# DPLA API Key Registration

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/dpla/api-key-registration/  
**Provider:** Digital Public Library of America — https://apis.io/providers/dpla/  
**Base URL:** https://api.dp.la/v2  
**Documentation:** https://pro.dp.la/developers/api-codex

DPLA API Key Registration is one of 5 APIs that [Digital Public Library of America](https://apis.io/providers/dpla/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Authentication, APIKeys, and Registration. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Self-service API key registration endpoint that issues free access keys via email. Developers submit their email address via HTTP POST and receive an API key by email. The key is then passed as the api_key query parameter or Authorization header on all subsequent Items API requests.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://pro.dp.la/developers/api-codex
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dpla/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Digital Public Library of America APIs (4)

- [Digital Public Library of America Authentication API](https://apis.io/apis/dpla/dpla-authentication-api/)
- [Digital Public Library of America Items API](https://apis.io/apis/dpla/dpla-items-api/)
- [Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets API](https://apis.io/apis/dpla/dpla-primary-source-sets-api/)
- [Digital Public Library of America Utilities API](https://apis.io/apis/dpla/dpla-utilities-api/)

## Tags

Authentication, APIKeys, Registration

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/dpla/api-key-registration/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/dpla/.