ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

---
aid: eth-zurich
name: ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
description: >-
  ETH Zurich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich) is a public science
  and technology university founded in 1855, ranked #7 in the QS World
  University Rankings 2025. Its most visible public developer footprint is the
  ETH Library API Platform, an Apigee-managed developer portal exposing six
  documented OpenAPI 3.0 REST APIs (Discovery, ETHorama, Geo, Persons, Research
  Collection, Vector) for the library's open bibliographic, georeferenced, and
  research-output data. The ETH Zurich Research Collection additionally offers a
  public OAI-PMH harvesting interface, and the eth-library GitHub organization
  publishes the OpenAPI specifications and related open-source tooling. All
  REST APIs require a free one-time registration to obtain an API key.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/eth-zurich/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Research
  - Library
  - Open Data
  - Switzerland
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: eth-zurich:discovery
    name: ETH Library Discovery API
    description: >-
      REST API providing access to over 30 million books, images, series,
      journals, and other materials held by the ETH Library. Part of the ETH
      Library API Platform; requires a free API key.
    humanURL: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
    tags: [ Library, Discovery, Bibliographic, Open Data ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://eth-library.github.io/opendata-apis/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/eth-zurich-discovery.yaml
  - aid: eth-zurich:ethorama
    name: ETH Library ETHorama API
    description: >-
      REST API providing georeferenced access to digitized documents from
      platforms such as E-Pics, E-Rara, E-Periodica, E-Manuscripta and the
      Research Collection. Requires a free API key.
    humanURL: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
    tags: [ Library, Geospatial, Digitization, Open Data ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://eth-library.github.io/opendata-apis/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/eth-zurich-ethorama.yaml
  - aid: eth-zurich:geo
    name: ETH Library Geo Information API
    description: >-
      REST API returning information about points of interest (places) and
      dossiers from the ETHorama database in GeoJSON format. Requires a free
      API key.
    humanURL: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
    tags: [ Library, Geospatial, GeoJSON, Open Data ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://eth-library.github.io/opendata-apis/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/eth-zurich-geo.yaml
  - aid: eth-zurich:persons
    name: ETH Library Persons API
    description: >-
      REST API providing enriched information about persons, aggregated from
      sources including Wikidata, Metagrid, DNB Entityfacts and
      beacon.findbuch. Requires a free API key.
    humanURL: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
    tags: [ Library, Persons, Authority, Open Data ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://eth-library.github.io/opendata-apis/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/eth-zurich-persons.yaml
  - aid: eth-zurich:research-collection
    name: ETH Zurich Research Collection API
    description: >-
      REST API providing access to the ETH Zurich Research Collection
      bibliographic metadata for scientific publications and research data
      (v1 current, v2 preview). Requires a free API key. The Research
      Collection also exposes a public OAI-PMH harvesting interface.
    humanURL: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
    tags: [ Research, Repository, Bibliographic, Open Data ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://eth-library.github.io/opendata-apis/
      - type: OAI-PMH
        url: https://research-collection.ethz.ch/oai/openaire_data
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/eth-zurich-research-collection-v1.yaml
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/eth-zurich-research-collection-v2.yaml
  - aid: eth-zurich:vector
    name: ETH Library Vector API
    description: >-
      REST API on the ETH Library API Platform exposing vector-based access to
      ETH Library data resources. Requires a free API key.
    humanURL: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
    tags: [ Library, Vector, Search, Open Data ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://eth-library.github.io/opendata-apis/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/eth-zurich-vector.yaml
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://ethz.ch/en/
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://eth-library.github.io/apiplatform-swagger/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/eth-library
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/eth-library/opendata-apis
  - type: OpenData
    url: https://opendata.swiss/en/organization/eth-bibliothek
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/eth-zurich/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.library.ethz.ch
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/eth-zurich-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/eth-zurich-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/eth-zurich-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/eth-zurich-research-collection-item-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/eth-zurich-research-collection-item-structure.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/eth-zurich-research-collection-search-example.json
  - type: x-example
    url: examples/eth-zurich-discovery-resources-example.json
  - type: Spectral
    url: rules/eth-zurich-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/eth-zurich-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSON-LD
    url: json-ld/eth-zurich-context.jsonld
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]