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University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota is a public land-grant research university with its flagship campus in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-Saint Paul), ranked #203 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its developer/API footprint is led by the OIT Integrations Team, which publishes a suite of "Common Good APIs" sourced from the University's Common Data Layer (CDL) covering person, HR, student, class, and organization data; access requires request and data-custodian approval. Additional public-facing APIs include the University Libraries digital collection APIs (UMedia JSON and IIIF) and GEMS Informatics agricultural/geospatial data APIs. Most data APIs are gated behind access requests and institutional authentication.

University of Minnesota publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research, and Open Data.

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

University of Minnesota’s developer surface includes GitHub presence and 9 more developer resources.

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20.6/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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3 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearchOpen DataGeospatialUnited StatesMinnesota

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 20.6/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 3.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 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 3

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

Common Good APIs

A suite of APIs published by the OIT Integrations Team providing access to frequently used and requested University data sourced from the Common Data Layer (CDL). Includes Perso...

UMedia Digital Collection APIs

University of Minnesota Libraries APIs for programmatically downloading items, text, and metadata from the UMedia digital collections. Includes a JSON API for metadata/text and ...

GEMS Informatics Exchange APIs

A collection of agricultural and geospatial data APIs from GEMS Informatics at the University of Minnesota, including Climate, Weather, Soils, Hydro, Elevation, Land Cover, Crop...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Minnesota Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Minnesota Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Minnesota Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Minnesota Context

24 classes · 6 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 1

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

University Of Minnesota Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub
 SourceCode
SourceCode

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-minnesota
name: University of Minnesota
description: 'The University of Minnesota is a public land-grant research university with its flagship campus in the Twin
  Cities (Minneapolis-Saint Paul), ranked #203 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its developer/API footprint is led
  by the OIT Integrations Team, which publishes a suite of "Common Good APIs" sourced from the University''s Common Data Layer
  (CDL) covering person, HR, student, class, and organization data; access requires request and data-custodian approval. Additional
  public-facing APIs include the University Libraries digital collection APIs (UMedia JSON and IIIF) and GEMS Informatics
  agricultural/geospatial data APIs. Most data APIs are gated behind access requests and institutional authentication.'
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-minnesota.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-minnesota/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Open Data
- Geospatial
- United States
- Minnesota
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-minnesota:common-good-apis
  name: Common Good APIs
  description: A suite of APIs published by the OIT Integrations Team providing access to frequently used and requested University
    data sourced from the Common Data Layer (CDL). Includes Person Basic Information, Class Information, Employee Information,
    Student Academic, Organization Information, HR Information, Term Information, and more. Public-classified APIs require
    minimal approval; private/restricted/highly-restricted APIs require data-custodian approval. Endpoints are served from
    a Boomi integration gateway.
  humanURL: https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/integration-apis/common-good-apis
  baseURL: https://integration-boomi.umn.edu/prd/ws/rest/
  tags:
  - Integration
  - Student
  - HR
  - Employee
  - Identity
  - Education
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/integration-apis/common-good-apis
  - type: Signup
    url: https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/integration-apis/home
- aid: university-of-minnesota:umedia-digital-collections
  name: UMedia Digital Collection APIs
  description: University of Minnesota Libraries APIs for programmatically downloading items, text, and metadata from the
    UMedia digital collections. Includes a JSON API for metadata/text and an IIIF API for still images and other digital objects.
    Documentation is published in a public GitHub repository.
  humanURL: https://github.com/UMNLibraries/digital_collection_apis
  tags:
  - Library
  - Digital Collections
  - IIIF
  - Metadata
  - Open Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/UMNLibraries/digital_collection_apis
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/UMNLibraries/digital_collection_apis
- aid: university-of-minnesota:gems-exchange-apis
  name: GEMS Informatics Exchange APIs
  description: A collection of agricultural and geospatial data APIs from GEMS Informatics at the University of Minnesota,
    including Climate, Weather, Soils, Hydro, Elevation, Land Cover, Crop Calendar, Market accessibility, and Biotic Risk
    Geography. API keys are generated via the GEMS GitHub Exchange Notebooks repository; free-trial usage is limited to personal
    research.
  humanURL: https://gems.umn.edu/gems-exchange-apis
  tags:
  - Geospatial
  - Agriculture
  - Climate
  - Weather
  - Research
  - Open Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://gems.umn.edu/gems-exchange-apis
  - type: Signup
    url: https://github.com/GEMS-UMN/Exchange-Notebooks
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/GEMS-UMN
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-minnesota-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://twin-cities.umn.edu
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/UMNLibraries
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-minnesota/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/integration-apis/home
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/GEMS-UMN
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-minnesota-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-minnesota-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-minnesota-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com