# University of York

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/university-of-york/  
**Website:** https://www.york.ac.uk/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

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.

## Kin Score — 29.6 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 29.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 57.3 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 20.4 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 24.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Free — onboarding: unknown, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (2)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **University Of York Agentic Access** — 2 operations

## Security (1)

- **University Of York Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **University Of York Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Education, Higher Education, University, United Kingdom, Research, Library, Open Access, OAI-PMH

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-york/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.