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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) is a public land-grant research university and the flagship campus of the University of California system, ranked #12 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Berkeley operates a formal, centrally governed API program through its Integration Services / Enterprise Information Services team, exposing campus data via the API Central developer portal and a shared API Gateway. Access is gated behind CalNet identity and Data Owner approval, with interactive OpenAPI-based documentation and gateway-level authentication, authorization, and rate limiting. Public, uncredentialed footprint also includes the UC-wide eScholarship repository APIs/OAI-PMH and library Alma/Primo metadata services.

University of California, Berkeley publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research, and Open Data.

The University of California, Berkeley catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

University of California, Berkeley’s developer surface includes GitHub presence, status page, authentication, and 9 more developer resources.

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24.1/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 12/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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4 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearchOpen DataUnited StatesCalifornia

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 24.1/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 3.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 12/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 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
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APIs 4

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

API Central (Developer Portal)

Berkeley's centralized API management developer portal where developers browse and search published campus APIs, read interactive OpenAPI-based documentation with a "Try it out"...

UC Berkeley API Gateway

The single, centralized entry point for API requests across the Berkeley campus. The gateway centralizes functions common to all campus APIs, including load balancing, authentic...

eScholarship Repository API (OAI-PMH)

The University of California's open-access publishing and institutional repository (which includes UC Berkeley scholarship) exposes a public, uncredentialed read API and an OAI-...

UC Berkeley Library Alma/Primo Integrations

The UC Berkeley Library runs the Ex Libris Alma/Primo platform for collection management and discovery, exposing metadata via the Alma OAI-PMH provider and Primo discovery. The ...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Ucb Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Ucb Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Ucb Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Ucb Context

6 classes · 4 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 1

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

Ucb Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal

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 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Status
Status
 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
LinkedIn
 Twitter
Twitter

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: ucb
name: University of California, Berkeley
description: 'The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) is a public land-grant research university and the flagship
  campus of the University of California system, ranked #12 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Berkeley operates a
  formal, centrally governed API program through its Integration Services / Enterprise Information Services team, exposing
  campus data via the API Central developer portal and a shared API Gateway. Access is gated behind CalNet identity and Data
  Owner approval, with interactive OpenAPI-based documentation and gateway-level authentication, authorization, and rate limiting.
  Public, uncredentialed footprint also includes the UC-wide eScholarship repository APIs/OAI-PMH and library Alma/Primo metadata
  services.'
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/ucb.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ucb/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Open Data
- United States
- California
apis:
- aid: ucb:api-central
  name: API Central (Developer Portal)
  description: Berkeley's centralized API management developer portal where developers browse and search published campus
    APIs, read interactive OpenAPI-based documentation with a "Try it out" feature, and request access credentials. Login
    and access require a CalNet identity and Data Owner approval via ServiceNow.
  humanURL: https://developers.api.berkeley.edu/
  tags:
  - API Management
  - Developer Portal
  - OpenAPI
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://integration-services.berkeley.edu/api-management/developer-portal-api-central
  - type: Signup
    url: https://developers.api.berkeley.edu/
- aid: ucb:api-gateway
  name: UC Berkeley API Gateway
  description: The single, centralized entry point for API requests across the Berkeley campus. The gateway centralizes functions
    common to all campus APIs, including load balancing, authentication, authorization, and rate limiting. Individual API
    endpoints are exposed and discovered through API Central.
  humanURL: https://integration-services.berkeley.edu/api-management/api-gateway
  baseURL: https://gateway.api.berkeley.edu/
  tags:
  - API Gateway
  - Authentication
  - Rate Limiting
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://integration-services.berkeley.edu/api-management/api-gateway
- aid: ucb:escholarship
  name: eScholarship Repository API (OAI-PMH)
  description: The University of California's open-access publishing and institutional repository (which includes UC Berkeley
    scholarship) exposes a public, uncredentialed read API and an OAI-PMH interface for harvesting metadata and content records,
    alongside RSS/Atom and KBART feeds.
  humanURL: https://help.escholarship.org/support/solutions/articles/9000223035-about-escholarship-apis
  baseURL: https://www.escholarship.org/oai
  tags:
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - Open Access
  - Research
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.escholarship.org/support/solutions/articles/9000223035-about-escholarship-apis
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.escholarship.org/support/solutions/articles/9000133474-using-the-oai-pmh-interface
- aid: ucb:library-alma
  name: UC Berkeley Library Alma/Primo Integrations
  description: The UC Berkeley Library runs the Ex Libris Alma/Primo platform for collection management and discovery, exposing
    metadata via the Alma OAI-PMH provider and Primo discovery. The library maintains public open-source Alma/Primo utilities
    on GitHub.
  humanURL: https://github.com/BerkeleyLibrary/alma
  tags:
  - Library
  - Alma
  - Primo
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/BerkeleyLibrary/alma
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/BerkeleyLibrary
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ucb-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.berkeley.edu/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.api.berkeley.edu/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/ucberkeley
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/uc-berkeley/
- type: Status
  url: https://systemstatus.berkeley.edu/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/UCBerkeley
- type: Authentication
  url: https://integration-services.berkeley.edu/api-management/developer-portal-api-central
- type: Plans
  url: plans/ucb-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/ucb-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/ucb-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com