University of Hong Kong

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university in Hong Kong SAR, ranked #27 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer and API footprint centers on an ITS API developer portal powered by Azure API Management (gated behind institutional sign-in), the Figshare-powered HKU DataHub research-data repository, and the DSpace-based HKU Scholars Hub institutional repository exposing an OAI-PMH metadata interface. Most administrative and identity interfaces are not openly self-service and require institutional affiliation.

University of Hong Kong publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including altmetric API, articles API, authors API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research Data, and Open Access.

The University of Hong Kong catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

University of Hong Kong’s developer surface includes authentication, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 10 more developer resources.

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46.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 41/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try

12 APIs

EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch DataOpen AccessHong Kong

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Composite quality — 46.5/100 · developing

Contract Quality 18.5 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 41/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 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 12

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

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1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 4

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

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1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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157 operations · 81 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

157 operations · 81 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review

Review

Source (apis.yml)

aid: hku
name: University of Hong Kong
description: 'The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university in Hong Kong SAR, ranked #27 in the QS World
  University Rankings 2025. Its public developer and API footprint centers on an ITS API developer portal powered by Azure
  API Management (gated behind institutional sign-in), the Figshare-powered HKU DataHub research-data repository, and the
  DSpace-based HKU Scholars Hub institutional repository exposing an OAI-PMH metadata interface. Most administrative and identity
  interfaces are not openly self-service and require institutional affiliation.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/hku.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hku/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research Data
- Open Access
- Hong Kong
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: hku:developer-portal
  name: HKU ITS API Developer Portal
  description: HKU Information Technology Services API developer portal, powered by Azure API Management. Developers can discover
    APIs, read documentation, try them interactively, and sign up for keys. Access is gated behind institutional sign-in,
    so the catalog of individual APIs is not publicly listed.
  humanURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  baseURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  tags:
  - Developer Portal
  - Azure API Management
  - Identity
  - Gated
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.hku.hk/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://developer.hku.hk/
- aid: hku:scholars-hub-oai
  name: HKU Scholars Hub OAI-PMH
  description: HKU Scholars Hub is the University's DSpace-based open-access institutional repository and current research
    information system (CRIS), collecting and disseminating HKU research outputs. It exposes an OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting
    interface for programmatic harvesting of repository metadata.
  humanURL: https://hub.hku.hk/
  baseURL: https://hub.hku.hk/oai/request
  tags:
  - Institutional Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - DSpace
  - Open Access
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hub.hku.hk/
- aid: hku:hku-altmetric-api
  name: University of Hong Kong altmetric API
  description: The altmetric API from University of Hong Kong — 1 operation(s) for altmetric.
  humanURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  baseURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  tags:
  - altmetric
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hku-altmetric-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hku-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/hku-article-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/hku-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/hku-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/hku-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/hku-context.jsonld
- aid: hku:hku-articles-api
  name: University of Hong Kong articles API
  description: The articles API from University of Hong Kong — 34 operation(s) for articles.
  humanURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  baseURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  tags:
  - articles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hku-articles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hku-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/hku-article-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/hku-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/hku-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/hku-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/hku-context.jsonld
- aid: hku:hku-authors-api
  name: University of Hong Kong authors API
  description: The authors API from University of Hong Kong — 2 operation(s) for authors.
  humanURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  baseURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  tags:
  - authors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hku-authors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hku-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/hku-article-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/hku-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/hku-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/hku-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/hku-context.jsonld
- aid: hku:hku-collections-api
  name: University of Hong Kong collections API
  description: The collections API from University of Hong Kong — 21 operation(s) for collections.
  humanURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  baseURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  tags:
  - collections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hku-collections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hku-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/hku-article-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/hku-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/hku-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/hku-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/hku-context.jsonld
- aid: hku:hku-institutions-api
  name: University of Hong Kong institutions API
  description: The institutions API from University of Hong Kong — 20 operation(s) for institutions.
  humanURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  baseURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  tags:
  - institutions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hku-institutions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hku-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/hku-article-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/hku-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/hku-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/hku-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/hku-context.jsonld
- aid: hku:hku-oauth-api
  name: University of Hong Kong oauth API
  description: The oauth API from University of Hong Kong — 1 operation(s) for oauth.
  humanURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  baseURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  tags:
  - oauth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hku-oauth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hku-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/hku-article-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/hku-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/hku-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/hku-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/hku-context.jsonld
- aid: hku:hku-other-api
  name: University of Hong Kong other API
  description: The other API from University of Hong Kong — 7 operation(s) for other.
  humanURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  baseURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  tags:
  - other
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hku-other-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hku-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/hku-article-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/hku-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/hku-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/hku-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/hku-context.jsonld
- aid: hku:hku-profiles-api
  name: University of Hong Kong profiles API
  description: The profiles API from University of Hong Kong — 2 operation(s) for profiles.
  humanURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  baseURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  tags:
  - profiles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hku-profiles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hku-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/hku-article-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/hku-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/hku-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/hku-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/hku-context.jsonld
- aid: hku:hku-projects-api
  name: University of Hong Kong projects API
  description: The projects API from University of Hong Kong — 17 operation(s) for projects.
  humanURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  baseURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  tags:
  - projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hku-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hku-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/hku-article-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/hku-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/hku-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/hku-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/hku-context.jsonld
- aid: hku:hku-symplectic-api
  name: University of Hong Kong symplectic API
  description: The symplectic API from University of Hong Kong — 5 operation(s) for symplectic.
  humanURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  baseURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
  tags:
  - symplectic
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hku-symplectic-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/hku-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/hku-article-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/hku-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/hku-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/hku-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/hku-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/hku-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/hku-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/hku-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/hku-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.hku.hk/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.hku.hk/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/hku-official
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-hong-kong/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/hku-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/hku-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/hku-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
- url: https://www.hku.hk/press
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com