---
name: Michigan State University
description: Michigan State University public developer/API footprint review for APIs.json cataloging.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/michigan-state-university/refs/heads/main/review.yml
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
reviews:
  - date: '2026-06-03'
    rating: 3
    summary: >-
      MSU has no single consolidated public developer portal, but several real public
      machine interfaces were verified live: the MSU Libraries VuFind catalog REST API
      (OpenAPI 3.0.3, VuFind v11.0.4) returned a valid OpenAPI document, and OAI-PMH 2.0
      Identify responses were confirmed for both the catalog repository and the MSU
      Libraries Digital Repository. MSU's Shibboleth/SAML Identity Provider responds and the
      university documents OAuth 2.0 support, but it is gated to registered institutional
      integrations. The d.lib /api path requires authentication (401) and no IIIF root was
      found (404). No data.msu.edu open-data API, no api.msu.edu/developer.msu.edu host, and
      no public status page resolved. No endpoints were fabricated; every URL below was
      probed directly.
    endpoints:
      - url: https://catalog.lib.msu.edu/api/v1
        status: 200
        note: VuFind REST API Swagger UI; OpenAPI 3.0.3 spec served at /api/v1/?swagger.
      - url: https://catalog.lib.msu.edu/OAI/Server?verb=Identify
        status: 200
        note: OAI-PMH 2.0; repository "Michigan State University Libraries Catalog".
      - url: https://d.lib.msu.edu/oai?verb=Identify
        status: 200
        note: OAI-PMH 2.0; repository "MSU Libraries Digital Repository".
      - url: https://d.lib.msu.edu/api
        status: 401
        note: Digital repository API path exists but requires authentication.
      - url: https://d.lib.msu.edu/iiif
        status: 404
        note: No IIIF root found at this path.
      - url: https://idp.idm.msu.edu/idp/shibboleth
        status: 200
        note: Shibboleth/SAML Identity Provider metadata endpoint responds.
      - url: https://tech.msu.edu/network/authentication-authorization/
        status: 200
        note: MSU IT docs for Shibboleth, SAML, and OAuth 2.0 authentication.
      - url: https://github.com/Michigan-State-University
        status: 200
        note: Official MSU GitHub organization.
      - url: https://github.com/MSU-Libraries
        status: 200
        note: MSU Libraries GitHub org (VuFind catalog, OAI_Repo, Sandhill).
      - url: https://scholars.msu.edu/
        status: 200
        note: Research profiles run on Symplectic Elements; no confirmed open public API.
      - url: https://www.msu.edu
        status: 200
        note: Official university website.
      - url: https://status.msu.edu
        status: 0
        note: Did not resolve; no public status page found.
      - url: https://api.msu.edu
        status: 0
        note: Did not resolve; no central API gateway host.
      - url: https://developer.msu.edu
        status: 0
        note: Did not resolve; no central developer portal host.