# University of Chicago Library IIIF Image API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/library-iiif-image/  
**Provider:** University of Chicago — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-chicago/  
**Base URL:** https://iiif-server.lib.uchicago.edu/  
**Documentation:** https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/

University of Chicago Library IIIF Image API is one of 44 APIs that [University of Chicago](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-chicago/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include IIIF, Image API, Loris, Library, and Digital Collections. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an API reference.

IIIF Image API Level 2 service for the University of Chicago Library, running Loris. The service root self-identifies: "This is Loris, an image server that implements the IIIF Image API Level 2." Verified live 2026-08-19, HTTP 200, text/plain. The related delivery host iiif-image.lib.uchicago.edu returns HTTP 403 to a browser user-agent — blocked to us, live to the Library's own viewers.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **APIReference** — https://iiif-server.lib.uchicago.edu/
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/uchicago-library

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## Tags

IIIF, Image API, Loris, Library, Digital Collections

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