King's College London

King's College London (KCL) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, ranked #41 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Like most research universities, King's does not operate a centralized public developer portal; its machine-readable footprint is concentrated in research and library infrastructure. The King's Research Portal (Pure) exposes a live OAI-PMH metadata interface, and the King's research data repository is hosted on Figshare, which provides a public REST API and OAI-PMH endpoint. King's also runs an e-Research group with a large public GitHub organization.

King’s College London publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including altmetric API, articles API, authors API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research, and Open Data.

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

King’s College London’s developer surface includes authentication, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

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44.3/100 developing ▼ -5.2 Agent 41/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

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11 APIs

EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearchOpen DataOAI-PMHLibraryUnited Kingdom

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Composite quality — 44.3/100 · developing

Contract Quality 15.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 41/100 · agent ready

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 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 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 11

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Kings College London Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 3

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

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Kings College London Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Kings College London Agentic Access

157 operations · 81 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

157 operations · 81 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

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

x-json-ld

x-json-ld

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

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

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review

Review

Source (apis.yml)

aid: kings-college-london
name: King's College London
description: 'King''s College London (KCL) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, ranked #41 in the QS
  World University Rankings 2025. Like most research universities, King''s does not operate a centralized public developer
  portal; its machine-readable footprint is concentrated in research and library infrastructure. The King''s Research Portal
  (Pure) exposes a live OAI-PMH metadata interface, and the King''s research data repository is hosted on Figshare, which
  provides a public REST API and OAI-PMH endpoint. King''s also runs an e-Research group with a large public GitHub organization.'
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/kings-college-london.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kings-college-london/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Open Data
- OAI-PMH
- Library
- United Kingdom
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: kings-college-london:pure-oai
  name: King's Research Portal (Pure) OAI-PMH
  description: OAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface for the King's Research Portal, the front end of Pure, King's research
    information system and institutional repository. The interface returns a live OAI-PMH response (repositoryName "Pure OAI
    Repository") supporting standard verbs such as Identify, ListRecords and ListMetadataFormats over an OpenAIRE CERIF profile.
  humanURL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/explore/kings-research-portal
  baseURL: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/oai
  tags:
  - Research
  - OAI-PMH
  - Repository
  - Metadata
  - Pure
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/explore/kings-research-portal
  - type: Website
    url: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/
- aid: kings-college-london:kings-college-london-altmetric-api
  name: King's College London altmetric API
  description: The altmetric API from King's College London — 1 operation(s) for altmetric.
  humanURL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/explore/kings-research-portal
  baseURL: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/oai
  tags:
  - altmetric
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kings-college-london-altmetric-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://kcl.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/kings-college-london-article-schema.json
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/kings-college-london-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/kings-college-london-rules.yml
- aid: kings-college-london:kings-college-london-articles-api
  name: King's College London articles API
  description: The articles API from King's College London — 34 operation(s) for articles.
  humanURL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/explore/kings-research-portal
  baseURL: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/oai
  tags:
  - articles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kings-college-london-articles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://kcl.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/kings-college-london-article-schema.json
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/kings-college-london-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/kings-college-london-rules.yml
- aid: kings-college-london:kings-college-london-authors-api
  name: King's College London authors API
  description: The authors API from King's College London — 2 operation(s) for authors.
  humanURL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/explore/kings-research-portal
  baseURL: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/oai
  tags:
  - authors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kings-college-london-authors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://kcl.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/kings-college-london-article-schema.json
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/kings-college-london-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/kings-college-london-rules.yml
- aid: kings-college-london:kings-college-london-collections-api
  name: King's College London collections API
  description: The collections API from King's College London — 21 operation(s) for collections.
  humanURL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/explore/kings-research-portal
  baseURL: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/oai
  tags:
  - collections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kings-college-london-collections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://kcl.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/kings-college-london-article-schema.json
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/kings-college-london-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/kings-college-london-rules.yml
- aid: kings-college-london:kings-college-london-institutions-api
  name: King's College London institutions API
  description: The institutions API from King's College London — 20 operation(s) for institutions.
  humanURL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/explore/kings-research-portal
  baseURL: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/oai
  tags:
  - institutions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kings-college-london-institutions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://kcl.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/kings-college-london-article-schema.json
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/kings-college-london-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/kings-college-london-rules.yml
- aid: kings-college-london:kings-college-london-oauth-api
  name: King's College London oauth API
  description: The oauth API from King's College London — 1 operation(s) for oauth.
  humanURL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/explore/kings-research-portal
  baseURL: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/oai
  tags:
  - oauth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kings-college-london-oauth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://kcl.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/kings-college-london-article-schema.json
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/kings-college-london-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/kings-college-london-rules.yml
- aid: kings-college-london:kings-college-london-other-api
  name: King's College London other API
  description: The other API from King's College London — 7 operation(s) for other.
  humanURL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/explore/kings-research-portal
  baseURL: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/oai
  tags:
  - other
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kings-college-london-other-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://kcl.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/kings-college-london-article-schema.json
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/kings-college-london-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/kings-college-london-rules.yml
- aid: kings-college-london:kings-college-london-profiles-api
  name: King's College London profiles API
  description: The profiles API from King's College London — 2 operation(s) for profiles.
  humanURL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/explore/kings-research-portal
  baseURL: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/oai
  tags:
  - profiles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kings-college-london-profiles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://kcl.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/kings-college-london-article-schema.json
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/kings-college-london-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/kings-college-london-rules.yml
- aid: kings-college-london:kings-college-london-projects-api
  name: King's College London projects API
  description: The projects API from King's College London — 17 operation(s) for projects.
  humanURL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/explore/kings-research-portal
  baseURL: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/oai
  tags:
  - projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kings-college-london-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://kcl.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/kings-college-london-article-schema.json
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/kings-college-london-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/kings-college-london-rules.yml
- aid: kings-college-london:kings-college-london-symplectic-api
  name: King's College London symplectic API
  description: The symplectic API from King's College London — 5 operation(s) for symplectic.
  humanURL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/explore/kings-research-portal
  baseURL: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/oai
  tags:
  - symplectic
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kings-college-london-symplectic-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://kcl.figshare.com/
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/kings-college-london-article-schema.json
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/kings-college-london-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/kings-college-london-rules.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/kings-college-london-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kings-college-london-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/kings-college-london-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/kings-college-london-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/kcl-eresearch
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/king's-college-london/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.er.kcl.ac.uk/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/kings-college-london-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/kings-college-london-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/kings-college-london-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
- type: x-json-ld
  url: json-ld/kings-college-london-context.jsonld
- url: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com