---
name: University of Waterloo
description: University of Waterloo public developer/API footprint review for APIs.json cataloging.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-waterloo/refs/heads/main/review.yml
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
reviews:
  - date: '2026-06-03'
    rating: 4
    summary: >-
      Verified a real, well-documented public developer footprint. The University
      of Waterloo Open Data API (v3) is live with Swagger documentation, a
      verified official uWaterloo GitHub organization, and a documented API-key
      sign-up flow using an X-API-KEY header against the
      https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/v3/ base URL. No endpoints were fabricated;
      data endpoints (e.g. subjects) are confirmed only from official docs. No
      separate library (Alma/Primo), IIIF, OAI-PMH, or institutional-repository API
      was confirmed in this review. LinkedIn returns HTTP 999 due to bot blocking,
      which is expected and not a dead link.
    endpoints:
      - url: https://uwaterloo.ca/api/
        status: 200
        note: Official Open Data API developer portal landing page.
      - url: https://openapi.data.uwaterloo.ca/api-docs/index.html
        status: 200
        note: Live Swagger / OpenAPI documentation for the v3 API.
      - url: https://github.com/uWaterloo
        status: 200
        note: Verified official University of Waterloo GitHub organization.
      - url: https://github.com/uWaterloo/api-documentation
        status: 200
        note: API documentation repo (archived) under the official org.
      - url: https://uwaterloo.ca/
        status: 200
        note: Official institutional website.
      - url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-waterloo/
        status: 999
        note: Official LinkedIn school page; 999 is LinkedIn bot blocking, page exists.