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-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/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: [email protected]