Loughborough University

Loughborough University is a public research university in Leicestershire, United Kingdom, ranked #224 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. It is well known for sport, engineering, and design programmes and operates a campus in London alongside its main Loughborough campus. The university does not publish a first-party developer portal or open-data API; its public programmatic footprint is limited to its figshare-powered Loughborough Research Repository (which exposes the standard figshare REST API and an OAI-PMH metadata harvesting endpoint scoped to the institution) and a Shibboleth/SAML identity provider used for federated single sign-on.

Loughborough University 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, United Kingdom, and Research Data.

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

Loughborough University’s developer surface includes authentication, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

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44.6/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 41/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

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11 APIs

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Composite quality — 44.6/100 · developing

Contract Quality 18.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.6 / 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.

Loughborough Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 2

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

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Loughborough Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Loughborough Agentic Access

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

157 operations · 81 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 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 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Repository

Repository

Review

Review

ProductPage

ProductPage

Source (apis.yml)

aid: loughborough
name: Loughborough University
description: 'Loughborough University is a public research university in Leicestershire, United Kingdom, ranked #224 in the
  QS World University Rankings 2025. It is well known for sport, engineering, and design programmes and operates a campus
  in London alongside its main Loughborough campus. The university does not publish a first-party developer portal or open-data
  API; its public programmatic footprint is limited to its figshare-powered Loughborough Research Repository (which exposes
  the standard figshare REST API and an OAI-PMH metadata harvesting endpoint scoped to the institution) and a Shibboleth/SAML
  identity provider used for federated single sign-on.'
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/loughborough.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/loughborough/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- United Kingdom
- Research Data
- Open Access
- Repository
- Identity
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-07-25'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: loughborough:research-repository-oai
  name: Loughborough Research Repository OAI-PMH
  description: OAI-PMH metadata harvesting endpoint for the Loughborough Research Repository, served via figshare and scoped
    to the Loughborough portal set. Supports Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting verbs (ListIdentifiers,
    ListRecords, Identify) for interoperability with aggregators such as CORE and OpenAIRE.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2/oai?verb=Identify&set=portal_2
  tags:
  - Research Data
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata
  - Harvesting
  - Open Access
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
- aid: loughborough:loughborough-altmetric-api
  name: Loughborough University altmetric API
  description: The altmetric API from Loughborough University — 1 operation(s) for altmetric.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2/articles?institution=2
  tags:
  - altmetric
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/loughborough-altmetric-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/loughborough-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/loughborough-article-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/loughborough-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/loughborough-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/loughborough-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/loughborough-context.jsonld
- aid: loughborough:loughborough-articles-api
  name: Loughborough University articles API
  description: The articles API from Loughborough University — 34 operation(s) for articles.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2/articles?institution=2
  tags:
  - articles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/loughborough-articles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/loughborough-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/loughborough-article-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/loughborough-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/loughborough-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/loughborough-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/loughborough-context.jsonld
- aid: loughborough:loughborough-authors-api
  name: Loughborough University authors API
  description: The authors API from Loughborough University — 2 operation(s) for authors.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2/articles?institution=2
  tags:
  - authors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/loughborough-authors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/loughborough-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/loughborough-article-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/loughborough-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/loughborough-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/loughborough-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/loughborough-context.jsonld
- aid: loughborough:loughborough-collections-api
  name: Loughborough University collections API
  description: The collections API from Loughborough University — 21 operation(s) for collections.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2/articles?institution=2
  tags:
  - collections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/loughborough-collections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/loughborough-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/loughborough-article-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/loughborough-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/loughborough-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/loughborough-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/loughborough-context.jsonld
- aid: loughborough:loughborough-institutions-api
  name: Loughborough University institutions API
  description: The institutions API from Loughborough University — 20 operation(s) for institutions.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2/articles?institution=2
  tags:
  - institutions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/loughborough-institutions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/loughborough-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/loughborough-article-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/loughborough-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/loughborough-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/loughborough-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/loughborough-context.jsonld
- aid: loughborough:loughborough-oauth-api
  name: Loughborough University oauth API
  description: The oauth API from Loughborough University — 1 operation(s) for oauth.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2/articles?institution=2
  tags:
  - oauth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/loughborough-oauth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/loughborough-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/loughborough-article-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/loughborough-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/loughborough-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/loughborough-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/loughborough-context.jsonld
- aid: loughborough:loughborough-other-api
  name: Loughborough University other API
  description: The other API from Loughborough University — 7 operation(s) for other.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2/articles?institution=2
  tags:
  - other
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/loughborough-other-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/loughborough-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/loughborough-article-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/loughborough-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/loughborough-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/loughborough-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/loughborough-context.jsonld
- aid: loughborough:loughborough-profiles-api
  name: Loughborough University profiles API
  description: The profiles API from Loughborough University — 2 operation(s) for profiles.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2/articles?institution=2
  tags:
  - profiles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/loughborough-profiles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/loughborough-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/loughborough-article-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/loughborough-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/loughborough-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/loughborough-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/loughborough-context.jsonld
- aid: loughborough:loughborough-projects-api
  name: Loughborough University projects API
  description: The projects API from Loughborough University — 17 operation(s) for projects.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2/articles?institution=2
  tags:
  - projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/loughborough-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/loughborough-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/loughborough-article-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/loughborough-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/loughborough-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/loughborough-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/loughborough-context.jsonld
- aid: loughborough:loughborough-symplectic-api
  name: Loughborough University symplectic API
  description: The symplectic API from Loughborough University — 5 operation(s) for symplectic.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2/articles?institution=2
  tags:
  - symplectic
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/loughborough-symplectic-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/loughborough-article-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/loughborough-article-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/loughborough-get-article-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/loughborough-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/loughborough-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/loughborough-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/loughborough-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/loughborough-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/loughborough-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/loughborough-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/LoughboroughUniversity
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://uk.linkedin.com/school/loughborough-university/
- type: Repository
  url: https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/loughborough-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/loughborough-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/loughborough-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/rss/
- type: ProductPage
  url: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/services/it/topics/student-account/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com