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University of Bristol

The University of Bristol is a public research university in Bristol, United Kingdom, ranked #58 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer/API footprint is research-oriented rather than a centralized developer portal: the Bristol Research Portal (Pure, by Elsevier) exposes a documented REST API and an OAI-PMH 2.0 interface over its open-access research outputs, and data.bris is the institution's open research data repository with DataCite DOIs. Department-level engineering groups (notably HPC and Computer Science) publish open-source code on GitHub, but the university does not operate a single unified institutional API/developer program.

University of Bristol publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including data-set API, person API, project API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research, and Open Data.

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

University of Bristol’s developer surface includes authentication, GitHub presence, and 11 more developer resources.

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39.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 35/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try
4 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearchOpen DataUnited Kingdom

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 39.2/100 · thin
Contract Quality 14.0 / 21
Developer Ergonomics 3.6 / 17
Access Clarity 4.9 / 17
Operational Transparency 2.9 / 11
Contract Governance 1.0 / 10
Discoverability 6.3 / 9
Regulatory Posture 4.7 / 15
Agent readiness — 35/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 6 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 9 / 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 4 / 4
Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Education & Research regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.
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APIs 4

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

University of Bristol data-set API

The data-set API from University of Bristol — 2 operation(s) for data-set.

University of Bristol person API

The person API from University of Bristol — 2 operation(s) for person.

University of Bristol project API

The project API from University of Bristol — 2 operation(s) for project.

University of Bristol research-output API

The research-output API from University of Bristol — 2 operation(s) for research-output.

Open Collections 5

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Pure data-set API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pure data-set person API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pure data-set project API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pure data-set research-output API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Bristol Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Bristol Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Bristol Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Bristol Context

20 classes · 5 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

University of Bristol API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

University of Bristol API Rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 3

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

DataSet

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Person

16 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ResearchOutput

20 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 3

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

University Of Bristol Dataset Structure

11 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

University Of Bristol Person Structure

11 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

University Of Bristol Research Output Structure

14 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

University Of Bristol Dataset List Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

University Of Bristol Person List Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

University Of Bristol Research Output List Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

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

University Of Bristol Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

University Of Bristol Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

University Of Bristol Agentic Access

8 operations

8 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub
 SourceCode
SourceCode

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
 About
About

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-bristol
name: University of Bristol
description: 'The University of Bristol is a public research university in Bristol, United Kingdom, ranked #58 in the QS World
  University Rankings 2025. Its public developer/API footprint is research-oriented rather than a centralized developer portal:
  the Bristol Research Portal (Pure, by Elsevier) exposes a documented REST API and an OAI-PMH 2.0 interface over its open-access
  research outputs, and data.bris is the institution''s open research data repository with DataCite DOIs. Department-level
  engineering groups (notably HPC and Computer Science) publish open-source code on GitHub, but the university does not operate
  a single unified institutional API/developer program.'
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-bristol.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-bristol/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Open Data
- United Kingdom
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-07-25'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: university-of-bristol:university-of-bristol-data-set-api
  name: University of Bristol data-set API
  description: The data-set API from University of Bristol — 2 operation(s) for data-set.
  humanURL: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/api/524/api-docs/index.html
  baseURL: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/api
  tags:
  - Dataset
  tags_raw:
  - data-set
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-bristol-data-set-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/api/524/api-docs/index.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-bristol-research-output-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-bristol-person-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-bristol-dataset-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-bristol-research-output-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-bristol-person-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-bristol-dataset-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-bristol-research-output-list-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-bristol-person-list-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-bristol-dataset-list-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-bristol-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-bristol-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-bristol-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-bristol:university-of-bristol-person-api
  name: University of Bristol person API
  description: The person API from University of Bristol — 2 operation(s) for person.
  humanURL: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/api/524/api-docs/index.html
  baseURL: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/api
  tags:
  - Persons
  tags_raw:
  - person
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-bristol-person-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/api/524/api-docs/index.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-bristol-research-output-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-bristol-person-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-bristol-dataset-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-bristol-research-output-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-bristol-person-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-bristol-dataset-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-bristol-research-output-list-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-bristol-person-list-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-bristol-dataset-list-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-bristol-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-bristol-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-bristol-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-bristol:university-of-bristol-project-api
  name: University of Bristol project API
  description: The project API from University of Bristol — 2 operation(s) for project.
  humanURL: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/api/524/api-docs/index.html
  baseURL: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/api
  tags:
  - Project
  tags_raw:
  - project
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-bristol-project-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/api/524/api-docs/index.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-bristol-research-output-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-bristol-person-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-bristol-dataset-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-bristol-research-output-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-bristol-person-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-bristol-dataset-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-bristol-research-output-list-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-bristol-person-list-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-bristol-dataset-list-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-bristol-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-bristol-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-bristol-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-bristol:university-of-bristol-research-output-api
  name: University of Bristol research-output API
  description: The research-output API from University of Bristol — 2 operation(s) for research-output.
  humanURL: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/api/524/api-docs/index.html
  baseURL: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/api
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - research-output
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-bristol-research-output-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/api/524/api-docs/index.html
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-bristol-research-output-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-bristol-person-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-bristol-dataset-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-bristol-research-output-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-bristol-person-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/university-of-bristol-dataset-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-bristol-research-output-list-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-bristol-person-list-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/university-of-bristol-dataset-list-example.json
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-bristol-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-bristol-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-bristol-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/university-of-bristol-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-bristol-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/university-of-bristol-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/uob-hpc
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/cs-uob
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-bristol/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-bristol-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-bristol-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-bristol-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
- type: About
  url: https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com