# University of Reading OAI PMH API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/university-of-reading-oai-pmh-api/  
**Provider:** University of Reading — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-reading/  
**Base URL:** https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/cgi/oai2  
**Documentation:** https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/

University of Reading OAI PMH API is one of 12 APIs that [University of Reading](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-reading/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include OAI-PMH. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

OAI-PMH 2.0 verbs served by the repository at /cgi/oai2.

## Operations (1)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/cgi/oai2` | Issue an OAI-PMH 2.0 request |

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-reading/refs/heads/main/openapi/university-of-reading-oai-pmh-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/information.html
- **API** — https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/cgi/oai2?verb=Identify
- **x-conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-reading/refs/heads/main/conformance/university-of-reading-conformance.yml
- **Documentation** — https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/
- **API** — https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/cgi/oai2?verb=Identify
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-reading/refs/heads/main/authentication/university-of-reading-authentication.yml

## Other University of Reading APIs (11)

- [UK Access Management Federation Identity Provider Entity](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/uk-federation-idp/)
- [Microsoft Entra ID Tenant OpenID Connect Discovery](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/entra-id-tenant/)
- [DataCite Membership and DOI Prefixes](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/datacite-membership/)
- [ROR Organization Registration](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/ror-registration/)
- [Module Catalogue](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/module-catalogue/)
- [Meteorology Department Climate Data Services](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/met-climate-data/)
- [Elsevier Pure Research Information System (tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/elsevier-pure-cris/)
- [Talis Aspire Online Reading Lists (tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/talis-aspire-reading-lists/)
- [SirsiDynix Enterprise Library Catalogue (tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/library-catalogue/)
- [CMISGo Timetabling (gated)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/timetable/)
- [University of Reading Repository API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-reading/university-of-reading-repository-api/)

## Tags

OAI-PMH

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