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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43.9/100 developing ▼ -5.1 Agent 41/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try

12 APIs

EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearch DataOpen DataNew Zealand

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Composite quality — 43.9/100 · developing

Contract Quality 16.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13

Governance 8.3 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 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.

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.

JSON Schema 2

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

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

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

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review

Review

Source (apis.yml)

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: '0.19'
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
  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
  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:
  - 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:
  - 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:
  - 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
  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:
  - 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