# University of York Digital Collections IIIF APIs

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-york/digital-collections-iiif/  
**Provider:** University of York — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-york/  
**Base URL:** https://discover.york.ac.uk  
**Documentation:** https://discover.york.ac.uk/collections/

University of York Digital Collections IIIF APIs is one of 8 APIs that [University of York](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-york/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include IIIF, Digital Collections, Image, Cultural Heritage, and Archives. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

The University of York serves its digitised material through two IIIF specifications on its own host: IIIF Image API 3.0 at compliance level 2 (the served info.json declares "profile": "level2", "type": "ImageService3" and its own extraFeatures, extraFormats and extraQualities), and IIIF Presentation API 3.0 manifests and canvases. Identifiers are ARKs under the University's Name Assigning Authority Number 36941. Keyless and CORS open. The IIIF Collection endpoint is not deployed, so there is no machine-readable entry point that enumerates the collections — a harvester has to start from the search API.

## Operations (4)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/iiif/3/ark:/{naan}/{collectionId}/objects/{objectId}/info.json` | IIIF Image API 3.0 image information |
| GET | `/iiif/3/ark:/{naan}/{collectionId}/objects/{objectId}/{region}/{size}/{rotation}/{quality}.{format}` | IIIF Image API 3.0 image request |
| GET | `/ark:/{naan}/{objectId}/presentation/3/manifest` | IIIF Presentation API 3.0 Manifest |
| GET | `/ark:/{naan}/{objectId}/presentation/3/canvas/{canvasId}` | IIIF Presentation API 3.0 Canvas |

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-york/refs/heads/main/openapi/university-of-york-digital-collections-iiif-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://discover.york.ac.uk/about/
- **x-json-schema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-york/refs/heads/main/json-schema/university-of-york-iiif-image-info-schema.json
- **x-example** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-york/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-york-iiif-image-info-example.json
- **x-example** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-york/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-york-iiif-presentation-manifest-example.json
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-york/refs/heads/main/conformance/university-of-york-conformance.yml
- **x-errors** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-york/refs/heads/main/errors/university-of-york-errors.yml

## Other University of York APIs (7)

- [University of York Digital Collections Search API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-york/digital-collections-search/)
- [University of York Research Portal OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-york/research-portal-oai-pmh/)
- [University of York Shibboleth Identity Provider](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-york/shibboleth-idp/)
- [Elsevier Pure Web Services (University of York tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-york/pure-web-services/)
- [YorSearch Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo / Alma)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-york/yorsearch-primo/)
- [White Rose Research Online OAI-PMH (consortium)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-york/wrro-oai/)
- [White Rose eTheses Online OAI-PMH (consortium)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-york/wreo-oai/)

## Tags

IIIF, Digital Collections, Image, Cultural Heritage, Archives, JSON-LD

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