Stanford University

aid: stanford
name: Stanford University
description: 'Stanford University is a private research university in Stanford, California (QS World 2025 #6) with a substantial,
  multi-pronged developer footprint. University IT (UIT) runs a developer hub at uit.stanford.edu/developers exposing certificate-secured
  MaIS Registry REST APIs (Account, Person, Student, CourseClass, Privilege, Workgroup) plus an AI API Gateway. Stanford Libraries
  (DLSS) publishes a public API documentation site at api.library.stanford.edu (IIIF, PURL, Embed, Digital Stacks, Library
  Hours) backing the Stanford Digital Repository, and the Registrar''s ExploreCourses offers a course-data XML query interface.'
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stanford/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Education
- Higher Education
- University
- Research
- Library
- Digital Repository
- IIIF
- Courses
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: stanford:library-iiif
  name: Stanford Libraries IIIF API
  description: IIIF Presentation (v2 stable, v3 alpha) and Image v2 APIs for digital image interoperability across the Stanford
    Digital Repository. Presentation manifests served from purl.stanford.edu; image tiles from stacks.stanford.edu. Public
    and open.
  humanURL: https://api.library.stanford.edu/docs/iiif/api/
  baseURL: https://purl.stanford.edu
  tags:
  - Library
  - IIIF
  - Digital Repository
  - Images
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.library.stanford.edu/docs/iiif/api/
- aid: stanford:library-purl
  name: Stanford Libraries PURL API
  description: Persistent URLs to Stanford Digital Repository (SDR) content. GET /{id} returns HTML; /{id}.xml returns public
    XML metadata; /{id}.mods returns MODS XML. Public and open.
  humanURL: https://api.library.stanford.edu/docs/purl/api/
  baseURL: https://purl.stanford.edu
  tags:
  - Library
  - Persistent Identifiers
  - Metadata
  - Digital Repository
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.library.stanford.edu/docs/purl/api/
- aid: stanford:library-hours
  name: Stanford Libraries Library Hours API
  description: Public API returning operating hours for Stanford library locations.
  humanURL: https://api.library.stanford.edu/docs/library-hours/api/
  baseURL: https://api.library.stanford.edu
  tags:
  - Library
  - Hours
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.library.stanford.edu/docs/library-hours/api/
- aid: stanford:explorecourses
  name: ExploreCourses Course Data API
  description: Programmatic XML query of the Registrar's course catalog (13,000+ courses) via explorecourses.stanford.edu/search?view=xml-20140630.
    Community Python and R client libraries exist; no formal public reference docs (Registrar's Office is the official contact).
  humanURL: https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/about
  baseURL: https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/search
  tags:
  - Courses
  - Course Catalog
  - XML
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/about
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/jeremyephron/explore-courses-api
- aid: stanford:cap-profiles
  name: CAP / Stanford Profiles API
  description: API over the Community Academic Profiles directory (18,000+ faculty, students, postdocs, and staff profiles).
    Interactive console available; access requires credentials issued via HelpSU.
  humanURL: https://profiles.sites.stanford.edu/developers
  baseURL: https://cap.stanford.edu/cap-api
  tags:
  - Academic Profiles
  - Directory
  - Identity
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://profiles-info.stanford.edu/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/SU-SWS/cap-api
- aid: stanford:mais-registry
  name: MaIS Registry APIs
  description: 'University IT MaIS Registry REST APIs — Account, Person, Student, CourseClass, Privilege, and Workgroup —
    documented publicly but gated: access requires an x509 client certificate signed by the MaIS team. No public base URLs
    or sandbox.'
  humanURL: https://uit.stanford.edu/developers/apis
  tags:
  - Identity
  - Students
  - Registry
  - Administrative
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://uit.stanford.edu/developers/apis
  - type: Signup
    url: https://uit.stanford.edu/developers
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.stanford.edu/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://uit.stanford.edu/developers
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://api.library.stanford.edu/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/sul-dlss
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/SU-SWS
- type: Authentication
  url: https://login.stanford.edu/
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/Stanford
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/school/stanford-university/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/stanford-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/stanford-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/stanford-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com