# University of Chicago Library Catalog API (VuFind)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/vufind-catalog-api/  
**Provider:** University of Chicago — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-chicago/  
**Base URL:** https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/api/v1  
**Documentation:** https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/

University of Chicago Library Catalog API (VuFind) 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 Library Catalog, VuFind, Discovery, and Gated.

The Library's discovery layer is VuFind, self-hosted at catalog.lib.uchicago.edu and forked in the institution's own GitHub organization (uchicago-library/vufind). VuFind ships a REST search API at /vufind/api/v1; on this deployment it is present but switched off — a search request returns HTTP 403 with {"status":"ERROR","statusMessage":"Permission denied"}. Recorded because the surface is real, institution-operated, and deliberately gated rather than absent; it is NOT counted as a consumable API.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **LibraryCatalog** — https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/uchicago-library/vufind

## Other University of Chicago APIs (12)

- [University of Chicago Shibboleth Identity Provider — InCommon SAML Metadata](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/shibboleth-idp-metadata/)
- [Knowledge@UChicago Repository REST API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/knowledge-invenio-rest/)
- [Knowledge@UChicago OAI-PMH Endpoint](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/knowledge-oai-pmh/)
- [OCHRE Data Service API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/ochre-data-service/)
- [University of Chicago Library IIIF Presentation API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/library-iiif-presentation/)
- [University of Chicago Library IIIF Image API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/library-iiif-image/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 Fence — admin/user API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-admin-user-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 indexd — alias API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-alias-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 indexd — bulk API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-bulk-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 indexd — bundle API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-bundle-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 Peregrine — core metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-core-metadata-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 Fence — credentials/api API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-credentials-api-api/)

## Tags

Library Catalog, VuFind, Discovery, Gated

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