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University of York

The University of York is a public research university in York, United Kingdom, ranked #184 in the QS World University Rankings 2025 and a member of the Russell Group. The university does not operate a dedicated public developer portal with documented, self-service APIs. Its confirmed programmatic surface is largely standards-based and library/research oriented: OAI-PMH metadata harvesting via the shared White Rose Research Online and White Rose eTheses Online EPrints repositories, and an Ex Libris Primo/Alma library discovery layer (YorSearch). The institution maintains a verified GitHub organization focused on internal faculty/IT engineering tooling rather than externally published APIs.

University of York publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Oai2 API. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, United Kingdom, and Research.

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

University of York’s developer surface includes GitHub presence, status page, and 11 more developer resources.

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36.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFree
2 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityUnited KingdomResearchLibraryOpen AccessOAI-PMH

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 36.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality 14.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 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.

YorSearch Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo)

YorSearch is the University of York library discovery service, built on the Ex Libris Primo platform with an Alma library services backend (view id 44YORK-NUI). Primo exposes pr...

University of York Oai2 API

The Oai2 API from University of York — 1 operation(s) for oai2.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

University Of York Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

University Of York Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

University Of York Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

University Of York Context

12 classes · 6 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

University of York API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

University of York API Rules

7 rules · 3 errors 4 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

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

OAI-PMH Record (White Rose / EPrints)

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

University Of York Oai Record Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

University Of York Getrecord Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

University Of York Identify Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

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

University Of York Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

University Of York Agentic Access

2 operations

2 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

x-vocabulary
x-vocabulary
 x-rules
x-rules
 x-json-ld
x-json-ld

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Status
Status
 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-york
name: University of York
description: 'The University of York is a public research university in York, United Kingdom, ranked #184 in the QS World
  University Rankings 2025 and a member of the Russell Group. The university does not operate a dedicated public developer
  portal with documented, self-service APIs. Its confirmed programmatic surface is largely standards-based and library/research
  oriented: OAI-PMH metadata harvesting via the shared White Rose Research Online and White Rose eTheses Online EPrints repositories,
  and an Ex Libris Primo/Alma library discovery layer (YorSearch). The institution maintains a verified GitHub organization
  focused on internal faculty/IT engineering tooling rather than externally published APIs.'
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-york.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-york/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- United Kingdom
- Research
- Library
- Open Access
- OAI-PMH
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: university-of-york:yorsearch-primo
  name: YorSearch Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo)
  description: YorSearch is the University of York library discovery service, built on the Ex Libris Primo platform with an
    Alma library services backend (view id 44YORK-NUI). Primo exposes programmatic discovery via its REST and PNX/X-Services
    interfaces; access is not openly documented by the university and typically requires institutional credentials or an Ex
    Libris API key. The discovery UI is confirmed live (HTTP 200).
  humanURL: https://www.york.ac.uk/library/resources/yorsearch-help/
  tags:
  - Library
  - Discovery
  - Primo
  - Alma
  - Ex Libris
  - Catalogue
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.york.ac.uk/library/resources/yorsearch-help/
- aid: university-of-york:university-of-york-oai2-api
  name: University of York Oai2 API
  description: The Oai2 API from University of York — 1 operation(s) for oai2.
  humanURL: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/about.html
  baseURL: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/cgi/oai2
  tags:
  - Oai2
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-york-oai2-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/about.html
  - type: x-json-schema
    url: json-schema/university-of-york-oai-record-schema.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-york-getrecord-example.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-york-identify-example.json
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/university-of-york-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/university-of-york-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.york.ac.uk/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/university-of-york
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://uk.linkedin.com/school/uniofyork/
- type: Status
  url: https://status.york.ac.uk/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/university-of-york-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/university-of-york-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/university-of-york-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
- type: x-vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/university-of-york-vocabulary.yml
- type: x-rules
  url: rules/university-of-york-rules.yml
- type: x-json-ld
  url: json-ld/university-of-york-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com