University of York

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
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
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:white-rose-research-oai
  name: White Rose Research Online (OAI-PMH)
  description: OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface for White Rose Research Online, the shared EPrints institutional
    repository of the Universities of York, Leeds and Sheffield. Exposes harvestable metadata for research outputs deposited
    by University of York authors. Confirmed live (HTTP 200) returning a valid Identify response.
  humanURL: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/about.html
  baseURL: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/cgi/oai2
  tags:
  - Research
  - Open Access
  - OAI-PMH
  - Repository
  - Library
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/about.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-york-white-rose-research-oai.yaml
  - 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
- aid: university-of-york:white-rose-etheses-oai
  name: White Rose eTheses Online (OAI-PMH)
  description: OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting interface for White Rose eTheses Online, the shared EPrints theses repository
    for the Universities of York, Leeds and Sheffield. Confirmed live (HTTP 200) returning a valid Identify response; metadata
    policy is noted as not yet fully configured at the endpoint.
  humanURL: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/
  baseURL: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/cgi/oai2
  tags:
  - Research
  - Theses
  - Open Access
  - OAI-PMH
  - Repository
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/university-of-york-white-rose-etheses-oai.yaml
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/university-of-york-identify-example.json
- 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/
common:
- 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