# University of Oxford IIIF API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-oxford/university-of-oxford-iiif-api/  
**Provider:** University of Oxford — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-oxford/  
**Base URL:** https://ora.ox.ac.uk/oai2  
**Documentation:** https://ora.ox.ac.uk/api

University of Oxford 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 3 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include IIIF. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 3 JSON Schemas.

IIIF Image, Presentation and Change Discovery endpoints.

## Operations (7)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/` | IIIF service description |
| GET | `/iiif/collection/{collectionId}` | Retrieve a IIIF Presentation collection |
| GET | `/iiif/manifest/{objectId}.json` | Retrieve a IIIF Presentation manifest |
| GET | `/iiif/image/{imageId}/info.json` | IIIF Image API information document |
| GET | `/iiif/image/{imageId}/{region}/{size}/{rotation}/{quality}.{format}` | IIIF Image API request |
| GET | `/iiif/activity/all-changes` | IIIF Change Discovery activity stream |
| GET | `/iiif/activity/page-{page}` | One page of the change activity stream |

## Machine-readable artifacts (11)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-oxford/refs/heads/main/openapi/university-of-oxford-iiif-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://ora.ox.ac.uk/api
- **TermsOfService** — https://ora.ox.ac.uk/terms_of_use
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-oxford/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-oxford-ora-search-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-oxford/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-oxford-ora-object-schema.json
- **Website** — https://ora.ox.ac.uk/
- **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/
- **Website** — https://ota.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repository/xmlui/

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## Tags

IIIF

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