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Stanford University

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.

Stanford University publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Education, Higher Education, University, Research, and Library.

The Stanford University catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

Stanford University’s developer surface includes GitHub presence, authentication, and 13 more developer resources.

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24.4/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 12/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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5 APIs
EducationHigher EducationUniversityResearchLibraryDigital RepositoryIIIFCourses

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 24.4/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 3.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.4 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 12/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Stanford Libraries IIIF API

IIIF Presentation (v2 stable, v3 alpha) and Image v2 APIs for digital image interoperability across the Stanford Digital Repository. Presentation manifests served from purl.stan...

Stanford Libraries PURL API

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.

Stanford Libraries Library Hours API

Public API returning operating hours for Stanford library locations.

CAP / Stanford Profiles API

API over the Community Academic Profiles directory (18,000+ faculty, students, postdocs, and staff profiles). Interactive console available; access requires credentials issued v...

MaIS Registry APIs

University IT MaIS Registry REST APIs — Account, Person, Student, CourseClass, Privilege, and Workgroup — documented publicly but gated: access requires an x509 client certifica...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Stanford Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Stanford Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Stanford Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Stanford Context

25 classes · 2 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Stanford Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Stanford Trust Center

HIPAA, GDPR

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub
 GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Twitter
Twitter
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 About
About

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review
Review

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/stanford.png
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: '2026-07-25'
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: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: TrustCenter
  url: security/stanford-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/stanford-domain-security.yml
- 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
- type: About
  url: https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/about
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com