# DAMS API — UC Davis Library Digital Collections

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/uc-davis/dams/  
**Provider:** University of California, Davis — https://apis.io/providers/uc-davis/  
**Base URL:** https://digital.ucdavis.edu  
**Documentation:** https://digital.ucdavis.edu/

DAMS API — UC Davis Library Digital Collections is one of 18 APIs that [University of California, Davis](https://apis.io/providers/uc-davis/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Digital Collections, Library, Repository, and Open-Source. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, an API reference, and API documentation.

The Digital Asset Management System API behind digital.ucdavis.edu, built on 'fin', the UC Davis Library's own open-source repository framework (github.com/ucd-library/fin). OpenAPI 3.0.0, MIT licensed, contact UC Davis Library Online Strategy, four documented paths over collections and items. Verified live on 2026-08-19, but honestly: it is only partly usable anonymously — /api/collection returns HTTP 200 carrying an Elasticsearch parse error and a Node.js stack trace, and item lookups return HTTP 200 with a body of null on a miss. Recorded with those defects rather than presented as clean.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/uc-davis/refs/heads/main/openapi/uc-davis-dams-api-openapi.yml
- **x-openapi-original** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/uc-davis/refs/heads/main/openapi/_original/uc-davis-dams.json
- **APIReference** — https://digital.ucdavis.edu/api/
- **Documentation** — https://library.ucdavis.edu/online-strategy/
- **x-source-repository** — https://github.com/ucd-library/fin

## Other University of California, Davis APIs (12)

- [Aggie Experts API](https://apis.io/apis/uc-davis/aggie-experts/)
- [UC Davis Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 / InCommon)](https://apis.io/apis/uc-davis/shibboleth-idp/)
- [UC Davis Health FHIR R4 endpoint](https://apis.io/apis/uc-davis/health-fhir-r4/)
- [IET Middleware Web Service APIs](https://apis.io/apis/uc-davis/iet-middleware/)
- [UC Davis Health Systems Integration APIs](https://apis.io/apis/uc-davis/health-integration/)
- [CAES ACE API](https://apis.io/apis/uc-davis/ace/)
- [PEAKS (CAES) — Access API](https://apis.io/apis/uc-davis/uc-davis-access-api/)
- [PEAKS (CAES) — Documents API](https://apis.io/apis/uc-davis/uc-davis-documents-api/)
- [PEAKS (CAES) — Equipment API](https://apis.io/apis/uc-davis/uc-davis-equipment-api/)
- [PEAKS (CAES) — Keys API](https://apis.io/apis/uc-davis/uc-davis-keys-api/)
- [PEAKS (CAES) — KeySerials API](https://apis.io/apis/uc-davis/uc-davis-keyserials-api/)
- [PEAKS (CAES) — People API](https://apis.io/apis/uc-davis/uc-davis-people-api/)

## Tags

Digital Collections, Library, Repository, Open-Source

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