University of Hong Kong

---
aid: hku
name: University of Hong Kong
description: >-
  The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university in Hong Kong SAR,
  ranked #27 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public developer and API
  footprint centers on an ITS API developer portal powered by Azure API Management
  (gated behind institutional sign-in), the Figshare-powered HKU DataHub research-data
  repository, and the DSpace-based HKU Scholars Hub institutional repository exposing
  an OAI-PMH metadata interface. Most administrative and identity interfaces are not
  openly self-service and require institutional affiliation.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hku/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Research Data
  - Open Access
  - Hong Kong
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: hku:developer-portal
    name: HKU ITS API Developer Portal
    description: >-
      HKU Information Technology Services API developer portal, powered by Azure API
      Management. Developers can discover APIs, read documentation, try them interactively,
      and sign up for keys. Access is gated behind institutional sign-in, so the catalog
      of individual APIs is not publicly listed.
    humanURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
    baseURL: https://developer.hku.hk/
    tags: [ Developer Portal, Azure API Management, Identity, Gated ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.hku.hk/
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://developer.hku.hk/
  - aid: hku:datahub
    name: HKU DataHub (Figshare)
    description: >-
      HKU DataHub is the institution's research-data repository, hosted on the Figshare
      platform. Public content is accessible programmatically through the Figshare REST
      API, which supports pushing and pulling data, building collections, and constructing
      applications on top of repository content.
    humanURL: https://datahub.hku.hk/
    baseURL: https://api.figshare.com/v2
    tags: [ Research Data, Repository, Figshare, Open Access ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.figshare.com/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/hku-datahub.yaml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/hku-article-schema.json
      - type: x-json-structure
        url: json-structure/hku-article-structure.json
      - type: x-examples
        url: examples/hku-get-article-example.json
      - type: x-rules
        url: rules/hku-rules.yml
      - type: x-vocabulary
        url: vocabulary/hku-vocabulary.yml
      - type: x-json-ld
        url: json-ld/hku-context.jsonld
  - aid: hku:scholars-hub-oai
    name: HKU Scholars Hub OAI-PMH
    description: >-
      HKU Scholars Hub is the University's DSpace-based open-access institutional
      repository and current research information system (CRIS), collecting and
      disseminating HKU research outputs. It exposes an OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting
      interface for programmatic harvesting of repository metadata.
    humanURL: https://hub.hku.hk/
    baseURL: https://hub.hku.hk/oai/request
    tags: [ Institutional Repository, OAI-PMH, DSpace, Open Access, Metadata ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://hub.hku.hk/
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.hku.hk/
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer.hku.hk/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/hku-official
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-hong-kong/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/hku-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/hku-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/hku-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]