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Stanford Library Hours Example

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Stanford Library Hours Example is an example object payload from Stanford University, with 7 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

x-generatedx-methodx-operatorx-sourcex-probedx-notedata

Example Payload

{
  "x-generated": "2026-08-19",
  "x-method": "probed",
  "x-operator": "institution",
  "x-source": "https://library-hours.stanford.edu/libraries.json",
  "x-probed": {
    "url": "https://library-hours.stanford.edu/libraries.json",
    "status": 200,
    "content_type": "application/json"
  },
  "x-note": "Live capture, truncated to the first library and three hour records. Stanford Libraries' Library Hours API answers in JSON:API shape (data[].type/id/attributes).",
  "data": [
    {
      "type": "libraries",
      "id": "green",
      "attributes": {
        "name": "Cecil H. Green Library",
        "primary_location": "green/library-circulation",
        "hours": [
          {
            "day": "2026-08-16",
            "weekday": "Sunday",
            "opens_at": "2026-08-16T12:00:00.000-07:00",
            "closes_at": "2026-08-16T21:00:00.000-07:00",
            "closed": false
          },
          {
            "day": "2026-08-17",
            "weekday": "Monday",
            "opens_at": "2026-08-17T08:00:00.000-07:00",
            "closes_at": "2026-08-17T21:00:00.000-07:00",
            "closed": false
          },
          {
            "day": "2026-08-18",
            "weekday": "Tuesday",
            "opens_at": "2026-08-18T08:00:00.000-07:00",
            "closes_at": "2026-08-18T21:00:00.000-07:00",
            "closed": false
          }
        ]
      },
      "relationships": {
        "locations": {
          "data": [
            {
              "type": "locations",
              "id": "green/library-circulation"
            },
            {
              "type": "locations",
              "id": "green/all-night"
            },
            {
              "type": "locations",
              "id": "green/media-microtext-center"
            },
            {
              "type": "locations",
              "id": "green/reference"
            },
            {
              "type": "locations",
              "id": "green/evening-reference"
            }
          ],
          "links": {
            "related": "https://library-hours.stanford.edu/libraries/green/locations"
          }
        }
      },
      "links": {
        "self": "https://library-hours.stanford.edu/libraries/green"
      }
    }
  ]
}