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University of Sydney

The University of Sydney is Australia's first university, founded in 1850, and is ranked #32 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public digital footprint centers on student, library, and research-data services rather than a formal, openly documented developer API program. The library runs on Ex Libris Alma and Primo (which expose vendor APIs and OAI-PMH), the Sydney eScholarship Repository offers an OAI-PMH metadata interface, and the myUni student portal is backed by internal authenticated APIs. Most institutional APIs are gated behind authentication or vendor key issuance, and no central public developer portal was found at time of review.

University of Sydney publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Library, and Research.

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

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

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19.1/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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3 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityLibraryResearchOpen DataAustralia

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 19.1/100 · 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 6.5 / 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.

Sydney eScholarship Repository (OAI-PMH)

The University of Sydney's institutional repository, Sydney eScholarship, exposes an OAI-PMH metadata harvesting interface for open-access theses, research outputs, and digital ...

Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo / Alma)

The University of Sydney Library runs on the Ex Libris Alma library services platform with the Primo discovery layer. Ex Libris provides documented Alma REST APIs and Primo Sear...

myUni Student Portal API (gated)

The myUni student portal is backed by internal JSON APIs (for example student degrees and credits) used by the authenticated student web application. These endpoints require an ...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of Sydney Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of Sydney Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of Sydney Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of Sydney Context

9 classes · 9 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 1

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

University Of Sydney Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

ServicePortal
ServicePortal

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub
 Library
Library

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-sydney
name: University of Sydney
description: 'The University of Sydney is Australia''s first university, founded in 1850, and is ranked #32 in the QS World
  University Rankings 2025. Its public digital footprint centers on student, library, and research-data services rather than
  a formal, openly documented developer API program. The library runs on Ex Libris Alma and Primo (which expose vendor APIs
  and OAI-PMH), the Sydney eScholarship Repository offers an OAI-PMH metadata interface, and the myUni student portal is backed
  by internal authenticated APIs. Most institutional APIs are gated behind authentication or vendor key issuance, and no central
  public developer portal was found at time of review.'
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-sydney.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-sydney/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Library
- Research
- Open Data
- Australia
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-sydney:escholarship-oai
  name: Sydney eScholarship Repository (OAI-PMH)
  description: The University of Sydney's institutional repository, Sydney eScholarship, exposes an OAI-PMH metadata harvesting
    interface for open-access theses, research outputs, and digital collections. The interface follows the standard OAI-PMH
    2.0 verbs (Identify, ListRecords, ListSets, GetRecord). Automated requests may be rate-limited or require a descriptive
    User-Agent.
  humanURL: https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/
  baseURL: https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/oai/request
  tags:
  - Library
  - Repository
  - OAI-PMH
  - Metadata
  - Open Access
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/
- aid: university-of-sydney:primo-alma
  name: Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo / Alma)
  description: The University of Sydney Library runs on the Ex Libris Alma library services platform with the Primo discovery
    layer. Ex Libris provides documented Alma REST APIs and Primo Search/PNX APIs, but access requires an institution-issued
    API key via the Ex Libris Developer Network; these are not openly published by the university.
  humanURL: https://sydney.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/
  tags:
  - Library
  - Discovery
  - Alma
  - Primo
  - Vendor
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/
- aid: university-of-sydney:myuni
  name: myUni Student Portal API (gated)
  description: The myUni student portal is backed by internal JSON APIs (for example student degrees and credits) used by
    the authenticated student web application. These endpoints require an active student session and are not publicly documented
    or available to third-party developers.
  humanURL: https://myuni.sydney.edu.au/
  tags:
  - Student
  - SIS
  - Gated
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://myuni.sydney.edu.au/
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-sydney-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.sydney.edu.au/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/Sydney-Informatics-Hub
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://au.linkedin.com/school/university-of-sydney/
- type: Library
  url: https://www.library.sydney.edu.au/
- type: ServicePortal
  url: https://sydneyuni.service-now.com/sm
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-sydney-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-sydney-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-sydney-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com