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University of Hong Kong Discovery API

Metadata documents that describe the identity service.

University of Hong Kong Discovery API is one of 8 APIs that University of Hong Kong publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Discovery. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, authentication docs, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2026-08-19.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://adfs.hku.hk.

3 operations 3 paths 2 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2026-08-19
Base URL
https://hkafidp.hku.hk/idp/shibboleth
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, OAuth 2.0
License
Not stated
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

University of Hong Kong Discovery API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode, clientCredentials and deviceCode flows, exposing 9 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Access token issued by https://adfs.hku.hk/adfs, signed RS256.
  • oauth2 — Flows transcribed from the HKU AD FS discovery document.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Discovery 3

Metadata documents that describe the identity service.

GET
/adfs/.well-known/openid-configuration
OpenID Connect discovery document
getOpenIdConfiguration → 200
GET
/adfs/discovery/keys
JSON Web Key Set
getJwks → 200
GET
/FederationMetadata/2007-06/FederationMetadata.xml
WS-Federation / SAML 2.0 federation metadata
getFederationMetadata → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are OpenIdConfiguration (26 properties), JsonWebKeySet (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

OpenIdConfiguration
object
OpenID Provider metadata as served by HKU AD FS.
26 properties 4 required
JsonWebKeySet
object
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

hku-discovery-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs University of Hong Kong publishes across the network.

HKU Shibboleth Identity Provider
HKU ITS API Developer Portal and Gateway
HKU Scholars Hub OAI-PMH
HKU DataHub (Figshare tenancy)
HKU Libraries Discovery (Ex Libris Primo tenancy)
HKU Microsoft Entra ID Tenant
University of Hong Kong O Auth API
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