University of Otago

---
aid: university-of-otago
name: University of Otago
description: >-
  The University of Otago is New Zealand's oldest university, founded in 1869 and
  based in Dunedin, ranked #214 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its public
  developer and API footprint is limited and infrastructure-oriented rather than
  product-oriented: there is no dedicated public developer portal or documented public
  API program. The most concrete machine interface is OUR Archive (Otago University
  Research Archive), the institutional research repository now running on Ex Libris /
  Clarivate Esploro, which exposes a standards-based OAI-PMH endpoint (currently not
  publicly authorized for harvesting). Identity is provided through the Tuakiri NZ
  Access Federation using SAML 2.0 / Shibboleth single sign-on. Most administrative,
  student, course, and timetable systems are gated behind institutional credentials
  or the campus network and are not openly documented.
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-otago/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Research
  - Open Access
  - Repository
  - Identity
  - New Zealand
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: university-of-otago:our-archive-oai
    name: OUR Archive OAI-PMH Metadata
    description: >-
      OUR Archive (Otago University Research Archive) is the University of Otago
      institutional research repository, now hosted on Ex Libris / Clarivate Esploro.
      It exposes an OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting)
      endpoint following the standard Esploro pattern at /view/oai/64OTAGO_INST/request.
      The endpoint resolves and returns valid OAI XML, but at the time of review it
      returned OAI error_code 21 ("Unauthorized access to the OAI services"),
      indicating public harvesting is not currently enabled. Listed as the repository's
      standards-based metadata interface; confirm authorization with the library before
      relying on it.
    humanURL: https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/esploro/?institution=64OTAGO_INST
    baseURL: https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/view/oai/64OTAGO_INST/request
    tags: [ Repository, OAI-PMH, Research, Open Access, Metadata, Library ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/esploro/integrations/oai/
      - type: Repository
        url: https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/
  - aid: university-of-otago:tuakiri-sso
    name: Tuakiri Federated Identity (SAML 2.0 / Shibboleth)
    description: >-
      The University of Otago operates a SAML 2.0 / Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdP)
      as a member of the Tuakiri NZ Access Federation, administered by REANNZ. This
      provides browser-based single sign-on for staff and students to access federated
      services across New Zealand research and education. This is federation identity
      infrastructure rather than a self-service developer API; integration is governed
      by Tuakiri federation membership and SAML metadata, not an open API program.
    humanURL: https://www.reannz.co.nz/products-and-services/tuakiri/technical-information
    tags: [ Identity, SSO, SAML, Shibboleth, Federation, Authentication ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.tuakiri.ac.nz/
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://ask.otago.ac.nz/knowledgebase/article/KA-10002700/en-us
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.otago.ac.nz/
  - type: Repository
    url: https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-otago/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://ask.otago.ac.nz/knowledgebase/article/KA-10002700/en-us
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/university-of-otago-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-otago-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/university-of-otago-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
  - type: Blog
    url: blogs/blogs.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-otago-context.jsonld
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]