Ghent University (Universiteit Gent, UGent) is a public research university in Ghent, Belgium, founded in 1817 and ranked around #169 in the QS World University Rankings. Like almost every institution, it is a federation of buyers rather than an API producer, and its profile is written on that basis: it operates no central developer portal, no gateway and no institution-wide API programme, and most of what looks like a Ghent API on first inspection belongs to a supplier. The real programmable footprint is concentrated in one place - Ghent University Library. The Academic Bibliography at biblio.ugent.be is genuinely the university's own: a documented JSON/JSONP REST search API, fourteen export formats, a live OAI-PMH 2.0 endpoint identifying itself as the Ghent University Institutional Archive, an SRU 1.1 service over CQL with 78 documented indexes, unAPI discovery, RSS feeds and daily full-dataset dumps, all under the Open Database License. The library also authors and open-sources the software behind it, and three of those services carry first-party OpenAPI 3.1 contracts. Beyond the library the university runs its own SAML 2.0 identity provider and eight entities in the Belgian Belnet R&E Federation, and hosts the student-built Hydra Resto API on a university domain. Everything else is somebody else's: the library catalogue is now an Ex Libris Alma/Primo VE tenancy, and Dodona, which began at Ghent, has moved to its own domain and its own pricing. There is no DataCite membership. Ghent is a Crossref member in its own name.
Ghent University publishes 40 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Add Item API, Add Metadata Format API, Add Organization API, and 37 more. Tagged areas include University, Higher Education, Education, Research, and Research Data.
The Ghent University catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Ghent University’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, GitHub presence, authentication, code examples, and 19 more developer resources.
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Ghent University's own SAML 2.0 identity provider, operated by the university's ICT directorate. The signed metadata document is publicly readable and carries entityID https://i...
lib.ugent.be redirects to libcatalog.ugent.be, an Ex Libris Primo VE discovery layer running under institution code 32RUG_INST and resolving through libugent.primo.exlibrisgroup...
Dodona is the automated programming-practice platform that originated at Ghent University and is still used in its computer-science teaching; Ghent registered it as a service pr...
Ghent University is a Crossref member in its own name - member id 9286, DOI prefix 10.21825, registered in Ghent, Belgium, with 28,489 DOIs deposited (960 current, 27,529 backfi...
Ghent University is registered in the Research Organization Registry as https://ror.org/00cv9y106, distinct from Ghent University Hospital (https://ror.org/00xmkp704) and HOGENT...
aid: ghent
name: Ghent University
x-type: university
x-category: Public Research University
description: 'Ghent University (Universiteit Gent, UGent) is a public research university in Ghent, Belgium, founded in 1817
and ranked around #169 in the QS World University Rankings. Like almost every institution, it is a federation of buyers
rather than an API producer, and its profile is written on that basis: it operates no central developer portal, no gateway
and no institution-wide API programme, and most of what looks like a Ghent API on first inspection belongs to a supplier.
The real programmable footprint is concentrated in one place - Ghent University Library. The Academic Bibliography at biblio.ugent.be
is genuinely the university''s own: a documented JSON/JSONP REST search API, fourteen export formats, a live OAI-PMH 2.0
endpoint identifying itself as the Ghent University Institutional Archive, an SRU 1.1 service over CQL with 78 documented
indexes, unAPI discovery, RSS feeds and daily full-dataset dumps, all under the Open Database License. The library also
authors and open-sources the software behind it, and three of those services carry first-party OpenAPI 3.1 contracts. Beyond
the library the university runs its own SAML 2.0 identity provider and eight entities in the Belgian Belnet R&E Federation,
and hosts the student-built Hydra Resto API on a university domain. Everything else is somebody else''s: the library catalogue
is now an Ex Libris Alma/Primo VE tenancy, and Dodona, which began at Ghent, has moved to its own domain and its own pricing.
There is no DataCite membership. Ghent is a Crossref member in its own name.'
type: Index
deliveryModel:
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license_evidence:
not_product:
- ugent-library/alma-go
- ugent-library/oai-service
- ugent-library/people-service
- ugent-library/projects-service
- zeuswpi/hydra
open_source: unknown
commercial: true
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label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
confidence: low
source:
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- pricing
- repository-not-product
generated: '2026-09-25'
method: derived
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tags:
- University
- Higher Education
- Education
- Research
- Research Data
- Library
- Open Data
- Identity Federation
- OAI-PMH
- Belgium
- Flanders
- Europe
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-09-01'
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detail: 'Ghent operates a real, documented, unauthenticated institutional surface and this profile reaches it. Every endpoint
claimed here was probed on 2026-09-01: the bibliography search API, exports, OAI-PMH, SRU, unAPI, sitemap and feeds all
returned 200; the Hydra Resto API returned 200 on all nine documented paths; the university''s SAML IdP metadata returned
200. Three first-party OpenAPI 3.1 contracts were found in the Ghent University Library GitHub organization and are saved
here. Two claims in the previous profile did not survive probing and have been corrected rather than dropped: the library
catalogue''s OAI-PMH, SRU, IIIF and OpenSearch interfaces at lib.ugent.be now 404, because lib.ugent.be redirects to an
Ex Libris Primo VE deployment (institution code 32RUG_INST) which is recorded as a tenant relationship; and the Hydra
day-menu path takes unpadded date components, where the padded form 404s. No surface was blocked, gated or unreadable.
The single unreachable host was apivsc.ugent.be, a VSC research-computing service provider registered in the Belnet federation
whose DNS does not resolve publicly.'
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- url: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication?q=dna&format=json
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- url: https://biblio.ugent.be/oai?verb=Identify
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- url: https://biblio.ugent.be/sru?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=dna
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- url: https://biblio.ugent.be/unapi
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- url: https://biblio.ugent.be/siteindex.xml
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- url: https://biblio.ugent.be/schema/publication.schema.latest.json
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- url: https://hydra.ugent.be/api/2.0/resto/meta.json
status: 200
- url: https://hydra.ugent.be/api/2.0/resto/menu/en/2026/9/1.json
status: 200
- url: https://hydra.ugent.be/api/2.0/resto/menu/en/2026/09/01.json
status: 404
- url: https://identity.ugent.be/simplesaml/saml2/idp/metadata.php
status: 200
- url: https://federation.belnet.be/federation-metadata.xml
status: 200
- url: https://lib.ugent.be/oai
status: 404
- url: https://lib.ugent.be/sru
status: 404
- url: https://api.crossref.org/members/9286
status: 200
- url: https://api.datacite.org/clients?query=ugent
status: 200
- url: https://api.ror.org/v2/organizations?query=Ghent+University
status: 200
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ugent-library/people-service/main/api/v1/openapi.yaml
status: 200
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ugent-library/projects-service/main/api/v1/openapi.yaml
status: 200
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ugent-library/oai-service/main/api/v1/openapi.yaml
status: 200
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- aid: ghent:saml-idp
name: Ghent University SAML 2.0 Identity Provider
x-operator: federation
description: Ghent University's own SAML 2.0 identity provider, operated by the university's ICT directorate. The signed
metadata document is publicly readable and carries entityID https://identity.ugent.be/simplesaml/saml2/idp/metadata.php
on a certificate issued to O=Universiteit Gent, OU=Directie ICT, CN=identity.ugent.be, with the Shibboleth metadata extension
namespace declared. Ghent is a member of the Belnet R&E Federation, the Belgian national identity federation, where eight
ugent.be entities appear - this IdP plus seven service providers including apivsc.ugent.be (Flemish Supercomputer Centre),
sso.irc.ugent.be, naos.ugent.be and login.psb.ugent.be. A federation is shared by definition; the IdP behind it is the
institution's.
humanURL: https://federation.belnet.be/
baseURL: https://identity.ugent.be/simplesaml/saml2/idp/metadata.php
tags:
- Identity Federation
- SAML
- Shibboleth
- SSO
- Belnet
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- Identity Federation
- SAML
- Shibboleth
- Single Sign On
- Belnet
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- type: IdentityFederation
url: https://identity.ugent.be/simplesaml/saml2/idp/metadata.php
- type: Documentation
url: https://federation.belnet.be/
- type: Conformance
url: conformance/ghent-education-standards-conformance.yml
- type: Examples
url: examples/ghent-saml-idp-metadata.xml
- aid: ghent:library-catalog
name: Ghent University Library catalogue (Ex Libris Alma/Primo VE tenancy)
x-operator: tenant
description: 'lib.ugent.be redirects to libcatalog.ugent.be, an Ex Libris Primo VE discovery layer running under institution
code 32RUG_INST and resolving through libugent.primo.exlibrisgroup.com. The catalogue is Ghent''s - the collections, the
holdings, the institution code - but the contract is Ex Libris''s and is not saved here. This entry also records a correction:
the OAI-PMH, SRU, IIIF and OpenSearch interfaces the previous profile credited to lib.ugent.be were re-probed on 2026-09-01
and return 404. They belonged to the library''s earlier self-built catalogue and did not survive the move to Primo VE.
Ghent University Library continues to publish its own Ex Libris Alma client and SDK as open source.'
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- Catalog
- Discovery
- Ex Libris
- Primo
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- Library
- Catalog
- Discovery
- Ex Libris
- Primo
- Alma
- Tenant
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- type: SourceCode
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- aid: ghent:dodona
name: Dodona
x-operator: tenant
description: Dodona is the automated programming-practice platform that originated at Ghent University and is still used
in its computer-science teaching; Ghent registered it as a service provider in the Belnet R&E Federation under https://dodona.ugent.be/users/saml/metadata.
It is recorded as a tenant relationship, not a Ghent surface, because dodona.ugent.be now 301-redirects to dodona.be,
which is operated on its own domain with its own pricing behind Cloudflare. Its JSON API (any path with a .json suffix)
and its LTI content-selection endpoint are Dodona's, and no Dodona contract is saved under Ghent.
humanURL: https://dodona.be/
tags:
- Education Technology
- Learning Platform
- LTI
- Tenants
- Spin-out
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- Education Technology
- Learning Platform
- LTI
- Tenant
- Spin-out
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- type: Documentation
url: https://docs.dodona.be/en/
- type: SourceCode
url: https://github.com/dodona-edu
- aid: ghent:crossref
name: Crossref membership
x-operator: registry
description: Ghent University is a Crossref member in its own name - member id 9286, DOI prefix 10.21825, registered in
Ghent, Belgium, with 28,489 DOIs deposited (960 current, 27,529 backfile) as of 2026-09-01. This is a fact about the institution,
recorded as a membership. Crossref's own API contract is not saved here.
humanURL: https://www.crossref.org/
baseURL: https://api.crossref.org/members/9286
tags:
- Crossref
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- Registry
- Membership
- Research
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url: https://api.crossref.org/members/9286
- type: Conformance
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- aid: ghent:ror
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x-operator: registry
description: Ghent University is registered in the Research Organization Registry as https://ror.org/00cv9y106, distinct
from Ghent University Hospital (https://ror.org/00xmkp704) and HOGENT (https://ror.org/00rs45z86), both of which are separate
organizations frequently conflated with it. Recorded as a registration, not as an API of Ghent's.
humanURL: https://ror.org/00cv9y106
baseURL: https://api.ror.org/v2/organizations/00cv9y106
tags:
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- Registry
- Identifiers
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properties:
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name: Ghent University Add Item API
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tags:
- Add Item
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- type: Documentation
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- type: JSONSchema
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- type: Vocabulary
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- type: Examples
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- type: License
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- type: Conformance
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- type: Examples
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- type: Documentation
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- type: JSONSchema
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- type: APIReference
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- type: SourceCode
url: https://github.com/ZeusWPI/hydra
- type: Examples
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- type: Lifecycle
url: lifecycle/ghent-lifecycle.yml
- type: APIReference
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- type: SourceCode
url: https://github.com/ugent-library/people-service
- type: Authentication
url: authentication/ghent-authentication.yml
- type: Errors
url: errors/ghent-errors.yml
- type: APIReference
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- type: SourceCode
url: https://github.com/ugent-library/projects-service
- type: APIReference
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- type: SourceCode
url: https://github.com/ugent-library/oai-service
- aid: ghent:ghent-add-metadata-format-api
name: Ghent University Add Metadata Format API
description: The Add Metadata Format API from Ghent University — 1 operation(s) for add metadata format.
humanURL: https://biblio.ugent.be/doc/api
baseURL: https://biblio.ugent.be
tags:
- Add Metadata Format
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/ghent-add-metadata-format-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://biblio.ugent.be/doc/api
- type: JSONSchema
url: json-schema/ghent-biblio-publication-schema.json
- type: Vocabulary
url: vocabulary/ghent-biblio-cql-vocabulary.yml
- type: Examples
url: examples/ghent-examples.yml
- type: License
url: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/
- type: Conformance
url: conformance/ghent-education-standards-conformance.yml
- type: Examples
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- type: Documentation
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- type: JSONSchema
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- type: APIReference
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- type: SourceCode
url: https://github.com/ZeusWPI/hydra
- type: Examples
url: examples/ghent-hydra-resto-meta.json
- type: Lifecycle
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- type: APIReference
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- type: SourceCode
url: https://github.com/ugent-library/people-service
- type: Authentication
url: authentication/ghent-authentication.yml
- type: Errors
url: errors/ghent-errors.yml
- type: APIReference
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- type: SourceCode
url: https://github.com/ugent-library/projects-service
- type: APIReference
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- type: SourceCode
url: https://github.com/ugent-library/oai-service
- aid: ghent:ghent-add-organization-api
name: Ghent University Add Organization API
description: The Add Organization API from Ghent University — 1 operation(s) for add organization.
humanURL: https://biblio.ugent.be/doc/api
baseURL: https://biblio.ugent.be
tags:
- Add Organization
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/ghent-add-organization-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://biblio.ugent.be/doc/api
- type: JSONSchema
url: json-schema/ghent-biblio-publication-schema.json
- type: Vocabulary
url: vocabulary/ghent-biblio-cql-vocabulary.yml
- type: Examples
url: examples/ghent-examples.yml
- type: License
url: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/
- type: Conformance
url: conformance/ghent-education-standards-conformance.yml
- type: Examples
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- type: Documentation
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- type: JSONSchema
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- type: SourceCode
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- type: Examples
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- type: Lifecycle
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- type: APIReference
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- type: SourceCode
url: https://github.com/ugent-library/people-service
- type: Authentication
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- type: Errors
url: errors/ghent-errors.yml
- type: APIReference
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- type: SourceCode
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- type: SourceCode
url: https://github.com/ugent-library/oai-service
- aid: ghent:ghent-add-person-api
name: Ghent University Add Person API
description: The Add Person API from Ghent University — 1 operation(s) for add person.
humanURL: https://biblio.ugent.be/doc/api
baseURL: https://biblio.ugent.be
tags:
- Add Person
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/ghent-add-person-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://biblio.ugent.be/doc/api
- type: JSONSchema
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- type: Vocabulary
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- type: Examples
url: examples/ghent-examples.yml
- type: License
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- type: Conformance
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- type: Lifecycle
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- type: SourceCode
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- type: Errors
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- type: SourceCode
url: https://github.com/ugent-library/oai-service
- aid: ghent:ghent-add-project-api
name: Ghent University Add Project API
description: The Add Project API from Ghent University — 1 operation(s) for add project.
humanURL: https://biblio.ugent.be/doc/api
baseURL: https://biblio.ugent.be
tags:
- Add Project
properties:
- type: OpenAPI
url: openapi/ghent-add-project-api-openapi.yml
- type: Documentation
url: https://biblio.ugent.be/doc/api
- type: JSONSchema
url: json-schema/ghent-biblio-publication-schema.json
- type: Vocabulary
url: vocabulary/ghent-biblio-cql-vocabulary.yml
- type: Examples
url: examples/ghent-examples.yml
- type: License
url: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/
- type: Conformance
url: conformance/ghent-education-standards-conformance.yml
- type: Examples
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- type: Documentation
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Ghent University API — frequently asked questions
Does Ghent University have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 40 APIs from Ghent University, including Ghent University SAML 2.0 Identity Provider, Ghent University Library catalogue (Ex Libris Alma/Primo VE tenancy) and Dodona, and 37 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Ghent University API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 35 OpenAPI specifications for Ghent University, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Ghent University API?
Ghent University uses bearer-token authentication (0 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Ghent Authentication.
How much does the Ghent University API cost?
APIs.io lists 2 pricing plans for Ghent University, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the Ghent University API ready for AI agents?
Ghent University has a Kin Score of 34.7 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.6 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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