves into the university's own network (lzm-medme-fe-prod1.meddek.unibas.ch, 131.152.217.196). A springdoc Swagger UI is served alongside it. Verified live 2026-08-30: the contract and Swagger UI answer 200 anonymously, and a data path answers 401 with {"timestamp":…,"status":401,"error":"Unauthorized","path":…}, which establishes the token is enforced rather than merely declared.

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Documentation

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APIReference
https://universe-intern.unibas.ch/api/v3/api-docs
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Documentation
https://universe-intern.unibas.ch/api/swagger-ui/index.html

Other Resources

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Website
https://universe.unibas.ch/

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-basel:universe-research-information
name: UNIverse Research Information System API
x-operator: institution
description: 'The REST backend of UNIverse (universe.unibas.ch), the University of Basel''s research information
  system, at https://universe-intern.unibas.ch/api. It is the only OpenAPI contract the university itself
  serves: OpenAPI 3.1.0, title "Super MedMe API", version 1.16.2.191, 1,671 paths and 1,170 schemas, one
  securityScheme ("Bearer Token"), covering publications, books, persons, departments, reviewers, stakeholder
  review workflow and room/meeting administration. The contract names no vendor — no info.contact, no
  license, and its only server is the unibas.ch host itself, which resolves into the university''s own
  network (lzm-medme-fe-prod1.meddek.unibas.ch, 131.152.217.196). A springdoc Swagger UI is served alongside
  it. Verified live 2026-08-30: the contract and Swagger UI answer 200 anonymously, and a data path answers
  401 with {"timestamp":…,"status":401,"error":"Unauthorized","path":…}, which establishes the token is
  enforced rather than merely declared.'
humanURL: https://universe.unibas.ch/
baseURL: https://universe-intern.unibas.ch/api
tags:
- Research Information
- CRIS
- Publications
- OpenAPI
- Internal
properties:
- type: APIReference
  url: https://universe-intern.unibas.ch/api/v3/api-docs
- type: Documentation
  url: https://universe-intern.unibas.ch/api/swagger-ui/index.html
- type: Website
  url: https://universe.unibas.ch/
x-harvest-decision: The contract is NOT mirrored into openapi/ and no artifacts are derived from it, by
  choice. The host is named "intern", the system is an internal research-administration application of
  the Medical Faculty holding person-level records, and the university runs a public vulnerability disclosure
  program. The surface is recorded because it is anonymously reachable and it is the institution's own
  engineering; copying 1.4 MB of its endpoint documentation into a public catalog repository is a separate
  act that a human should authorize. A later pass must not "complete" this entry by harvesting it.