University of Edinburgh

aid: university-of-edinburgh
name: University of Edinburgh
description: 'The University of Edinburgh is a public research university in Scotland, United Kingdom, founded in 1582 and
  ranked #20 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer/API footprint is centred on open research infrastructure:
  the Edinburgh DataShare research-data repository (a DSpace instance exposing a public REST API and OAI-PMH endpoint) and
  Edinburgh Research Explorer / Pure (research information system with a public OAI-PMH harvesting endpoint; SOAP/REST web
  services are gated). The University also runs an internal Enterprise APIs programme (Student Records, Timetabling, Staff)
  that is documented behind SSO and not publicly accessible.'
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-edinburgh/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research Data
- Open Data
- Repository
- OAI-PMH
- United Kingdom
- Scotland
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-edinburgh:datashare-rest
  name: Edinburgh DataShare REST API
  description: Public DSpace REST API for Edinburgh DataShare, the University's open-access research-data repository. Allows
    programmatic querying of communities, collections, items and bitstreams. Returns JSON.
  humanURL: https://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/datablog/2021/12/17/new-feature-in-edinburgh-datashare-the-rest-api/
  baseURL: https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/rest
  tags:
  - Research Data
  - Repository
  - DSpace
  - Open Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/datablog/2021/12/17/new-feature-in-edinburgh-datashare-the-rest-api/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-edinburgh-datashare-rest.yaml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-edinburgh-item-schema.json
  - type: x-json-structure
    url: json-structure/university-of-edinburgh-item-structure.json
  - type: x-examples
    url: examples/university-of-edinburgh-getItem-example.json
  - type: x-spectral-rules
    url: rules/university-of-edinburgh-rules.yml
  - type: x-vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-edinburgh-vocabulary.yml
  - type: x-json-ld-context
    url: json-ld/university-of-edinburgh-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-edinburgh:datashare-oai
  name: Edinburgh DataShare OAI-PMH
  description: Public OAI-PMH metadata harvesting endpoint for Edinburgh DataShare, exposing Dublin Core and other metadata
    formats for the University's research-data repository.
  humanURL: https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/oai/request
  tags:
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata
  - Repository
  - Research Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/oai/request?verb=Identify
- aid: university-of-edinburgh:pure-oai
  name: Edinburgh Research Explorer (Pure) OAI-PMH
  description: Public OAI-PMH endpoint for the University's Pure research information system, surfaced publicly via Edinburgh
    Research Explorer. Supports harvesting of research-output metadata in multiple formats. Pure also offers SOAP and REST
    web services, but developer access to those is gated and granted case by case.
  humanURL: https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/oai
  tags:
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata
  - Research Outputs
  - CRIS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/oai?verb=Identify
- aid: university-of-edinburgh:enterprise-apis
  name: Enterprise APIs Programme (gated)
  description: The University's internal Enterprise APIs programme delivers Student Records, Timetabling and Staff APIs to
    support service integration. Documentation sits behind University SSO (Shibboleth/SAML) and these APIs are not publicly
    accessible; listed here for completeness only.
  humanURL: https://digital-strategy.ed.ac.uk/current-programmes-projects/enterprise-apis
  tags:
  - Enterprise
  - Integration
  - Gated
  - Internal
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://digital-strategy.ed.ac.uk/current-programmes-projects/enterprise-apis
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ed.ac.uk/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/uoe-is-apps
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-edinburgh/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://idp.ed.ac.uk/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-edinburgh-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-edinburgh-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-edinburgh-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com