# Digital Bodleian IIIF API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-oxford/bodleian-iiif/  
**Provider:** University of Oxford — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-oxford/  
**Base URL:** https://iiif.bodleian.ox.ac.uk  
**Documentation:** https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/faq/

Digital Bodleian IIIF API is one of 10 APIs that [University of Oxford](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-oxford/) 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 IIIF, Digital Collections, Library, Image, and Change Discovery. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 1 JSON Schema.

The strongest institution-operated API surface Oxford runs, and the one entirely absent from this profile before 2026-08-19. Three conformant IIIF specifications on Oxford's own infrastructure: Image API 2.1 at level 2 (jpg/png/tif/webp/avif, four qualities, nine supported features, maxWidth and maxHeight 4000, plus a physical-dimensions annex service), Presentation API 2.1 manifests for every Digital Bodleian object with per-object rights that vary by holding college, and Change Discovery API 1.0 — an OrderedCollection activity stream of 21,843 items across 219 pages that gives harvesters a real incremental sync path. The service root is itself machine-readable and lists its own collections and streams.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-oxford/refs/heads/main/openapi/university-of-oxford-bodleian-iiif-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-oxford/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-oxford-bodleian-iiif-image-info-schema.json
- **Documentation** — https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/faq/
- **TermsOfService** — https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/terms/
- **Website** — https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/

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## Tags

IIIF, Digital Collections, Library, Image, Change Discovery

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