University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

---
aid: university-of-michigan-ann-arbor
name: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
description: >-
  The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor is a public research university ranked
  #21 in the QS World University Rankings 2025 (United States). Its developer
  and API footprint is led by U-M Information and Technology Services (ITS),
  which operates an enterprise API Directory built on Apigee X that exposes
  institutional data APIs to authenticated U-M members behind uniqname, Duo
  two-factor, and campus-network/VPN access. The University of Michigan Library
  publishes public scholarly and research-data infrastructure, including the
  Deep Blue Data REST API and a live DSpace OAI-PMH metadata endpoint for the
  Deep Blue Documents institutional repository, and runs Ex Libris Alma/Primo
  for library services. Open-source code is published across several GitHub
  organizations including @umich and @mlibrary.
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/university-of-michigan-ann-arbor/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Research
  - Library
  - Open Data
  - Institutional Repository
  - United States
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: university-of-michigan-ann-arbor:api-directory
    name: U-M ITS API Directory
    description: >-
      Enterprise API directory and gateway operated by U-M Information and
      Technology Services on Apigee X, providing access to institutional data
      APIs spanning teaching & learning, research, clinical care, public
      service, and administration. Access is gated: developers sign in with a
      U-M uniqname and password, complete Duo two-factor authentication, and
      must be on the U-M network or VPN to browse, subscribe to, and consume
      APIs. Documentation includes named services such as the MCommunity
      directory APIs.
    humanURL: https://its.umich.edu/data/data-database/api-directory
    tags: [ API Directory, Apigee, Identity, Institutional Data, Gated ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://its.umich.edu/data/data-database/api-directory
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://documentation.its.umich.edu/api-directory
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://its.umich.edu/data/data-database/api-directory/getting-started
  - aid: university-of-michigan-ann-arbor:deep-blue-data
    name: Deep Blue Data REST API
    description: >-
      Public REST API for Deep Blue Data, the University of Michigan Library's
      open repository for sharing and archiving research datasets generated by
      U-M researchers. Provides programmatic access to dataset records and
      metadata with DOI persistent identifiers; data is free to access and
      download by the public.
    humanURL: https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/data/rest-api
    baseURL: https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/data
    tags: [ Research Data, Repository, REST, Open Data, Library ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/data/rest-api
  - aid: university-of-michigan-ann-arbor:deep-blue-documents-oai
    name: Deep Blue Documents OAI-PMH
    description: >-
      Live OAI-PMH metadata harvesting endpoint for Deep Blue Documents, the
      University of Michigan Library's DSpace institutional repository of
      articles, dissertations, theses, and other scholarly works. Supports
      standard OAI-PMH verbs (Identify, ListRecords, ListSets) and metadata
      formats including oai_dc for open harvesting by aggregators and discovery
      services.
    humanURL: https://www.lib.umich.edu/collections/deep-blue-repositories
    baseURL: https://backend.production.deepblue-documents.lib.umich.edu/server/oai/request
    tags: [ OAI-PMH, DSpace, Institutional Repository, Metadata, Library ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.lib.umich.edu/collections/deep-blue-repositories
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://umich.edu
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.lib.umich.edu
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://its.umich.edu/data/data-database/api-directory
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/umich
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/mlibrary
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-michigan/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://its.umich.edu/data/data-database/api-directory/getting-started
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/university-of-michigan-ann-arbor-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-michigan-ann-arbor-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/university-of-michigan-ann-arbor-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-michigan-ann-arbor-context.jsonld
  - type: Blog
    url: blogs/blogs.json
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]