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University of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide is a public research university in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1874, and ranked #72 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public, developer-facing footprint is centered on open scholarly infrastructure rather than a unified developer portal: the "Adelaide Research & Scholarship" institutional repository runs on DSpace 7.6.1 and exposes both a REST API and an OAI-PMH metadata endpoint, and the university operates an Adelaide Figshare research-data instance backed by the shared Figshare public API and OAI-PMH. Authentication is handled by a CAS-based single sign-on, and the institution maintains a public GitHub organization built largely around its Drupal "Shepherd" site-management platform. No consolidated, self-service public API developer portal was found.

University of Adelaide 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 Institutional Repository.

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

University of Adelaide’s developer surface includes authentication, GitHub presence, and 10 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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12 APIs
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Composite quality — 44.8/100 · developing
Contract Quality 18.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 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 12

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

Adelaide Research & Scholarship REST API

DSpace 7.6.1 REST (HAL/JSON) API for the University of Adelaide institutional repository "Adelaide Research & Scholarship", exposing communities, collections, items, and bitstre...

Adelaide Research & Scholarship OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for the "Adelaide Research & Scholarship" DSpace repository. Confirmed live; the Identify response reports repository name "Adelaide Res...

University of Adelaide altmetric API

The altmetric API from University of Adelaide — 1 operation(s) for altmetric.

University of Adelaide articles API

The articles API from University of Adelaide — 34 operation(s) for articles.

University of Adelaide authors API

The authors API from University of Adelaide — 2 operation(s) for authors.

University of Adelaide collections API

The collections API from University of Adelaide — 21 operation(s) for collections.

University of Adelaide institutions API

The institutions API from University of Adelaide — 20 operation(s) for institutions.

University of Adelaide oauth API

The oauth API from University of Adelaide — 1 operation(s) for oauth.

University of Adelaide other API

The other API from University of Adelaide — 7 operation(s) for other.

University of Adelaide profiles API

The profiles API from University of Adelaide — 2 operation(s) for profiles.

University of Adelaide projects API

The projects API from University of Adelaide — 17 operation(s) for projects.

University of Adelaide symplectic API

The symplectic API from University of Adelaide — 5 operation(s) for symplectic.

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Adelaide Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Adelaide Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Adelaide Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Adelaide Context

7 classes · 2 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

University of Adelaide API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

University of Adelaide API Rules

6 rules · 2 errors 3 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

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

Figshare Article

16 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Figshare Collection

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

University Of Adelaide Article Structure

15 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

University Of Adelaide Collection Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Security Posture 2

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

University Of Adelaide Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

University Of Adelaide Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

University Of Adelaide Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

University Of Adelaide 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 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes
 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: university-of-adelaide
name: University of Adelaide
description: 'The University of Adelaide is a public research university in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1874, and
  ranked #72 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public, developer-facing footprint is centered on open scholarly
  infrastructure rather than a unified developer portal: the "Adelaide Research & Scholarship" institutional repository runs
  on DSpace 7.6.1 and exposes both a REST API and an OAI-PMH metadata endpoint, and the university operates an Adelaide Figshare
  research-data instance backed by the shared Figshare public API and OAI-PMH. Authentication is handled by a CAS-based single
  sign-on, and the institution maintains a public GitHub organization built largely around its Drupal "Shepherd" site-management
  platform. No consolidated, self-service public API developer portal was found.'
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/university-of-adelaide.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-adelaide/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Institutional Repository
- Open Data
- Australia
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-adelaide:dspace-rest
  name: Adelaide Research & Scholarship REST API
  description: DSpace 7.6.1 REST (HAL/JSON) API for the University of Adelaide institutional repository "Adelaide Research
    & Scholarship", exposing communities, collections, items, and bitstreams for theses, articles, and other scholarly outputs.
    Confirmed live returning the DSpace root endpoint.
  humanURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/
  baseURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/server/api
  tags:
  - Repository
  - DSpace
  - Research
  - Scholarly
  - Library
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x/REST+API
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/server/api
- aid: university-of-adelaide:dspace-oai-pmh
  name: Adelaide Research & Scholarship OAI-PMH
  description: OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for the "Adelaide Research & Scholarship" DSpace repository. Confirmed
    live; the Identify response reports repository name "Adelaide Research & Scholarship" with earliest datestamp 2002.
  humanURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/
  baseURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata Harvesting
  - Repository
  - DSpace
  - Library
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/server/oai/request
- aid: university-of-adelaide:university-of-adelaide-altmetric-api
  name: University of Adelaide altmetric API
  description: The altmetric API from University of Adelaide — 1 operation(s) for altmetric.
  humanURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/
  baseURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/server/api
  tags:
  - altmetric
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-adelaide-altmetric-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-article-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-collection-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-collections-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-adelaide-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-adelaide-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-adelaide-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-adelaide:university-of-adelaide-articles-api
  name: University of Adelaide articles API
  description: The articles API from University of Adelaide — 34 operation(s) for articles.
  humanURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/
  baseURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/server/api
  tags:
  - articles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-adelaide-articles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-article-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-collection-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-collections-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-adelaide-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-adelaide-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-adelaide-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-adelaide:university-of-adelaide-authors-api
  name: University of Adelaide authors API
  description: The authors API from University of Adelaide — 2 operation(s) for authors.
  humanURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/
  baseURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/server/api
  tags:
  - authors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-adelaide-authors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-article-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-collection-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-collections-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-adelaide-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-adelaide-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-adelaide-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-adelaide:university-of-adelaide-collections-api
  name: University of Adelaide collections API
  description: The collections API from University of Adelaide — 21 operation(s) for collections.
  humanURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/
  baseURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/server/api
  tags:
  - collections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-adelaide-collections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-article-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-collection-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-collections-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-adelaide-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-adelaide-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-adelaide-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-adelaide:university-of-adelaide-institutions-api
  name: University of Adelaide institutions API
  description: The institutions API from University of Adelaide — 20 operation(s) for institutions.
  humanURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/
  baseURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/server/api
  tags:
  - institutions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-adelaide-institutions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-article-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-collection-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-collections-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-adelaide-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-adelaide-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-adelaide-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-adelaide:university-of-adelaide-oauth-api
  name: University of Adelaide oauth API
  description: The oauth API from University of Adelaide — 1 operation(s) for oauth.
  humanURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/
  baseURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/server/api
  tags:
  - oauth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-adelaide-oauth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-article-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-collection-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-collections-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-adelaide-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-adelaide-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-adelaide-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-adelaide:university-of-adelaide-other-api
  name: University of Adelaide other API
  description: The other API from University of Adelaide — 7 operation(s) for other.
  humanURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/
  baseURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/server/api
  tags:
  - other
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-adelaide-other-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-article-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-collection-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-collections-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-adelaide-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-adelaide-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-adelaide-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-adelaide:university-of-adelaide-profiles-api
  name: University of Adelaide profiles API
  description: The profiles API from University of Adelaide — 2 operation(s) for profiles.
  humanURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/
  baseURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/server/api
  tags:
  - profiles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-adelaide-profiles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-article-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-collection-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-collections-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-adelaide-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-adelaide-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-adelaide-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-adelaide:university-of-adelaide-projects-api
  name: University of Adelaide projects API
  description: The projects API from University of Adelaide — 17 operation(s) for projects.
  humanURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/
  baseURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/server/api
  tags:
  - projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-adelaide-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-article-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-collection-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-collections-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-adelaide-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-adelaide-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-adelaide-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-adelaide:university-of-adelaide-symplectic-api
  name: University of Adelaide symplectic API
  description: The symplectic API from University of Adelaide — 5 operation(s) for symplectic.
  humanURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/
  baseURL: https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/server/api
  tags:
  - symplectic
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-adelaide-symplectic-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: BaseURL
    url: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-adelaide-collection-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-article-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-adelaide-collection-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-articles-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-adelaide-list-collections-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-adelaide-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-adelaide-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-adelaide-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/university-of-adelaide-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-adelaide-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/university-of-adelaide-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/university-of-adelaide-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.adelaide.edu.au/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/universityofadelaide
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://au.linkedin.com/school/uniofadelaide/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://login.adelaide.edu.au/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-adelaide-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-adelaide-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-adelaide-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com