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University of Exeter

The University of Exeter is a public research university in Devon, United Kingdom, and a member of the Russell Group, ranked #169 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer/API footprint is modest and largely institutional rather than a packaged developer program: there is no dedicated public developer portal. Confirmed surfaces include the Open Research Exeter (ORE) DSpace repository, which exposes standard DSpace OAI-PMH and REST interfaces for harvesting research outputs and metadata; federated identity via a Shibboleth/SAML Identity Provider; the MyExeter mobile application backend; and an official GitHub organization that publishes some middleware and research code (including WSO2 Micro Integrator artifacts).

University of Exeter publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research, and Open Data.

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

University of Exeter’s developer surface includes GitHub presence, authentication, and 9 more developer resources.

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23.4/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 12/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFree
4 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearchOpen DataRepositoryIdentityUnited Kingdom

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 23.4/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 3.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 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 4

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

Open Research Exeter (ORE) OAI-PMH

Open Research Exeter (ORE) is the University of Exeter's institutional repository, built on DSpace, holding research papers, theses, and research data. As a DSpace repository it...

Open Research Exeter (ORE) DSpace REST API

The Open Research Exeter DSpace platform exposes the standard DSpace REST API for programmatic access to communities, collections, items, and bitstreams. The repository host is ...

University of Exeter Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML SSO)

The University of Exeter operates a SAML-based federated identity service via a Shibboleth Identity Provider used for single sign-on to library electronic resources and federate...

MyExeter Mobile App Backend

MyExeter is the University of Exeter's student mobile application, served from m.exeter.ac.uk, providing timetables, campus services, and student information. It is backed by un...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Exeter Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Exeter Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Exeter Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Exeter Context

16 classes · 5 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 1

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

University Of Exeter Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

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
 Twitter
Twitter

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-exeter
name: University of Exeter
description: 'The University of Exeter is a public research university in Devon, United Kingdom, and a member of the Russell
  Group, ranked #169 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer/API footprint is modest and largely institutional
  rather than a packaged developer program: there is no dedicated public developer portal. Confirmed surfaces include the
  Open Research Exeter (ORE) DSpace repository, which exposes standard DSpace OAI-PMH and REST interfaces for harvesting research
  outputs and metadata; federated identity via a Shibboleth/SAML Identity Provider; the MyExeter mobile application backend;
  and an official GitHub organization that publishes some middleware and research code (including WSO2 Micro Integrator artifacts).'
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-exeter.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-exeter/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Open Data
- Repository
- Identity
- United Kingdom
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-exeter:ore-oai-pmh
  name: Open Research Exeter (ORE) OAI-PMH
  description: Open Research Exeter (ORE) is the University of Exeter's institutional repository, built on DSpace, holding
    research papers, theses, and research data. As a DSpace repository it provides a standard OAI-PMH interface for metadata
    harvesting. The endpoint host responds but is protected by a bot-mitigation gateway, so the live verb responses could
    not be fully confirmed during this review.
  humanURL: https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/
  baseURL: https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/oai/request
  tags:
  - Research
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - Open Data
  - DSpace
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/researchdatamanagement/after/discovery/
- aid: university-of-exeter:ore-rest
  name: Open Research Exeter (ORE) DSpace REST API
  description: The Open Research Exeter DSpace platform exposes the standard DSpace REST API for programmatic access to communities,
    collections, items, and bitstreams. The repository host is reachable but sits behind a bot-mitigation gateway, so the
    REST API surface could not be fully verified live during this review and is documented per DSpace defaults.
  humanURL: https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/
  baseURL: https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/server/api
  tags:
  - Research
  - Repository
  - REST
  - Open Data
  - DSpace
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/researchdatamanagement/after/discovery/
- aid: university-of-exeter:shibboleth-idp
  name: University of Exeter Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML SSO)
  description: The University of Exeter operates a SAML-based federated identity service via a Shibboleth Identity Provider
    used for single sign-on to library electronic resources and federated services through the UK Access Management Federation.
    Access is gated to institutional members and federation service providers; it is not a self-service developer API.
  humanURL: https://libguides.exeter.ac.uk/eresources/shibboleth
  baseURL: https://elibrary.exeter.ac.uk/idp/shibboleth
  tags:
  - Identity
  - SAML
  - Shibboleth
  - SSO
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://libguides.exeter.ac.uk/eresources/shibboleth
- aid: university-of-exeter:myexeter-app
  name: MyExeter Mobile App Backend
  description: MyExeter is the University of Exeter's student mobile application, served from m.exeter.ac.uk, providing timetables,
    campus services, and student information. It is backed by undocumented private mobile-app APIs intended for the official
    app only; no public developer documentation or self-service access is published.
  humanURL: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/myexeter/
  baseURL: https://m.exeter.ac.uk/
  tags:
  - Mobile
  - Student
  - Timetable
  - Campus
  - Private
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/myexeter/
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-exeter-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/Uni-of-Exeter
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/Uni-of-Exeter
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-exeter/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/UniofExeter
- type: Authentication
  url: https://libguides.exeter.ac.uk/eresources/shibboleth
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-exeter-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-exeter-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-exeter-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com