Utrecht University

Utrecht University Repository REST API

The DSpace 9.0 HAL/JSON REST API behind the Utrecht University Repository. Openly readable without a key: the root at /server/api enumerates ~60 link relations, and /server/api/discover/search/objects answers real queries and returns results. This is the largest anonymously-callable machine surface Utrecht operates.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.uu.nl/en/university-library/utrecht-university-repository
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APIReference
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/server/api

Other Resources

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x-conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/utrecht/refs/heads/main/conformance/utrecht-domain-standards.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: utrecht:repository-rest
name: Utrecht University Repository REST API
x-operator: institution
x-operator-evidence: Host dspace.library.uu.nl is Utrecht's own. The API root self-identifies as dspaceName
  'Utrecht University Repository', dspaceVersion 'DSpace 9.0'. DSpace is community open-source software
  the University Library self-hosts; the running service is Utrecht's, the REST contract is the DSpace
  project's, so the deployment is recorded here and DSpace's generic OpenAPI is not saved under this slug.
description: 'The DSpace 9.0 HAL/JSON REST API behind the Utrecht University Repository. Openly readable
  without a key: the root at /server/api enumerates ~60 link relations, and /server/api/discover/search/objects
  answers real queries and returns results. This is the largest anonymously-callable machine surface Utrecht
  operates.'
humanURL: https://www.uu.nl/en/university-library/utrecht-university-repository
baseURL: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/server/api
tags:
- Library
- Repository
- Institutional Repository
- DSpace
- Open Access
- Research
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.uu.nl/en/university-library/utrecht-university-repository
- type: APIReference
  url: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/server/api
- type: x-conformance
  url: conformance/utrecht-domain-standards.yml