# CAP / Stanford Profiles API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/stanford/cap-profiles/  
**Provider:** Stanford University — https://apis.io/providers/stanford/  
**Base URL:** https://cap.stanford.edu/cap-api  
**Documentation:** https://profiles.sites.stanford.edu/developers

CAP / Stanford Profiles API is one of 15 APIs that [Stanford University](https://apis.io/providers/stanford/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Academic Profiles, Directory, Identity, and Research. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://profiles-info.stanford.edu/
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/SU-SWS/cap-api

## Other Stanford University APIs (12)

- [Stanford Libraries PURL API](https://apis.io/apis/stanford/library-purl/)
- [Stanford Libraries IIIF API](https://apis.io/apis/stanford/library-iiif/)
- [Stanford Libraries Library Hours API](https://apis.io/apis/stanford/library-hours/)
- [Stanford Libraries Digital Stacks API](https://apis.io/apis/stanford/library-digital-stacks/)
- [Stanford Libraries Embed API](https://apis.io/apis/stanford/library-embed/)
- [SDR API](https://apis.io/apis/stanford/sdr-api/)
- [DOR Services API](https://apis.io/apis/stanford/dor-services-api/)
- [Preservation Catalog HTTP API](https://apis.io/apis/stanford/preservation-catalog-api/)
- [Technical Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/stanford/technical-metadata-api/)
- [SURI API](https://apis.io/apis/stanford/suri-api/)
- [ExploreCourses course-data XML query interface](https://apis.io/apis/stanford/explorecourses/)
- [Stanford Identity Provider — SAML 2.0 metadata](https://apis.io/apis/stanford/idp-saml/)

## Tags

Academic Profiles, Directory, Identity, Research

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