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Technical University of Berlin

Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany, ranked #66 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer/API footprint is concentrated in research-data and library infrastructure rather than a unified developer portal. The institutional repository DepositOnce runs on DSpace 8.1 and exposes a public OAI-PMH interface and a public DSpace REST/HAL API for harvesting open-access publications and research data. TU Berlin also operates a self-hosted GitLab instance (git.tu-berlin.de) whose API is gated behind Shibboleth SSO, plus public GitHub organizations (TU-Berlin, TUUB). Authentication across services is provided via Shibboleth/SAML (DFN-AAI), operated by the ZECM.

Technical University of Berlin publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research Data, and Open Access.

The Technical University of Berlin catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

Technical University of Berlin’s developer surface includes GitHub presence, authentication, and 8 more developer resources.

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22.4/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 12/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
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3 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch DataOpen AccessRepositoryLibraryGermany

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 22.4/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 2.4 / 21
Developer Ergonomics 2.0 / 17
Access Clarity 4.9 / 17
Operational Transparency 2.9 / 11
Contract Governance 0.0 / 10
Discoverability 6.3 / 9
Regulatory Posture 4.7 / 15
Agent readiness — 12/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
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
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APIs 3

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

DepositOnce OAI-PMH Interface

Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH 2.0) endpoint for DepositOnce, the institutional repository of TU Berlin. Allows harvesting metadata for open-...

DepositOnce DSpace REST API

DSpace 8.1 REST/HAL API for the DepositOnce repository, exposing communities, collections, items, bitstreams and discovery endpoints. The API root returns a HAL document with ds...

TU Berlin GitLab API

Self-hosted GitLab Enterprise Edition instance for TU Berlin. The GitLab REST API (v4) is present but gated — unauthenticated requests to /api/v4/ return HTTP 401. Login and API...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Tu Berlin Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Tu Berlin Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Tu Berlin Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Tu Berlin Context

17 classes · 3 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 1

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

Tu Berlin Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub
 SourceCode
SourceCode

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: tu-berlin
name: Technical University of Berlin
description: 'Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany, ranked #66 in
  the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer/API footprint is concentrated in research-data and library infrastructure
  rather than a unified developer portal. The institutional repository DepositOnce runs on DSpace 8.1 and exposes a public
  OAI-PMH interface and a public DSpace REST/HAL API for harvesting open-access publications and research data. TU Berlin
  also operates a self-hosted GitLab instance (git.tu-berlin.de) whose API is gated behind Shibboleth SSO, plus public GitHub
  organizations (TU-Berlin, TUUB). Authentication across services is provided via Shibboleth/SAML (DFN-AAI), operated by the
  ZECM.'
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/tu-berlin.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tu-berlin/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research Data
- Open Access
- Repository
- Library
- Germany
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: tu-berlin:depositonce-oai
  name: DepositOnce OAI-PMH Interface
  description: Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH 2.0) endpoint for DepositOnce, the institutional
    repository of TU Berlin. Allows harvesting metadata for open-access publications and research data. Returned a valid Identify
    response (DSpace 8.1, granularity YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ).
  humanURL: https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/info/help
  baseURL: https://api-depositonce.tu-berlin.de/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - Research Data
  - Open Access
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - DSpace
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/info/help
- aid: tu-berlin:depositonce-rest
  name: DepositOnce DSpace REST API
  description: DSpace 8.1 REST/HAL API for the DepositOnce repository, exposing communities, collections, items, bitstreams
    and discovery endpoints. The API root returns a HAL document with dspaceVersion "DSpace 8.1" and an _links hypermedia
    structure.
  humanURL: https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/info/help
  baseURL: https://api-depositonce.tu-berlin.de/server/api
  tags:
  - Research Data
  - Open Access
  - Repository
  - REST
  - DSpace
  - HAL
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/info/help
- aid: tu-berlin:gitlab
  name: TU Berlin GitLab API
  description: Self-hosted GitLab Enterprise Edition instance for TU Berlin. The GitLab REST API (v4) is present but gated
    — unauthenticated requests to /api/v4/ return HTTP 401. Login and API access require a TUB account via Shibboleth Single
    Sign-On.
  humanURL: https://www.tu.berlin/en/campusmanagement/news-details/gitlab-anmeldung-mit-shibboleth-single-sign-on
  baseURL: https://git.tu-berlin.de/api/v4
  tags:
  - Source Code
  - GitLab
  - Git
  - Gated
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.tu.berlin/en/campusmanagement/news-details/gitlab-anmeldung-mit-shibboleth-single-sign-on
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.tu.berlin/campusmanagement/angebot/shibboleth
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/tu-berlin-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.tu.berlin/en
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/TU-Berlin
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/TUUB
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/tu-berlin/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://www.tu.berlin/campusmanagement/angebot/shibboleth
- type: Plans
  url: plans/tu-berlin-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/tu-berlin-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/tu-berlin-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com