---
aid: university-of-barcelona
name: University of Barcelona
description: >-
  The University of Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona, UB) is a public
  research university founded in 1450 and based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
  It is ranked #165 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Its publicly
  documented developer/API footprint is limited and primarily centered on
  library and scholarly infrastructure: the Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de
  Barcelona runs DSpace 7.6.6, exposing a public REST API and an OAI-PMH
  metadata-harvesting endpoint. The university also operates centralized
  single sign-on (SSO) supporting SAML 2.0 / CAS, and publishes institutional
  open data through its transparency portal. No central, branded public
  developer portal or official organization-wide GitHub account was confirmed.
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-barcelona/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Education
  - Higher Education
  - University
  - Spain
  - Catalonia
  - Open Data
  - Library
  - Scholarly
  - Repository
  - DSpace
  - OAI-PMH
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: university-of-barcelona:diposit-rest
    name: Dipòsit Digital REST API (DSpace 7)
    description: >-
      Public DSpace 7.6.6 REST API for the Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de
      Barcelona, the institutional repository of teaching, research and
      institutional output. The API root advertises HAL links for items,
      collections, communities, bitstreams and authentication. Confirmed live
      (HTTP 200) returning DSpace version metadata.
    humanURL: https://diposit.ub.edu/
    baseURL: https://diposit.ub.edu/server/api
    tags: [ Repository, DSpace, Scholarly, Library, REST ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://diposit.ub.edu/server/api
  - aid: university-of-barcelona:diposit-oai
    name: Dipòsit Digital OAI-PMH
    description: >-
      OAI-PMH metadata-harvesting endpoint for the Dipòsit Digital de la
      Universitat de Barcelona. The Identify verb returns the repository name
      and OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata. Used for harvesting into aggregators and the
      library Alma/Primo discovery layer. Confirmed live (HTTP 200).
    humanURL: https://diposit.ub.edu/
    baseURL: https://diposit.ub.edu/server/oai/request
    tags: [ Repository, OAI-PMH, Scholarly, Library, Metadata ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://diposit.ub.edu/server/oai/request?verb=Identify
  - aid: university-of-barcelona:sso-saml
    name: UB Centralized SSO (SAML 2.0 / CAS)
    description: >-
      Universitat de Barcelona centralized single sign-on (Identificació UB)
      providing federated authentication for university web applications.
      Supports SAML 2.0 and CAS protocols. The SAML2 SSO service endpoint is
      confirmed live (HTTP 200). Integration is restricted to registered
      institutional applications; not a public open API.
    humanURL: https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/iub/detallservei/-/recurs/1051544/autenticacio-centralitzada-sso-
    tags: [ Authentication, SSO, SAML, Identity, CAS ]
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.ub.edu/portal/web/iub/detallservei/-/recurs/1051544/autenticacio-centralitzada-sso-
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.ub.edu/
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-barcelona/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://sso.ub.edu/SAML2/SSOService.php
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/university-of-barcelona-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/university-of-barcelona-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/university-of-barcelona-finops.yml
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
  - type: Blog
    url: blogs/blogs.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/university-of-barcelona-context.jsonld
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com