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name: University of Lausanne
description: University of Lausanne public developer/API footprint review for APIs.json cataloging.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-lausanne/refs/heads/main/review.yml
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
reviews:
  - date: '2026-06-03'
    rating: 2
    summary: >-
      Verified two public, documented research APIs live: the SPICA atlas JSON
      API (projects.json returns real data) and the IRIS DSpace REST API
      (version 1.3.8, anonymous read on public content). No public open-data
      portal, OAI-PMH endpoint, or general developer portal was found; the
      institutional/student APIs sit behind the my.unil.ch auth gateway and a
      Kong gateway with no public documentation. The github.com/unil org is
      unrelated; openscienceunil is the relevant org but hosts coursework, not
      API specs. No endpoints were fabricated.
    endpoints:
      - url: https://spica.unil.ch/home/api
        status: 200
        note: SPICA API documentation page, live.
      - url: https://spica.unil.ch/projects.json
        status: 200
        note: Returns real project JSON array.
      - url: https://api.unil.ch/iris/server/api
        status: 200
        note: DSpace REST root, version 1.3.8, dspaceName IRIS.
      - url: https://api.unil.ch/iris/server/api/core/items
        status: 401
        note: Items endpoint requires authentication.
      - url: https://api.unil.ch/iris/oai/request?verb=Identify
        status: 404
        note: No OAI-PMH at this path; not exposed.
      - url: https://iris.unil.ch
        status: 200
        note: IRIS repository UI.
      - url: https://my.unil.ch/
        status: 200
        note: Authenticated portal gateway, no public API docs.
      - url: https://github.com/openscienceunil
        status: 200
        note: UNIL Open Science org (coursework repos), no APIs.json specs.
      - url: https://www.unil.ch
        status: 200
        note: Official institutional website.