Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

aid: humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin
name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
description: 'Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany, ranked #126 in
  the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer/API footprint is centered on scholarly and library infrastructure
  rather than a unified developer portal: the edoc Open Access publication server runs on DSpace 7 and exposes a public REST
  API and an OAI-PMH metadata interface, the University Library''s Primus discovery service is built on Ex Libris Primo/Alma
  (which provides open APIs), and access management uses Shibboleth/SAML single sign-on. The University Library IT department
  also maintains a public GitHub organization (UB-HU-Berlin). No consolidated, self-service public API developer portal was
  confirmed.'
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Open Access
- Library
- Germany
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin:edoc-rest
  name: edoc-Server DSpace REST API
  description: Public REST API of the edoc Open Access publication server, the institutional repository of Humboldt-Universität
    zu Berlin. The repository runs on DSpace 7, whose Server REST API exposes communities, collections, items, and bitstreams
    as HAL/JSON resources.
  humanURL: https://edoc-info.hu-berlin.de/en
  baseURL: https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/server/api
  tags:
  - Open Access
  - Repository
  - DSpace
  - Research
  - Library
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://edoc-info.hu-berlin.de/en
  - type: Website
    url: https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-edoc-rest.yaml
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-item-schema.json
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-community-schema.json
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-context.jsonld
- aid: humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin:edoc-oai
  name: edoc-Server OAI-PMH Interface
  description: Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH 2.0) endpoint for the edoc institutional
    repository, allowing public harvesting of metadata for theses, dissertations, articles, and research data.
  humanURL: https://edoc-info.hu-berlin.de/en
  baseURL: https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata Harvesting
  - Open Access
  - Repository
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://edoc-info.hu-berlin.de/en
- aid: humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin:primo-discovery
  name: University Library Primus Discovery (Ex Libris Primo/Alma)
  description: The University Library's central search portal, Primus, is built on the Ex Libris Primo discovery service backed
    by Alma. Primo/Alma provide open REST APIs for discovery and resource management; API access at HU Berlin is governed
    by the library and Ex Libris and is not openly self-service.
  humanURL: https://www.ub.hu-berlin.de/en/literature-search/catalogues/catalogues
  tags:
  - Library
  - Discovery
  - Primo
  - Alma
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ub.hu-berlin.de/en/literature-search/catalogues/catalogues
- aid: humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin:shibboleth-sso
  name: HU-IAM Shibboleth Single Sign-On (SAML)
  description: Identity and access management at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin uses Shibboleth/SAML single sign-on, operated
    by the Computer- und Medienservice (CMS). Service-provider integration is documented for university service operators
    rather than offered as a public API.
  humanURL: https://www.cms.hu-berlin.de/de/dl/hu-iam/shibboleth
  tags:
  - Identity
  - SSO
  - Shibboleth
  - SAML
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cms.hu-berlin.de/de/dl/hu-iam/shibboleth
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.hu-berlin.de/en
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/UB-HU-Berlin
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://www.cms.hu-berlin.de/de/dl/hu-iam/shibboleth
- type: Plans
  url: plans/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com