# Preservation Catalog HTTP API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/stanford/preservation-catalog-api/  
**Provider:** Stanford University — https://apis.io/providers/stanford/  
**Documentation:** https://github.com/sul-dlss/preservation_catalog

Preservation Catalog HTTP API is one of 15 APIs that [Stanford University](https://apis.io/providers/stanford/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Digital Repository, Preservation, and Research Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 1 JSON Schema.

Tracks the preservation state of Stanford Digital Repository objects (moab layout). First-party OpenAPI 3.0.0, Apache 2.0, 7 paths, 8 operations, bearer auth. Servers are preservation-catalog-{env}-01.stanford.edu, which do not resolve in public DNS.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stanford/refs/heads/main/openapi/stanford-preservation-catalog-api-openapi.yml
- **OpenAPIOriginal** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stanford/refs/heads/main/openapi/_original/stanford-preservation-catalog-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stanford/refs/heads/main/json-schema/stanford-preservation-catalog-api-schemas.json
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/sul-dlss/preservation_catalog

## 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/)
- [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

Digital Repository, Preservation, Research Data

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