---
name: University of Antwerp
description: University of Antwerp public developer/API footprint review for APIs.json cataloging.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-antwerp/refs/heads/main/review.yml
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
reviews:
  - date: '2026-06-03'
    rating: 2
    summary: >-
      The University of Antwerp has a modest but real public API/open-infrastructure
      footprint anchored in its library systems. Verified live: the IRUA OAI-PMH 2.0
      endpoint returns valid OAI-PMH XML (canonical baseURL
      https://repository.uantwerpen.be/oai/abua/; the legacy http://anet.be/oai/abua/
      path 301-redirects to it). The anet-be GitHub organization exists with 17 public
      repositories and maintains the open-source Brocade library system. No general
      public, self-service, commercially documented developer portal or REST API was
      found; student-information, course/timetable, and identity (SSO) systems are
      gated behind institutional affiliation. No endpoints were fabricated; every URL
      below was probed. LinkedIn returns HTTP 999 (anti-bot) but the school page resolves
      in-browser.
    endpoints:
      - url: https://repository.uantwerpen.be/oai/abua/?verb=Identify
        status: 200
        note: Live OAI-PMH Identify; repositoryName "Institutional Repository University of Antwerp (IRUA)".
      - url: http://anet.be/oai/abua/server.phtml?verb=Identify
        status: 200
        note: Legacy OAI path; 301-redirects to HTTPS and resolves to the IRUA OAI baseURL.
      - url: https://github.com/anet-be
        status: 200
        note: Anet GitHub org (University of Antwerp library software dept), 17 public repos.
      - url: https://www.uantwerpen.be/nl/projecten/anet/brocade/
        status: 200
        note: Brocade library system documentation page.
      - url: https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/
        status: 200
        note: Official institutional website (English).
      - url: https://x.com/uantwerpen
        status: 200
        note: Official @UAntwerpen X/Twitter account.
      - url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-antwerp/
        status: 999
        note: LinkedIn anti-bot status code; school page resolves in a normal browser.
      - url: https://www.uantwerpen.be/nl/projecten/anet/open-data/
        status: 0
        note: Open-data overview path returned 404 on fetch; no public REST API confirmed from it.