# Stanford Libraries PURL API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/stanford/library-purl/  
**Provider:** Stanford University — https://apis.io/providers/stanford/  
**Base URL:** https://purl.stanford.edu  
**Documentation:** https://api.library.stanford.edu/docs/purl/api/

Stanford Libraries PURL 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 Library, Persistent Identifiers, Metadata, and Digital Repository. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Persistent URLs into the Stanford Digital Repository. GET /{druid} returns HTML, /{druid}.xml returns the cocina publicObject document, /{druid}.mods returns MODS 3.7. Open, no credential. Verified live 2026-08-19.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://api.library.stanford.edu/docs/purl/api/
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stanford/refs/heads/main/examples/stanford-purl-publicobject-example.xml
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stanford/refs/heads/main/examples/stanford-purl-mods-example.xml
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stanford/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Stanford University APIs (12)

- [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/)
- [Stanford AI API Gateway](https://apis.io/apis/stanford/ai-api-gateway/)

## Tags

Library, Persistent Identifiers, Metadata, Digital Repository

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