Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

---
aid: humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin
name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
description: >-
  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) is a public research university in
  Berlin, Germany, ranked #126 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its
  public developer/API footprint is centered on scholarly and library
  infrastructure rather than a unified developer portal: the edoc Open Access
  publication server runs on DSpace 7 and exposes a public REST API and an
  OAI-PMH metadata interface, the University Library's Primus discovery service
  is built on Ex Libris Primo/Alma (which provides open APIs), and access
  management uses Shibboleth/SAML single sign-on. The University Library IT
  department also maintains a public GitHub organization (UB-HU-Berlin). No
  consolidated, self-service public API developer portal was confirmed.
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/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Research
  - Open Access
  - Library
  - Germany
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin:edoc-rest
    name: edoc-Server DSpace REST API
    description: >-
      Public REST API of the edoc Open Access publication server, the
      institutional repository of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The repository
      runs on DSpace 7, whose Server REST API exposes communities, collections,
      items, and bitstreams as HAL/JSON resources.
    humanURL: https://edoc-info.hu-berlin.de/en
    baseURL: https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/server/api
    tags: [ Open Access, Repository, DSpace, Research, Library ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://edoc-info.hu-berlin.de/en
      - type: Website
        url: https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-edoc-rest.yaml
      - type: x-json-schema
        url: json-schema/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-item-schema.json
      - type: x-json-schema
        url: json-schema/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-community-schema.json
      - type: x-json-schema
        url: json-schema/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-collection-schema.json
      - type: x-vocabulary
        url: vocabulary/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-vocabulary.yml
      - type: x-rules
        url: rules/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-rules.yml
      - type: x-json-ld
        url: json-ld/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-context.jsonld
  - aid: humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin:edoc-oai
    name: edoc-Server OAI-PMH Interface
    description: >-
      Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH 2.0)
      endpoint for the edoc institutional repository, allowing public harvesting
      of metadata for theses, dissertations, articles, and research data.
    humanURL: https://edoc-info.hu-berlin.de/en
    baseURL: https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/server/oai/request
    tags: [ OAI-PMH, Metadata Harvesting, Open Access, Repository ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://edoc-info.hu-berlin.de/en
  - aid: humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin:primo-discovery
    name: University Library Primus Discovery (Ex Libris Primo/Alma)
    description: >-
      The University Library's central search portal, Primus, is built on the
      Ex Libris Primo discovery service backed by Alma. Primo/Alma provide open
      REST APIs for discovery and resource management; API access at HU Berlin
      is governed by the library and Ex Libris and is not openly self-service.
    humanURL: https://www.ub.hu-berlin.de/en/literature-search/catalogues/catalogues
    tags: [ Library, Discovery, Primo, Alma, Catalog ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.ub.hu-berlin.de/en/literature-search/catalogues/catalogues
  - aid: humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin:shibboleth-sso
    name: HU-IAM Shibboleth Single Sign-On (SAML)
    description: >-
      Identity and access management at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin uses
      Shibboleth/SAML single sign-on, operated by the Computer- und
      Medienservice (CMS). Service-provider integration is documented for
      university service operators rather than offered as a public API.
    humanURL: https://www.cms.hu-berlin.de/de/dl/hu-iam/shibboleth
    tags: [ Identity, SSO, Shibboleth, SAML, Authentication ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.cms.hu-berlin.de/de/dl/hu-iam/shibboleth
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.hu-berlin.de/en
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/UB-HU-Berlin
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.cms.hu-berlin.de/de/dl/hu-iam/shibboleth
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]