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University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury (Te Whare Wananga o Waitaha) is a public research university in Christchurch, New Zealand, ranked #261 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public, machine-accessible developer footprint is centered on scholarly and research infrastructure rather than a unified developer portal: the UC Research Repository (a DSpace 7 platform) exposes a live OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface and a DSpace REST API, the institutional Canterbury Figshare instance is reachable through figshare's public REST and OAI-PMH endpoints, and the College of Engineering runs a self-hosted GitLab. No consolidated, publicly documented university-wide API program was confirmed; entries below reflect only endpoints verified live.

University of Canterbury 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 Open Data.

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

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

45.4/100 developing ▼ -5.3 Agent 41/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try
13 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearchOpen DataRepositoryOAI-PMHNew Zealand

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 45.4/100 · developing
Contract Quality 18.8 / 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 13

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

UC Research Repository OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface for the UC Research Repository, a DSpace 7 institutional repository of theses, dissertations and research outputs. Verified live (HTTP ...

UC Research Repository DSpace REST API

DSpace 7 REST API backing the UC Research Repository, providing programmatic access to communities, collections and items. The API root (https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/api) ...

UC Engineering GitLab API

Self-hosted GitLab instance operated by the University of Canterbury College of Engineering. The web application is reachable (HTTP 200) and the GitLab REST API v4 is present (H...

University of Canterbury altmetric API

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

University of Canterbury articles API

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

University of Canterbury authors API

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

University of Canterbury collections API

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

University of Canterbury institutions API

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

University of Canterbury oauth API

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

University of Canterbury other API

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

University of Canterbury profiles API

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

University of Canterbury projects API

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

University of Canterbury symplectic API

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

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

FinOps 1

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

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Canterbury Context

7 classes · 15 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

University of Canterbury API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

University of Canterbury API Rules

8 rules · 4 errors 4 warnings

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 Canterbury Article Structure

16 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Security Posture 2

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

University Of Canterbury Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

University Of Canterbury Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

University Of Canterbury Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

University Of Canterbury 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

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: university-of-canterbury
name: University of Canterbury
description: 'University of Canterbury (Te Whare Wananga o Waitaha) is a public research university in Christchurch, New Zealand,
  ranked #261 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public, machine-accessible developer footprint is centered on
  scholarly and research infrastructure rather than a unified developer portal: the UC Research Repository (a DSpace 7 platform)
  exposes a live OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface and a DSpace REST API, the institutional Canterbury Figshare instance
  is reachable through figshare''s public REST and OAI-PMH endpoints, and the College of Engineering runs a self-hosted GitLab.
  No consolidated, publicly documented university-wide API program was confirmed; entries below reflect only endpoints verified
  live.'
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-canterbury.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-canterbury/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Open Data
- Repository
- OAI-PMH
- New Zealand
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-canterbury:research-repository-oai
  name: UC Research Repository OAI-PMH
  description: OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface for the UC Research Repository, a DSpace 7 institutional repository
    of theses, dissertations and research outputs. Verified live (HTTP 200) returning a valid Identify response with repositoryName
    "UC Research Repository" and base URL https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/oai/request.
  humanURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/
  baseURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - Research
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - DSpace
  - Metadata
  - Open Access
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/oai/request?verb=Identify
- aid: university-of-canterbury:research-repository-rest
  name: UC Research Repository DSpace REST API
  description: DSpace 7 REST API backing the UC Research Repository, providing programmatic access to communities, collections
    and items. The API root (https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/api) is part of the standard DSpace 7 platform; it returned
    HTTP 403 to unauthenticated probes during review, so access conditions were not fully confirmed.
  humanURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/
  baseURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/api
  tags:
  - Research
  - Repository
  - DSpace
  - REST
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/
- aid: university-of-canterbury:eng-git-gitlab
  name: UC Engineering GitLab API
  description: Self-hosted GitLab instance operated by the University of Canterbury College of Engineering. The web application
    is reachable (HTTP 200) and the GitLab REST API v4 is present (HTTP 401 to unauthenticated calls, indicating an authentication-gated
    GitLab API rather than a public one).
  humanURL: https://eng-git.canterbury.ac.nz/
  baseURL: https://eng-git.canterbury.ac.nz/api/v4
  tags:
  - GitLab
  - Source Code
  - Engineering
  - REST
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://eng-git.canterbury.ac.nz/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://eng-git.canterbury.ac.nz/api/v4/version
- aid: university-of-canterbury:university-of-canterbury-altmetric-api
  name: University of Canterbury altmetric API
  description: The altmetric API from University of Canterbury — 1 operation(s) for altmetric.
  humanURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/
  baseURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - altmetric
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-canterbury-altmetric-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://canterbury.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-list-articles-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-search-articles-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-canterbury-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-canterbury-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/university-of-canterbury-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-canterbury:university-of-canterbury-articles-api
  name: University of Canterbury articles API
  description: The articles API from University of Canterbury — 34 operation(s) for articles.
  humanURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/
  baseURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - articles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-canterbury-articles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://canterbury.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-list-articles-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-search-articles-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-canterbury-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-canterbury-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/university-of-canterbury-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-canterbury:university-of-canterbury-authors-api
  name: University of Canterbury authors API
  description: The authors API from University of Canterbury — 2 operation(s) for authors.
  humanURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/
  baseURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - authors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-canterbury-authors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://canterbury.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-list-articles-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-search-articles-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-canterbury-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-canterbury-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/university-of-canterbury-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-canterbury:university-of-canterbury-collections-api
  name: University of Canterbury collections API
  description: The collections API from University of Canterbury — 21 operation(s) for collections.
  humanURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/
  baseURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - collections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-canterbury-collections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://canterbury.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-list-articles-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-search-articles-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-canterbury-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-canterbury-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/university-of-canterbury-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-canterbury:university-of-canterbury-institutions-api
  name: University of Canterbury institutions API
  description: The institutions API from University of Canterbury — 20 operation(s) for institutions.
  humanURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/
  baseURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - institutions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-canterbury-institutions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://canterbury.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-list-articles-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-search-articles-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-canterbury-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-canterbury-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/university-of-canterbury-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-canterbury:university-of-canterbury-oauth-api
  name: University of Canterbury oauth API
  description: The oauth API from University of Canterbury — 1 operation(s) for oauth.
  humanURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/
  baseURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - oauth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-canterbury-oauth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://canterbury.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-list-articles-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-search-articles-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-canterbury-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-canterbury-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/university-of-canterbury-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-canterbury:university-of-canterbury-other-api
  name: University of Canterbury other API
  description: The other API from University of Canterbury — 7 operation(s) for other.
  humanURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/
  baseURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - other
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-canterbury-other-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://canterbury.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-list-articles-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-search-articles-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-canterbury-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-canterbury-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/university-of-canterbury-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-canterbury:university-of-canterbury-profiles-api
  name: University of Canterbury profiles API
  description: The profiles API from University of Canterbury — 2 operation(s) for profiles.
  humanURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/
  baseURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - profiles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-canterbury-profiles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://canterbury.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-list-articles-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-search-articles-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-canterbury-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-canterbury-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/university-of-canterbury-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-canterbury:university-of-canterbury-projects-api
  name: University of Canterbury projects API
  description: The projects API from University of Canterbury — 17 operation(s) for projects.
  humanURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/
  baseURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-canterbury-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://canterbury.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-list-articles-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-search-articles-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-canterbury-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-canterbury-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/university-of-canterbury-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-canterbury:university-of-canterbury-symplectic-api
  name: University of Canterbury symplectic API
  description: The symplectic API from University of Canterbury — 5 operation(s) for symplectic.
  humanURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/
  baseURL: https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/oai/request
  tags:
  - symplectic
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-canterbury-symplectic-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.figshare.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://canterbury.figshare.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-article-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-canterbury-collection-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-article-structure.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-canterbury-collection-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-list-articles-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-canterbury-search-articles-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-canterbury-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-canterbury-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/university-of-canterbury-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/university-of-canterbury-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-canterbury-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/university-of-canterbury-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/university-of-canterbury-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/uccser
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-canterbury/
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://eng-git.canterbury.ac.nz/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-canterbury-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-canterbury-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-canterbury-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com