Stanford University

Stanford Libraries IIIF API

IIIF Presentation (v2.1 stable, v3 alpha) and Image v2 APIs over the Stanford Digital Repository. Manifests served from purl.stanford.edu, image tiles from stacks.stanford.edu. Open, no credential. Manifest verified live 2026-08-19.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://api.library.stanford.edu/docs/iiif/api/

Other Resources

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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stanford/refs/heads/main/examples/stanford-iiif-manifest-example.json

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: stanford:library-iiif
name: Stanford Libraries IIIF API
x-operator: institution
description: IIIF Presentation (v2.1 stable, v3 alpha) and Image v2 APIs over the Stanford Digital Repository.
  Manifests served from purl.stanford.edu, image tiles from stacks.stanford.edu. Open, no credential.
  Manifest verified live 2026-08-19.
humanURL: https://api.library.stanford.edu/docs/iiif/api/
baseURL: https://purl.stanford.edu
tags:
- Library
- IIIF
- Digital Repository
- Image
tags_raw:
- Library
- IIIF
- Digital Repository
- Images
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.library.stanford.edu/docs/iiif/api/
- type: Examples
  url: examples/stanford-iiif-manifest-example.json