# Lancaster University

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/lancaster/  
**Website:** https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

Lancaster University is a collegiate public research university in Lancaster, United Kingdom, ranked #141 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public, machine-accessible developer footprint is modest and centered on research and library systems: the Lancaster EPrints institutional repository exposes a live OAI-PMH 2.0 interface for harvesting metadata, the Lancaster University Library maintains open-source integration code on GitHub (including an Ex Libris Alma webhook handler and Pure metadata tooling), and library services such as loans and fines are surfaced through Ex Libris Alma/Primo web services that back the iLancaster mobile app. There is no single public, self-service API developer portal; most service APIs are internal or gated.

## Kin Score — 32.3 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 59.4 |
| 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**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 24.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| 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 (3)

- **Lancaster Library Alma Webhook Handler** — Open-source AWS serverless application maintained by Lancaster University Library that listens for Ex Libris Alma webhook events and forwards them to backend SNS topics. Referen...
- **Lancaster Library Services (Ex Libris Alma/Primo)** — Library user, fine, loan, and renewal services exposed via Ex Libris Alma/Primo web services (getUser, getUserCash, getUserLoans, renewUserLoans) that power the iLancaster mobil...
- **Lancaster University Oai2 API** — The Oai2 API from Lancaster University — 1 operation(s) for oai2.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Lancaster Agentic Access** — 1 operation

## Security (2)

- **Lancaster Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC
- **Lancaster Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Lancaster Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Education, Higher Education, University, United Kingdom, Research, Library, Open Data

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/lancaster/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.