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University of Padua

The University of Padua (Università degli Studi di Padova) is a public research university in Padua, Italy, founded in 1222 and ranked #236 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer/API footprint is centered on the University Library System (SBA) rather than a single official developer portal: PHAIDRA, the digital-collections platform, exposes a documented REST API (OpenAPI), a IIIF image service, and an OAI-PMH endpoint, while the EPrints-based Padua@Research and Research Data Unipd repositories provide OAI-PMH metadata harvesting. Authentication across university services is delivered through a Shibboleth/SAML Single Sign-On integrated with the IDEM GARR federation and eduGAIN. There is no central institutional GitHub organization for the university as a whole; public code lives in individual lab and department orgs.

University of Padua publishes 14 APIs on the APIs.io network, including datastream API, directory API, imageserver API, and 11 more. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Open Data, and Research Data.

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

University of Padua’s developer surface includes authentication and 10 more developer resources.

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Composite quality — 37.8/100 · thin
Contract Quality 14.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 34/100 · agent aware
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 0 / 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 19

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

PHAIDRA IIIF Image API

PHAIDRA serves digital images through an IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) image server, enabling standards-based deep zoom and image delivery for the univer...

PHAIDRA OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH metadata harvesting endpoint for the PHAIDRA digital collections, allowing programmatic harvesting of Dublin Core and related metadata. Verified live (verb=Identify retu...

Padua@Research OAI-PMH

Padua@Research (Padua Research Archive) is an EPrints-based institutional repository of the University of Padua's scientific production. It exposes an OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harve...

Research Data Unipd OAI-PMH

Research Data Unipd is the EPrints-based research-data archive of the University of Padua, supporting data discovery, sharing, and reuse using DataCite and Dublin Core metadata....

Single Sign-On (Shibboleth/SAML)

The University of Padua provides centralized authentication via a Shibboleth-based Single Sign-On, integrated with the IDEM GARR federation and eduGAIN. Service Provider integra...

University of Padua datastream API

Requests for transforming and validating datastreams

University of Padua directory API

Requests related to users, user groups and organisation structure

University of Padua imageserver API

Requests to the imageserver

University of Padua lists API

Requests for manipulating object lists

University of Padua misc API

The misc API from University of Padua — 7 operation(s) for misc.

University of Padua oai-pmh API

Look at the [OAI-PMH protocol](https://www.openarchives.org/pmh) used in this endpoint

University of Padua object-advanced API

Additional requests for the manipulation of digital objects

University of Padua object-basics API

Most important requests you'll need to manage digital objects in PHAIDRA

University of Padua relationships API

Requests for adding and removing object relationships

University of Padua search API

The search API from University of Padua — 1 operation(s) for search.

University of Padua session API

Session management

University of Padua stats API

The stats API from University of Padua — 4 operation(s) for stats.

University of Padua templates API

Requests for managing metadata templates

University of Padua vocabularies API

Requests for controlled vocabularies

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Padua Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Padua Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Padua Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Padua Context

3 classes · 17 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

University of Padua API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

University of Padua API Rules

5 rules · 2 errors 2 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

PHAIDRA Collection

27 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PHAIDRA Object Info

30 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

University Of Padua Object_Info Structure

18 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

University Of Padua Object Info Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

University Of Padua Search Select Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

University Of Padua Signin Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

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

University Of Padua Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

University Of Padua Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

University Of Padua Agentic Access

146 operations · 77 acting

146 operations · 77 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Library
Library

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 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 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-padua
name: University of Padua
description: 'The University of Padua (Università degli Studi di Padova) is a public research university in Padua, Italy,
  founded in 1222 and ranked #236 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer/API footprint is centered
  on the University Library System (SBA) rather than a single official developer portal: PHAIDRA, the digital-collections
  platform, exposes a documented REST API (OpenAPI), a IIIF image service, and an OAI-PMH endpoint, while the EPrints-based
  Padua@Research and Research Data Unipd repositories provide OAI-PMH metadata harvesting. Authentication across university
  services is delivered through a Shibboleth/SAML Single Sign-On integrated with the IDEM GARR federation and eduGAIN. There
  is no central institutional GitHub organization for the university as a whole; public code lives in individual lab and department
  orgs.'
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-padua.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-padua/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Open Data
- Research Data
- Library
- Repository
- Italy
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-padua:phaidra-iiif
  name: PHAIDRA IIIF Image API
  description: PHAIDRA serves digital images through an IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) image server,
    enabling standards-based deep zoom and image delivery for the university's digital collections.
  humanURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/imageserver
  tags:
  - IIIF
  - Images
  - Library
  - Digital Collections
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/openapi
- aid: university-of-padua:phaidra-oai
  name: PHAIDRA OAI-PMH
  description: OAI-PMH metadata harvesting endpoint for the PHAIDRA digital collections, allowing programmatic harvesting
    of Dublin Core and related metadata. Verified live (verb=Identify returns HTTP 200) at time of review.
  humanURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/oai
  tags:
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata
  - Library
  - Repository
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/oai?verb=Identify
  - type: OAI-PMH
    url: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/oai?verb=Identify
- aid: university-of-padua:padua-research-oai
  name: Padua@Research OAI-PMH
  description: Padua@Research (Padua Research Archive) is an EPrints-based institutional repository of the University of Padua's
    scientific production. It exposes an OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface; full text of some items is restricted
    to registered users. Verified live at time of review.
  humanURL: https://paduaresearch.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://paduaresearch.cab.unipd.it/cgi/oai2
  tags:
  - OAI-PMH
  - Repository
  - EPrints
  - Research
  - Library
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://paduaresearch.cab.unipd.it/
  - type: OAI-PMH
    url: https://paduaresearch.cab.unipd.it/cgi/oai2?verb=Identify
- aid: university-of-padua:researchdata-oai
  name: Research Data Unipd OAI-PMH
  description: Research Data Unipd is the EPrints-based research-data archive of the University of Padua, supporting data
    discovery, sharing, and reuse using DataCite and Dublin Core metadata. It is an OpenAIRE content provider and is registered
    in re3data, OpenDOAR, and FAIRsharing. Exposes an OAI-PMH 2.0 endpoint (repositoryName "Research Data Unipd"), verified
    live at time of review.
  humanURL: https://researchdata.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://researchdata.cab.unipd.it/cgi/oai2
  tags:
  - OAI-PMH
  - Research Data
  - EPrints
  - Repository
  - Library
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://researchdata.cab.unipd.it/
  - type: OAI-PMH
    url: https://researchdata.cab.unipd.it/cgi/oai2?verb=Identify
- aid: university-of-padua:sso
  name: Single Sign-On (Shibboleth/SAML)
  description: The University of Padua provides centralized authentication via a Shibboleth-based Single Sign-On, integrated
    with the IDEM GARR federation and eduGAIN. Service Provider integration and SAML metadata parameters are documented for
    technical staff; this is institutional federated identity infrastructure, not a self-service public API.
  humanURL: https://asit.unipd.it/single-sign-informazioni-tecniche-service-provider
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - SSO
  - SAML
  - Shibboleth
  - Identity
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://asit.unipd.it/single-sign-informazioni-tecniche-service-provider
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://registrazionisp.ict.unipd.it/
- aid: university-of-padua:university-of-padua-datastream-api
  name: University of Padua datastream API
  description: Requests for transforming and validating datastreams
  humanURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api
  tags:
  - datastream
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-padua-datastream-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/openapi
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-padua-object_info-schema.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-padua-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-padua-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-padua-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-padua:university-of-padua-directory-api
  name: University of Padua directory API
  description: Requests related to users, user groups and organisation structure
  humanURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api
  tags:
  - directory
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-padua-directory-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/openapi
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-padua-object_info-schema.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-padua-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-padua-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-padua-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-padua:university-of-padua-imageserver-api
  name: University of Padua imageserver API
  description: Requests to the imageserver
  humanURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api
  tags:
  - imageserver
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-padua-imageserver-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/openapi
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-padua-object_info-schema.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-padua-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-padua-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-padua-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-padua:university-of-padua-lists-api
  name: University of Padua lists API
  description: Requests for manipulating object lists
  humanURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api
  tags:
  - lists
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-padua-lists-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/openapi
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-padua-object_info-schema.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-padua-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-padua-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-padua-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-padua:university-of-padua-misc-api
  name: University of Padua misc API
  description: The misc API from University of Padua — 7 operation(s) for misc.
  humanURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api
  tags:
  - misc
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-padua-misc-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/openapi
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-padua-object_info-schema.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-padua-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-padua-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-padua-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-padua:university-of-padua-oai-pmh-api
  name: University of Padua oai-pmh API
  description: Look at the [OAI-PMH protocol](https://www.openarchives.org/pmh) used in this endpoint
  humanURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api
  tags:
  - oai-pmh
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-padua-oai-pmh-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/openapi
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-padua-object_info-schema.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-padua-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-padua-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-padua-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-padua:university-of-padua-object-advanced-api
  name: University of Padua object-advanced API
  description: Additional requests for the manipulation of digital objects
  humanURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api
  tags:
  - object-advanced
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-padua-object-advanced-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/openapi
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-padua-object_info-schema.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-padua-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-padua-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-padua-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-padua:university-of-padua-object-basics-api
  name: University of Padua object-basics API
  description: Most important requests you'll need to manage digital objects in PHAIDRA
  humanURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api
  tags:
  - object-basics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-padua-object-basics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/openapi
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-padua-object_info-schema.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-padua-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-padua-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-padua-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-padua:university-of-padua-relationships-api
  name: University of Padua relationships API
  description: Requests for adding and removing object relationships
  humanURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api
  tags:
  - relationships
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-padua-relationships-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/openapi
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-padua-object_info-schema.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-padua-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-padua-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-padua-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-padua:university-of-padua-search-api
  name: University of Padua search API
  description: The search API from University of Padua — 1 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api
  tags:
  - search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-padua-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/openapi
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-padua-object_info-schema.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-padua-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-padua-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-padua-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-padua:university-of-padua-session-api
  name: University of Padua session API
  description: Session management
  humanURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api
  tags:
  - session
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-padua-session-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/openapi
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-padua-object_info-schema.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-padua-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-padua-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-padua-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-padua:university-of-padua-stats-api
  name: University of Padua stats API
  description: The stats API from University of Padua — 4 operation(s) for stats.
  humanURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api
  tags:
  - stats
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-padua-stats-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/openapi
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-padua-object_info-schema.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-padua-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-padua-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-padua-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-padua:university-of-padua-templates-api
  name: University of Padua templates API
  description: Requests for managing metadata templates
  humanURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api
  tags:
  - templates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-padua-templates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/openapi
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-padua-object_info-schema.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-padua-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-padua-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-padua-context.jsonld
- aid: university-of-padua:university-of-padua-vocabularies-api
  name: University of Padua vocabularies API
  description: Requests for controlled vocabularies
  humanURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/
  baseURL: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api
  tags:
  - vocabularies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-padua-vocabularies-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/api/openapi
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/university-of-padua-object_info-schema.json
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/university-of-padua-vocabulary.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/university-of-padua-rules.yml
  - type: x-json-ld
    url: json-ld/university-of-padua-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/university-of-padua-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-padua-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/university-of-padua-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.unipd.it/en
- type: Library
  url: https://biblio.unipd.it/en
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://it.linkedin.com/school/university-of-padova/
- type: Authentication
  url: https://asit.unipd.it/single-sign-informazioni-tecniche-service-provider
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-padua-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-padua-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-padua-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com