# Digital Public Library of America Items API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/dpla/dpla-items-api/  
**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

Digital Public Library of America Items API 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, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Item. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, and a GitHub repository.

Search and retrieve cultural heritage item metadata records

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dpla/refs/heads/main/openapi/dpla-items-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://pro.dp.la/developers/api-codex
- **GettingStarted** — https://pro.dp.la/developers/api-codex
- **Authentication** — https://pro.dp.la/developers/api-codex
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/dpla/api

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

- [DPLA API Key Registration](https://apis.io/apis/dpla/api-key-registration/)
- [Digital Public Library of America Authentication API](https://apis.io/apis/dpla/dpla-authentication-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

Item

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