# VU Research Portal OAI-PMH

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/research-portal-oai/  
**Provider:** Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam — https://apis.io/providers/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/  
**Base URL:** https://research.vu.nl/ws/oai  
**Documentation:** https://research.vu.nl/

VU Research Portal OAI-PMH is one of 28 APIs that [Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam](https://apis.io/providers/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Research, Repository, OAI-PMH, Metadata, and Open Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Repository, served by the institution's Elsevier Pure research information system at research.vu.nl. Confirmed live: an Identify request returns the repository name "Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Repository" with admin contact pure.ub@vu.nl. Supports standard OAI-PMH verbs (Identify, ListMetadataFormats, ListRecords, etc.) for harvesting publications, persons, organizations, and projects.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://helpcenter.pure.elsevier.com/en_US/data-sources-and-integrations/what-is-the-oai-base-url
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam APIs (12)

- [VU Amsterdam research data on DataverseNL](https://apis.io/apis/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/dataverse-nl/)
- [Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam activity API](https://apis.io/apis/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam-activity-api/)
- [Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam application API](https://apis.io/apis/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam-application-api/)
- [Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam authorCollaboration API](https://apis.io/apis/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam-authorcollaboration-api/)
- [Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam award API](https://apis.io/apis/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam-award-api/)
- [Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam classificationScheme API](https://apis.io/apis/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam-classificationscheme-api/)
- [Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam concept API](https://apis.io/apis/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam-concept-api/)
- [Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam course API](https://apis.io/apis/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam-course-api/)
- [Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam dataSet API](https://apis.io/apis/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam-dataset-api/)
- [Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam equipment API](https://apis.io/apis/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam-equipment-api/)
- [Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam event API](https://apis.io/apis/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam-event-api/)
- [Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam externalOrganization API](https://apis.io/apis/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam/vrije-universiteit-amsterdam-externalorganization-api/)

## Tags

Research, Repository, OAI-PMH, Metadata, Open Data, Harvesting

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