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Imperial College London

Imperial College London is a UK public research university (QS World 2025 #2) specializing in science, engineering, medicine, and business. Its public developer footprint is infrastructure-oriented rather than a published API program: the institution operates a large GitHub organization for staff and student code, the Spiral open-access research repository (DSpace-CRIS), an Ex Libris Primo/Alma library discovery system, and Shibboleth/SAML federated identity. Imperial does not publish a first-party, self-service developer portal with open REST endpoints; most machine-accessible interfaces are protocol-standard (OAI-PMH, SAML), vendor-hosted, or require institutional authentication.

Imperial College London publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Core API, Discover API, and Root API. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research, and United Kingdom.

The Imperial College London catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Imperial College London’s developer surface includes GitHub presence and 9 more developer resources.

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37.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFree
4 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearchUnited KingdomOpen AccessRepositoryIdentity

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 37.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality 14.3 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 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 4

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

Imperial Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML 2.0)

Imperial's SAML 2.0 federated identity provider participates in the UK Access Management Federation. It is a standards-based single sign-on integration interface rather than a R...

Imperial College London Core API

Communities, collections, and items.

Imperial College London Discover API

Search and browse over indexed objects.

Imperial College London Root API

API entry point and link index.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Imperial College London Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Imperial College London Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Imperial College London Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Imperial College London Context

20 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Imperial College London API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Imperial College London API Rules

6 rules · 3 errors 2 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

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

Spiral DSpace Community

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Spiral DSpace Item

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Imperial College London Community Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Imperial College London Item Structure

11 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Imperial College London Getcommunity Example

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Imperial College London Searchobjects Example

9 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Imperial College London Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Imperial College London Agentic Access

8 operations

8 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

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 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

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
LinkedIn
 Twitter
Twitter

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: imperial-college-london
name: Imperial College London
description: 'Imperial College London is a UK public research university (QS World 2025 #2) specializing in science, engineering,
  medicine, and business. Its public developer footprint is infrastructure-oriented rather than a published API program: the
  institution operates a large GitHub organization for staff and student code, the Spiral open-access research repository
  (DSpace-CRIS), an Ex Libris Primo/Alma library discovery system, and Shibboleth/SAML federated identity. Imperial does not
  publish a first-party, self-service developer portal with open REST endpoints; most machine-accessible interfaces are protocol-standard
  (OAI-PMH, SAML), vendor-hosted, or require institutional authentication.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/imperial-college-london.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/imperial-college-london/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- United Kingdom
- Open Access
- Repository
- Identity
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: imperial-college-london:shibboleth
  name: Imperial Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML 2.0)
  description: Imperial's SAML 2.0 federated identity provider participates in the UK Access Management Federation. It is
    a standards-based single sign-on integration interface rather than a REST API; access requires federation membership.
  humanURL: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/admin-services/ict/
  tags:
  - Identity
  - SSO
  - SAML
  - Shibboleth
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ukfederation.org.uk/
- aid: imperial-college-london:imperial-college-london-core-api
  name: Imperial College London Core API
  description: Communities, collections, and items.
  humanURL: https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/
  tags:
  - Core
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/imperial-college-london-core-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100012406
  - type: Website
    url: https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/imperial-college-london-item-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/imperial-college-london-item-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/imperial-college-london-searchObjects-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/imperial-college-london-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/imperial-college-london-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/imperial-college-london-context.jsonld
- aid: imperial-college-london:imperial-college-london-discover-api
  name: Imperial College London Discover API
  description: Search and browse over indexed objects.
  humanURL: https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/
  tags:
  - Discover
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/imperial-college-london-discover-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100012406
  - type: Website
    url: https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/imperial-college-london-item-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/imperial-college-london-item-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/imperial-college-london-searchObjects-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/imperial-college-london-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/imperial-college-london-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/imperial-college-london-context.jsonld
- aid: imperial-college-london:imperial-college-london-root-api
  name: Imperial College London Root API
  description: API entry point and link index.
  humanURL: https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/
  tags:
  - Root
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/imperial-college-london-root-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100012406
  - type: Website
    url: https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/imperial-college-london-item-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/imperial-college-london-item-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/imperial-college-london-searchObjects-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/imperial-college-london-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/imperial-college-london-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/imperial-college-london-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/imperial-college-london-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/imperial-college-london-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/ImperialCollegeLondon
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/imperial-college-london/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/imperialcollege
- type: Plans
  url: plans/imperial-college-london-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/imperial-college-london-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/imperial-college-london-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com