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University of Liverpool

The University of Liverpool is a public research university in Liverpool, United Kingdom, a founding member of the Russell Group, ranked #165 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public, machine-readable developer footprint is centered on scholarly and research-data infrastructure rather than a unified developer portal: the EPrints-based University of Liverpool Repository and the DataCat research data catalogue both expose live OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting interfaces. No general-purpose public API developer portal, course/timetable API, or self-service API key program was found to be publicly documented at the time of review; most institutional systems (SSO/IdP, student administration, mobile backends) sit behind authentication and are not publicly cataloged.

University of Liverpool publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research, and Open Access.

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

University of Liverpool’s developer surface includes GitHub presence and 7 more developer resources.

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19.3/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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2 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearchOpen AccessRepositoryOAI-PMHUnited Kingdom

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 19.3/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 3.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 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 2

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

University of Liverpool Repository OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata-harvesting interface for the University of Liverpool Repository, an EPrints-based open-access archive of research outputs (journal articles, conference pape...

DataCat Research Data Catalogue OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata-harvesting interface for DataCat, the University of Liverpool research data catalogue (EPrints-based), exposing metadata records for finalised research data...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Liverpool Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Liverpool Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Liverpool Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Liverpool Context

21 classes · 6 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 1

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

University Of Liverpool Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

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 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-liverpool
name: University of Liverpool
description: 'The University of Liverpool is a public research university in Liverpool, United Kingdom, a founding member
  of the Russell Group, ranked #165 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public, machine-readable developer footprint
  is centered on scholarly and research-data infrastructure rather than a unified developer portal: the EPrints-based University
  of Liverpool Repository and the DataCat research data catalogue both expose live OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting interfaces.
  No general-purpose public API developer portal, course/timetable API, or self-service API key program was found to be publicly
  documented at the time of review; most institutional systems (SSO/IdP, student administration, mobile backends) sit behind
  authentication and are not publicly cataloged.'
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-liverpool.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-liverpool/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Open Access
- Repository
- OAI-PMH
- United Kingdom
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-liverpool:repository-oai
  name: University of Liverpool Repository OAI-PMH
  description: OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata-harvesting interface for the University of Liverpool Repository, an EPrints-based open-access
    archive of research outputs (journal articles, conference papers, theses, reports, and books). Verified live, serving
    multiple metadata formats including oai_dc, mets, didl, rdf, rioxx, and uketd_dc.
  humanURL: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/information.html
  baseURL: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/cgi/oai2
  tags:
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - Open Access
  - Research
  - EPrints
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/information.html
- aid: university-of-liverpool:datacat-oai
  name: DataCat Research Data Catalogue OAI-PMH
  description: OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata-harvesting interface for DataCat, the University of Liverpool research data catalogue
    (EPrints-based), exposing metadata records for finalised research datasets. Verified live and responding to the Identify
    verb.
  humanURL: http://datacat.liverpool.ac.uk/information.html
  baseURL: https://datacat.liverpool.ac.uk/cgi/oai2
  tags:
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - Research Data
  - Metadata
  - EPrints
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: http://datacat.liverpool.ac.uk/information.html
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-liverpool-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/livuni
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-liverpool/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-liverpool-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-liverpool-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-liverpool-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com