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Arizona State University

Arizona State University (ASU) is a large public research university based in Tempe, Arizona, United States, ranked #200 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. ASU's confirmed public developer footprint centers on its Library Research Data Repository, a Dataverse instance that exposes a documented native REST API and an OAI-PMH metadata interface. ASU also operates a public course catalog and class search, a CAS/Shibboleth single sign-on identity service, and an official GitHub organization hosting its Unity design system and Drupal-based web infrastructure. Most administrative and student-facing APIs are gated behind ASURITE authentication and are not publicly documented.

Arizona State University publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research Data, and Open Data.

The Arizona State University catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

Arizona State University’s developer surface includes GitHub presence, authentication, and 10 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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4 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch DataOpen DataUnited StatesArizona

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Composite quality — 24.3/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 3.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 12/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

ASU Library Research Data Repository API

The ASU Library Research Data Repository runs on the open-source Dataverse platform (verified version 6.10.1) and exposes Dataverse's native REST API for searching, retrieving, ...

ASU Research Data Repository OAI-PMH

The ASU Library Research Data Repository Dataverse OAI Archive exposes an OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint. The Identify verb responds publicly, allowing harvesting of d...

ASU Course Catalog & Class Search

ASU publishes a public course catalog and class search at catalog.apps.asu.edu (with a legacy interface at webapp4.asu.edu). It provides searchable real-time course and section ...

ASU WebAuth (CAS / Shibboleth SSO)

ASU operates an enterprise single sign-on service using the Central Authentication Service (CAS) protocol with Shibboleth/SAML federation for authenticating ASURITE accounts acr...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Arizona State University Context

11 classes · 2 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Arizona State University Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Arizona State University Vulnerability Disclosure

disclosure policy published

SECURITY

Resources

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: arizona-state-university
name: Arizona State University
description: 'Arizona State University (ASU) is a large public research university based in Tempe, Arizona, United States,
  ranked #200 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. ASU''s confirmed public developer footprint centers on its Library
  Research Data Repository, a Dataverse instance that exposes a documented native REST API and an OAI-PMH metadata interface.
  ASU also operates a public course catalog and class search, a CAS/Shibboleth single sign-on identity service, and an official
  GitHub organization hosting its Unity design system and Drupal-based web infrastructure. Most administrative and student-facing
  APIs are gated behind ASURITE authentication and are not publicly documented.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/arizona-state-university.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arizona-state-university/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research Data
- Open Data
- United States
- Arizona
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: arizona-state-university:dataverse-api
  name: ASU Library Research Data Repository API
  description: The ASU Library Research Data Repository runs on the open-source Dataverse platform (verified version 6.10.1)
    and exposes Dataverse's native REST API for searching, retrieving, and depositing research datasets and metadata. The
    info, search, and metadata endpoints respond publicly.
  humanURL: https://dataverse.asu.edu/
  baseURL: https://dataverse.asu.edu/api
  tags:
  - Research Data
  - Repository
  - Dataverse
  - Open Data
  - Datasets
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/api/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dataverse.asu.edu/api/info/version
- aid: arizona-state-university:dataverse-oai
  name: ASU Research Data Repository OAI-PMH
  description: The ASU Library Research Data Repository Dataverse OAI Archive exposes an OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint.
    The Identify verb responds publicly, allowing harvesting of dataset metadata records.
  humanURL: https://lib.asu.edu/research/research-data-repository
  baseURL: https://dataverse.asu.edu/oai
  tags:
  - Research Data
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata Harvesting
  - Repository
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/admin/harvestserver.html
- aid: arizona-state-university:course-catalog
  name: ASU Course Catalog & Class Search
  description: ASU publishes a public course catalog and class search at catalog.apps.asu.edu (with a legacy interface at
    webapp4.asu.edu). It provides searchable real-time course and section data through a web interface. No officially documented
    public API is published; third-party tools consume the catalog via scraping and undocumented endpoints.
  humanURL: https://catalog.apps.asu.edu/catalog/classes
  tags:
  - Course Catalog
  - Class Search
  - Education
  - Undocumented
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://catalog.apps.asu.edu/catalog/classes
- aid: arizona-state-university:sso-cas
  name: ASU WebAuth (CAS / Shibboleth SSO)
  description: ASU operates an enterprise single sign-on service using the Central Authentication Service (CAS) protocol with
    Shibboleth/SAML federation for authenticating ASURITE accounts across university web applications. The CAS login endpoint
    responds publicly; integration is restricted to approved ASU service providers.
  humanURL: https://getprotected.asu.edu/services/identity-and-access-management/authentication-services
  baseURL: https://weblogin.asu.edu/cas
  tags:
  - Identity
  - Authentication
  - SSO
  - CAS
  - Shibboleth
  - SAML
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://getprotected.asu.edu/services/identity-and-access-management/authentication-services
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/arizona-state-university-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/arizona-state-university-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.asu.edu/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/ASU
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/arizona-state-university/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/ASU
- type: Authentication
  url: https://getprotected.asu.edu/services/identity-and-access-management/authentication-services
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/asulibraries
- type: Plans
  url: plans/arizona-state-university-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/arizona-state-university-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/arizona-state-university-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com