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Digital Bodleian IIIF API

The strongest institution-operated API surface Oxford runs, and the one entirely absent from this profile before 2026-08-19. Three conformant IIIF specifications on Oxford's own infrastructure: Image API 2.1 at level 2 (jpg/png/tif/webp/avif, four qualities, nine supported features, maxWidth and maxHeight 4000, plus a physical-dimensions annex service), Presentation API 2.1 manifests for every Digital Bodleian object with per-object rights that vary by holding college, and Change Discovery API 1.0 — an OrderedCollection activity stream of 21,843 items across 219 pages that gives harvesters a real incremental sync path. The service root is itself machine-readable and lists its own collections and streams.

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Digital Bodleian IIIF API is one of 10 APIs that University of Oxford publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include IIIF, Digital Collections, Library, Image, and Change Discovery. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 7 operations across 7 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2026-08-19.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://iiif.bodleian.ox.ac.uk.

7 operations 7 paths 0 schemas 7 GET

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2026-08-19
Base URL
https://iiif.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Contact
Digital Bodleian — Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Terms of Service
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Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 7

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 7 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

IIIF 7

IIIF Image, Presentation and Change Discovery endpoints.

GET
/
IIIF service description
getServiceDescription → 200
GET
/iiif/collection/{collectionId}
Retrieve a IIIF Presentation collection
getCollection 1 param → 200404
GET
/iiif/manifest/{objectId}.json
Retrieve a IIIF Presentation manifest
getManifest 1 param → 200404
GET
/iiif/image/{imageId}/info.json
IIIF Image API information document
getImageInfo 1 param → 200
GET
/iiif/image/{imageId}/{region}/{size}/{rotation}/{quality}.{format}
IIIF Image API request
getImage 6 params → 200400
GET
/iiif/activity/all-changes
IIIF Change Discovery activity stream
getActivityStream → 200
GET
/iiif/activity/page-{page}
One page of the change activity stream
getActivityStreamPage 1 param → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

university-of-oxford-bodleian-iiif-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
university-of-oxford:bodleian-iiif
Base URL
https://iiif.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Docs
https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/faq/
Provider
University of Oxford
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