ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

aid: eth-zurich
name: ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
description: 'ETH Zurich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich) is a public science and technology university founded
  in 1855, ranked #7 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its most visible public developer footprint is the ETH Library
  API Platform, an Apigee-managed developer portal exposing six documented OpenAPI 3.0 REST APIs (Discovery, ETHorama, Geo,
  Persons, Research Collection, Vector) for the library''s open bibliographic, georeferenced, and research-output data. The
  ETH Zurich Research Collection additionally offers a public OAI-PMH harvesting interface, and the eth-library GitHub organization
  publishes the OpenAPI specifications and related open-source tooling. All REST APIs require a free one-time registration
  to obtain an API key.'
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/eth-zurich/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Library
- Open Data
- Switzerland
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: eth-zurich:discovery
  name: ETH Library Discovery API
  description: REST API providing access to over 30 million books, images, series, journals, and other materials held by the
    ETH Library. Part of the ETH Library API Platform; requires a free API key.
  humanURL: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
  tags:
  - Library
  - Discovery
  - Bibliographic
  - Open Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://eth-library.github.io/opendata-apis/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/eth-zurich-discovery.yaml
- aid: eth-zurich:ethorama
  name: ETH Library ETHorama API
  description: REST API providing georeferenced access to digitized documents from platforms such as E-Pics, E-Rara, E-Periodica,
    E-Manuscripta and the Research Collection. Requires a free API key.
  humanURL: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
  tags:
  - Library
  - Geospatial
  - Digitization
  - Open Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://eth-library.github.io/opendata-apis/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/eth-zurich-ethorama.yaml
- aid: eth-zurich:geo
  name: ETH Library Geo Information API
  description: REST API returning information about points of interest (places) and dossiers from the ETHorama database in
    GeoJSON format. Requires a free API key.
  humanURL: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
  tags:
  - Library
  - Geospatial
  - GeoJSON
  - Open Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://eth-library.github.io/opendata-apis/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/eth-zurich-geo.yaml
- aid: eth-zurich:persons
  name: ETH Library Persons API
  description: REST API providing enriched information about persons, aggregated from sources including Wikidata, Metagrid,
    DNB Entityfacts and beacon.findbuch. Requires a free API key.
  humanURL: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
  tags:
  - Library
  - Persons
  - Authority
  - Open Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://eth-library.github.io/opendata-apis/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/eth-zurich-persons.yaml
- aid: eth-zurich:research-collection
  name: ETH Zurich Research Collection API
  description: REST API providing access to the ETH Zurich Research Collection bibliographic metadata for scientific publications
    and research data (v1 current, v2 preview). Requires a free API key. The Research Collection also exposes a public OAI-PMH
    harvesting interface.
  humanURL: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
  tags:
  - Research
  - Repository
  - Bibliographic
  - Open Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://eth-library.github.io/opendata-apis/
  - type: OAI-PMH
    url: https://research-collection.ethz.ch/oai/openaire_data
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/eth-zurich-research-collection-v1.yaml
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/eth-zurich-research-collection-v2.yaml
- aid: eth-zurich:vector
  name: ETH Library Vector API
  description: REST API on the ETH Library API Platform exposing vector-based access to ETH Library data resources. Requires
    a free API key.
  humanURL: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
  tags:
  - Library
  - Vector
  - Search
  - Open Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://eth-library.github.io/opendata-apis/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/eth-zurich-vector.yaml
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://ethz.ch/en/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch
- type: Documentation
  url: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/eth-library
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/eth-library/opendata-apis
- type: OpenData
  url: https://opendata.swiss/en/organization/eth-bibliothek
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/eth-zurich/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch
- type: Plans
  url: plans/eth-zurich-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/eth-zurich-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/eth-zurich-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/eth-zurich-research-collection-item-schema.json
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/eth-zurich-research-collection-item-structure.json
- type: x-example
  url: examples/eth-zurich-research-collection-search-example.json
- type: x-example
  url: examples/eth-zurich-discovery-resources-example.json
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/eth-zurich-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/eth-zurich-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/eth-zurich-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com