aid: mit
name: MIT
description: >-
  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) operates an internal
  developer portal that exposes APIs for the institution's information
  systems. The MIT developer environment publishes APIs such as the Roles API
  for managing institutional roles and authorizations. Access to the
  developer portal and most APIs requires MIT authentication via Shibboleth /
  Touchstone single sign-on, making the catalog primarily available to
  community members, partners, and authorized integrators rather than to the
  general public.
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/mit/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - Identity
  - Research
  - Roles
  - University
created: '2025-02-08'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: mit:roles
    name: MIT Roles API
    description: >-
      The MIT Roles API provides programmatic access to institutional role and
      authorization data, enabling MIT applications and authorized integrators
      to query, manage, and synchronize roles assigned to people and groups
      across MIT systems. The Roles API is published through MIT's developer
      portal and is gated behind MIT Touchstone / Shibboleth authentication.
    humanURL: https://developers-dev.mit.edu/
    tags:
      - Authorization
      - Identity
      - Roles
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers-dev.mit.edu/
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://developers-dev.mit.edu/
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.mit.edu/
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developers.mit.edu/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://ist.mit.edu/touchstone
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com