Stanford University

CAP / Stanford Profiles API

API over the Community Academic Profiles directory (18,000+ faculty, students, postdocs and staff). The interactive console at cap.stanford.edu/cap-api/console redirects to authentication; credentials are issued via HelpSU. Institution-operated — CAP is Stanford's own application, source at github.com/SU-SWS/cap-api, not a Symplectic or Pure tenancy.

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Documentation
https://profiles-info.stanford.edu/

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SourceCode
https://github.com/SU-SWS/cap-api

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: stanford:cap-profiles
name: CAP / Stanford Profiles API
x-operator: institution
description: API over the Community Academic Profiles directory (18,000+ faculty, students, postdocs and
  staff). The interactive console at cap.stanford.edu/cap-api/console redirects to authentication; credentials
  are issued via HelpSU. Institution-operated — CAP is Stanford's own application, source at github.com/SU-SWS/cap-api,
  not a Symplectic or Pure tenancy.
humanURL: https://profiles.sites.stanford.edu/developers
baseURL: https://cap.stanford.edu/cap-api
tags:
- Academic Profiles
- Directory
- Identity
- Research
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://profiles-info.stanford.edu/
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/SU-SWS/cap-api