# ExploreCourses course-data XML query interface

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/stanford/explorecourses/  
**Provider:** Stanford University — https://apis.io/providers/stanford/  
**Base URL:** https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/search  
**Documentation:** https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/about

ExploreCourses course-data XML query interface 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 Course Catalog, Registrar, and Open Data.

The Registrar's course catalog, queryable as XML by appending view=xml-20140630 to a search. Open, no credential, and the largest genuinely public dataset Stanford serves — a single department query returned 17MB in August 2026. No formal reference is published; the query form is community-documented. The response itself carries <deprecated>true</deprecated> and <latestVersion>20200810</latestVersion>.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **About** — https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/about
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stanford/refs/heads/main/examples/stanford-explorecourses-example.xml

## 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/)
- [Stanford Identity Provider — SAML 2.0 metadata](https://apis.io/apis/stanford/idp-saml/)
- [Stanford AI API Gateway](https://apis.io/apis/stanford/ai-api-gateway/)

## Tags

Course Catalog, Registrar, Open Data

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