# Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin/  
**Website:** https://www.hu-berlin.de/en  
**APIs profiled:** 6

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.

## Kin Score — 33.4 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 33.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 57.1 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 42.6 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 38.3 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Free — onboarding: unknown, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (6)

- **edoc-Server OAI-PMH Interface** — Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH 2.0) endpoint for the edoc institutional repository, allowing public harvesting of metadata for theses, disser...
- **University Library Primus Discovery (Ex Libris Primo/Alma)** — 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 res...
- **HU-IAM Shibboleth Single Sign-On (SAML)** — Identity and access management at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin uses Shibboleth/SAML single sign-on, operated by the Computer- und Medienservice (CMS). Service-provider integra...
- **Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Core API** — Core repository resources (communities, collections, items)
- **Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Discovery API** — Search and discovery over indexed repository objects
- **Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Root API** — API root and capability discovery

## Agentic access (1)

- **Humboldt Universitat Zu Berlin Agentic Access** — 8 operations

## Security (2)

- **Humboldt Universitat Zu Berlin Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Humboldt Universitat Zu Berlin Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Humboldt Universitat Zu Berlin Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Education, Higher Education, University, Research, Open Access, Library, Germany

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