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University of Auckland

The University of Auckland is New Zealand's largest and highest-ranked university, placed #92 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer and API footprint is modest and decentralized rather than a single unified developer portal. The most clearly documented machine-readable interfaces are its institutional Figshare research data repository (REST API and OAI-PMH, institution id 12) and a public University Directory staff-search API. The University also maintains a domain-verified GitHub organization where it publishes open-source projects spanning data engineering, identity integration, and research tooling.

University of Auckland 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 Data, and Open Data.

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

University of Auckland’s developer surface includes authentication, GitHub presence, and 12 more developer resources.

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41.4/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 39/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try
12 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch DataOpen DataNew Zealand

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 41.4/100 · developing
Contract Quality 14.5 / 21
Developer Ergonomics 2.0 / 17
Access Clarity 4.9 / 17
Operational Transparency 2.9 / 11
Contract Governance 2.6 / 10
Discoverability 5.5 / 9
Regulatory Posture 7.5 / 15
Agent readiness — 39/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
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.

University of Auckland Figshare OAI-PMH Service

OAI-PMH metadata harvesting endpoint for the University of Auckland Figshare research repository. Supports standard OAI-PMH verbs and multiple metadata schemas (Dublin Core, Dat...

University Directory API

A set of public University Directory APIs that allow anyone to search for University of Auckland staff and retrieve a summary profile or a full profile of a staff member. Docume...

University of Auckland altmetric API

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

University of Auckland articles API

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

University of Auckland authors API

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

University of Auckland collections API

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

University of Auckland institutions API

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

University of Auckland oauth API

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

University of Auckland other API

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

University of Auckland profiles API

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

University of Auckland projects API

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

University of Auckland symplectic API

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

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Open Collections 11

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric articles API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric authors API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric collections API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric institutions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric oauth API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric other API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric profiles API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric projects API

OPEN COLLECTION

Figshare altmetric symplectic API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Auckland Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Auckland Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Auckland Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Auckland Context

3 classes · 4 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

University of Auckland API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

University of Auckland API Rules

7 rules · 2 errors 3 warnings 2 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 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

University Of Auckland Article Structure

16 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

University Of Auckland Articles List Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

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

University Of Auckland Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

University Of Auckland Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

University Of Auckland Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

University Of Auckland 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

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary
Vocabulary
 Rules
Rules
 JSONLD
JSONLD

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 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-auckland
name: University of Auckland
description: 'The University of Auckland is New Zealand''s largest and highest-ranked university, placed #92 in the QS World
  University Rankings 2025. Its public developer and API footprint is modest and decentralized rather than a single unified
  developer portal. The most clearly documented machine-readable interfaces are its institutional Figshare research data repository
  (REST API and OAI-PMH, institution id 12) and a public University Directory staff-search API. The University also maintains
  a domain-verified GitHub organization where it publishes open-source projects spanning data engineering, identity integration,
  and research tooling.'
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-auckland.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-auckland/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research Data
- Open Data
- New Zealand
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: university-of-auckland:figshare-oai
  name: University of Auckland Figshare OAI-PMH Service
  description: OAI-PMH metadata harvesting endpoint for the University of Auckland Figshare research repository. Supports
    standard OAI-PMH verbs and multiple metadata schemas (Dublin Core, DataCite, RDF, CERIF XML, METS, UKETD_DC), with University
    of Auckland records exposed via the Figshare portal set.
  humanURL: https://docs.figshare.com/old_docs/OAI-PMH/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2/oai
  tags:
  - Research Data
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata
  - Harvesting
  - Repository
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/old_docs/OAI-PMH/
  - type: Website
    url: https://auckland.figshare.com/
- aid: university-of-auckland:unidirectory
  name: University Directory API
  description: 'A set of public University Directory APIs that allow anyone to search for University of Auckland staff and
    retrieve a summary profile or a full profile of a staff member. Documented as available externally without a password
    (anonymous access). NOTE: the unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz host did not resolve from the verification environment, so this
    entry is based on published documentation references rather than a live probe.'
  humanURL: https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/apidocs
  tags:
  - Directory
  - Staff
  - Search
  - People
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/apidocs
- aid: university-of-auckland:university-of-auckland-altmetric-api
  name: University of Auckland altmetric API
  description: The altmetric API from University of Auckland — 1 operation(s) for altmetric.
  humanURL: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - altmetric
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-auckland-altmetric-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-auckland-article-schema.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-auckland-articles-list-example.json
- aid: university-of-auckland:university-of-auckland-articles-api
  name: University of Auckland articles API
  description: The articles API from University of Auckland — 34 operation(s) for articles.
  humanURL: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - Articles
  tags_raw:
  - articles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-auckland-articles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-auckland-article-schema.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-auckland-articles-list-example.json
- aid: university-of-auckland:university-of-auckland-authors-api
  name: University of Auckland authors API
  description: The authors API from University of Auckland — 2 operation(s) for authors.
  humanURL: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - Authors
  tags_raw:
  - authors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-auckland-authors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-auckland-article-schema.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-auckland-articles-list-example.json
- aid: university-of-auckland:university-of-auckland-collections-api
  name: University of Auckland collections API
  description: The collections API from University of Auckland — 21 operation(s) for collections.
  humanURL: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - Collection
  tags_raw:
  - collections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-auckland-collections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-auckland-article-schema.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-auckland-articles-list-example.json
- aid: university-of-auckland:university-of-auckland-institutions-api
  name: University of Auckland institutions API
  description: The institutions API from University of Auckland — 20 operation(s) for institutions.
  humanURL: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - institutions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-auckland-institutions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-auckland-article-schema.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-auckland-articles-list-example.json
- aid: university-of-auckland:university-of-auckland-oauth-api
  name: University of Auckland oauth API
  description: The oauth API from University of Auckland — 1 operation(s) for oauth.
  humanURL: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - Authentication
  tags_raw:
  - oauth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-auckland-oauth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-auckland-article-schema.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-auckland-articles-list-example.json
- aid: university-of-auckland:university-of-auckland-other-api
  name: University of Auckland other API
  description: The other API from University of Auckland — 7 operation(s) for other.
  humanURL: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - other
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-auckland-other-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-auckland-article-schema.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-auckland-articles-list-example.json
- aid: university-of-auckland:university-of-auckland-profiles-api
  name: University of Auckland profiles API
  description: The profiles API from University of Auckland — 2 operation(s) for profiles.
  humanURL: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - Profiles
  tags_raw:
  - profiles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-auckland-profiles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-auckland-article-schema.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-auckland-articles-list-example.json
- aid: university-of-auckland:university-of-auckland-projects-api
  name: University of Auckland projects API
  description: The projects API from University of Auckland — 17 operation(s) for projects.
  humanURL: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - Project
  tags_raw:
  - projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-auckland-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-auckland-article-schema.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-auckland-articles-list-example.json
- aid: university-of-auckland:university-of-auckland-symplectic-api
  name: University of Auckland symplectic API
  description: The symplectic API from University of Auckland — 5 operation(s) for symplectic.
  humanURL: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
  tags:
  - symplectic
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-auckland-symplectic-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://auckland.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-auckland-article-schema.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-auckland-articles-list-example.json
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/university-of-auckland-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-auckland-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/university-of-auckland-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/university-of-auckland-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/university-of-auckland
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-auckland/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-auckland-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-auckland-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-auckland-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/university-of-auckland-vocabulary.yml
- type: Rules
  url: rules/university-of-auckland-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/university-of-auckland-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com