# EIDF Data Catalogue API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/eidf-data-catalogue-api/  
**Provider:** University of Edinburgh — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-edinburgh/  
**Base URL:** https://catalogue.eidf.ac.uk/api/3/action  
**Documentation:** https://catalogue.eidf.ac.uk/

EIDF Data Catalogue API is one of 10 APIs that [University of Edinburgh](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-edinburgh/) 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 Open Data, CKAN, Research Computing, and Data Catalog. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and 1 JSON Schema.

CKAN 2.11.3 Action API for the Edinburgh International Data Facility Data Catalogue, operated by EPCC at the University of Edinburgh. 14 public datasets across 13 EIDF project organisations, readable anonymously with no key. The deployment carries a custom eidf_oidc_auth extension written for it, so this is an institution-configured platform rather than a hosted tenancy.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-edinburgh/refs/heads/main/openapi/university-of-edinburgh-eidf-data-catalogue-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://catalogue.eidf.ac.uk/
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-edinburgh/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-edinburgh-ckan-package-schema.json
- **x-examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-edinburgh/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-edinburgh-eidf-package-show-example.json
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-edinburgh/refs/heads/main/authentication/university-of-edinburgh-authentication.yml

## Other University of Edinburgh APIs (9)

- [Edinburgh DataShare REST API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/datashare-repository-api/)
- [Edinburgh DataShare OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/datashare-oai/)
- [Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA) REST API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/era-repository-api/)
- [Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA) OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/era-oai/)
- [ELM — Edinburgh Language Models API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/elm-api/)
- [University of Edinburgh Shibboleth Identity Provider](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/identity-federation/)
- [Enterprise API Gateway (gated)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/enterprise-api-gateway/)
- [Edinburgh Research Explorer (Elsevier Pure) — tenant](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/pure-research-explorer/)
- [DiscoverEd Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo) — tenant](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-edinburgh/discovered-primo/)

## Tags

Open Data, CKAN, Research Computing, Data Catalog

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