University of Barcelona

The University of Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona, UB) is a public research university founded in 1450 and based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is ranked #165 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its publicly documented developer/API footprint is limited and primarily centered on library and scholarly infrastructure: the Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona runs DSpace 7.6.6, exposing a public REST API and an OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting endpoint. The university also operates centralized single sign-on (SSO) supporting SAML 2.0 / CAS, and publishes institutional open data through its transparency portal. No central, branded public developer portal or official organization-wide GitHub account was confirmed.

University of Barcelona publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Spain, and Catalonia.

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

University of Barcelona’s developer surface includes authentication, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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22.4/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 12/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFree
3 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversitySpainCataloniaOpen DataLibraryScholarlyRepositoryDSpaceOAI-PMH

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 22.4/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 3.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.6 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 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 3

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

Dipòsit Digital REST API (DSpace 7)

Public DSpace 7.6.6 REST API for the Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona, the institutional repository of teaching, research and institutional output. The API root ad...

Dipòsit Digital OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting endpoint for the Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona. The Identify verb returns the repository name and OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata. Used for har...

UB Centralized SSO (SAML 2.0 / CAS)

Universitat de Barcelona centralized single sign-on (Identificació UB) providing federated authentication for university web applications. Supports SAML 2.0 and CAS protocols. T...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Barcelona Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Barcelona Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Barcelona Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Barcelona Context

19 classes · 9 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 1

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

University Of Barcelona Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD

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 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-barcelona
name: University of Barcelona
description: 'The University of Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona, UB) is a public research university founded in 1450 and
  based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is ranked #165 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its publicly documented
  developer/API footprint is limited and primarily centered on library and scholarly infrastructure: the Dipòsit Digital de
  la Universitat de Barcelona runs DSpace 7.6.6, exposing a public REST API and an OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting endpoint. The
  university also operates centralized single sign-on (SSO) supporting SAML 2.0 / CAS, and publishes institutional open data
  through its transparency portal. No central, branded public developer portal or official organization-wide GitHub account
  was confirmed.'
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/university-of-barcelona.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-barcelona/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Spain
- Catalonia
- Open Data
- Library
- Scholarly
- Repository
- DSpace
- OAI-PMH
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-barcelona:diposit-rest
  name: Dipòsit Digital REST API (DSpace 7)
  description: Public DSpace 7.6.6 REST API for the Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona, the institutional repository
    of teaching, research and institutional output. The API root advertises HAL links for items, collections, communities,
    bitstreams and authentication. Confirmed live (HTTP 200) returning DSpace version metadata.
  humanURL: https://diposit.ub.edu/
  baseURL: https://diposit.ub.edu/server/api
  tags:
  - Repository
  - DSpace
  - Scholarly
  - Library
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diposit.ub.edu/server/api
- aid: university-of-barcelona:diposit-oai
  name: Dipòsit Digital OAI-PMH
  description: OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting endpoint for the Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona. The Identify verb
    returns the repository name and OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata. Used for harvesting into aggregators and the library Alma/Primo
    discovery layer. Confirmed live (HTTP 200).
  humanURL: https://diposit.ub.edu/
  baseURL: https://diposit.ub.edu/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - Scholarly
  - Library
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diposit.ub.edu/server/oai/request?verb=Identify
- aid: university-of-barcelona:sso-saml
  name: UB Centralized SSO (SAML 2.0 / CAS)
  description: Universitat de Barcelona centralized single sign-on (Identificació UB) providing federated authentication for
    university web applications. Supports SAML 2.0 and CAS protocols. The SAML2 SSO service endpoint is confirmed live (HTTP
    200). Integration is restricted to registered institutional applications; not a public open API.
  humanURL: https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/iub/detallservei/-/recurs/1051544/autenticacio-centralitzada-sso-
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - SSO
  - SAML
  - Identity
  - CAS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/iub/detallservei/-/recurs/1051544/autenticacio-centralitzada-sso-
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-barcelona-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ub.edu/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-barcelona/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://sso.ub.edu/SAML2/SSOService.php
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-barcelona-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-barcelona-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-barcelona-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
- type: Blog
  url: blogs/blogs.json
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/university-of-barcelona-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com