Johns Hopkins University website screenshot

Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, ranked #22 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. It maintains a real public developer footprint: the Hub API serves news, announcements, events, photo galleries, and faculty experts from the university Hub database, and the Self-Service Public Course Search API (SIS) returns course catalog data in JSON. A central MuleSoft-based API Portal (api.jh.edu) governs integration APIs but is gated to JHU affiliates. The university also operates numerous public GitHub organizations across its libraries, data services, and research centers.

Johns Hopkins University publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Classes API and Codes API. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research, and Course Catalog.

The Johns Hopkins University catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Johns Hopkins University’s developer surface includes authentication, GitHub presence, and 9 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub
44.0/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try
4 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearchCourse CatalogNewsUnited States

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 44.0/100 · developing
Contract Quality 17.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
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 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
Improve this rating by publishing the missing artifacts — every area above can be raised, and the full rubric is at apis.io/rating/. This rating is computed from github.com/api-evangelist/johns-hopkins-university: open an issue to ask a question, or submit a pull request to add artifacts. Want it done for you? Prioritized profiling — $2,500 →

APIs 4

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

JHU Hub API

REST API exposing data from the Hub database, a central repository of news articles, announcements, photo galleries, faculty experts, and events. Built to power the Hub website ...

JHU API Portal (MuleSoft Anypoint)

Central API management platform built on MuleSoft Anypoint, where JHU developers and consumers view and request access to integration APIs. Gated to Johns Hopkins affiliates rat...

Johns Hopkins University Classes API

Course and section lookup and advanced search.

Johns Hopkins University Codes API

Reference code lists (schools, terms, departments).

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Johns Hopkins University Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Johns Hopkins University Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Johns Hopkins University Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Johns Hopkins University Context

19 classes · 4 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Johns Hopkins University API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Johns Hopkins University API Rules

6 rules · 3 errors 2 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

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

Course

36 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Johns Hopkins University Course Structure

36 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Johns Hopkins University Advanced Search Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Johns Hopkins University Schools Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

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

Johns Hopkins University Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Johns Hopkins University Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Johns Hopkins University Agentic Access

7 operations

7 operations · 0 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 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

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 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: johns-hopkins-university
name: Johns Hopkins University
description: 'Johns Hopkins University is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, ranked #22 in the QS World
  University Rankings 2025. It maintains a real public developer footprint: the Hub API serves news, announcements, events,
  photo galleries, and faculty experts from the university Hub database, and the Self-Service Public Course Search API (SIS)
  returns course catalog data in JSON. A central MuleSoft-based API Portal (api.jh.edu) governs integration APIs but is gated
  to JHU affiliates. The university also operates numerous public GitHub organizations across its libraries, data services,
  and research centers.'
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/johns-hopkins-university.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/johns-hopkins-university/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Course Catalog
- News
- United States
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: johns-hopkins-university:hub
  name: JHU Hub API
  description: REST API exposing data from the Hub database, a central repository of news articles, announcements, photo galleries,
    faculty experts, and events. Built to power the Hub website and reused across JHU schools, divisions, and centers. Access
    requires requesting a key as a JHU affiliate.
  humanURL: https://api.hub.jhu.edu/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.hub.jhu.edu
  tags:
  - News
  - Events
  - Faculty Experts
  - Content
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.hub.jhu.edu/docs/
- aid: johns-hopkins-university:api-portal
  name: JHU API Portal (MuleSoft Anypoint)
  description: Central API management platform built on MuleSoft Anypoint, where JHU developers and consumers view and request
    access to integration APIs. Gated to Johns Hopkins affiliates rather than open to the public.
  humanURL: https://api.jh.edu/
  tags:
  - Integration
  - Gated
  - MuleSoft
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.jh.edu/
- aid: johns-hopkins-university:johns-hopkins-university-classes-api
  name: Johns Hopkins University Classes API
  description: Course and section lookup and advanced search.
  humanURL: https://api.hub.jhu.edu/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.hub.jhu.edu
  tags:
  - Classes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/johns-hopkins-university-classes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sis.jhu.edu/api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sis.jhu.edu/api/help
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/johns-hopkins-university-course-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/johns-hopkins-university-course-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/johns-hopkins-university-advanced-search-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/johns-hopkins-university-schools-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/johns-hopkins-university-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/johns-hopkins-university-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/johns-hopkins-university-context.jsonld
- aid: johns-hopkins-university:johns-hopkins-university-codes-api
  name: Johns Hopkins University Codes API
  description: Reference code lists (schools, terms, departments).
  humanURL: https://api.hub.jhu.edu/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.hub.jhu.edu
  tags:
  - Codes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/johns-hopkins-university-codes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sis.jhu.edu/api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sis.jhu.edu/api/help
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/johns-hopkins-university-course-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/johns-hopkins-university-course-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/johns-hopkins-university-advanced-search-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/johns-hopkins-university-schools-example.json
  - type: x-rules
    url: rules/johns-hopkins-university-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/johns-hopkins-university-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/johns-hopkins-university-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/johns-hopkins-university-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/johns-hopkins-university-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/johns-hopkins-university-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.jhu.edu/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://api.jh.edu/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/jhu-sheridan-libraries
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/johns-hopkins-university/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/johns-hopkins-university-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/johns-hopkins-university-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/johns-hopkins-university-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com