University of Hong Kong

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
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
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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:datahub
  name: HKU DataHub (Figshare)
  description: HKU DataHub is the institution's research-data repository, hosted on the Figshare platform. Public content
    is accessible programmatically through the Figshare REST API, which supports pushing and pulling data, building collections,
    and constructing applications on top of repository content.
  humanURL: https://datahub.hku.hk/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - Research Data
  - Repository
  - Figshare
  - Open Access
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hku-datahub.yaml
  - 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: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/
common:
- 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
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com