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Rijksmuseum Images API

Deep-zoom tile pyramids for object web images.

Rijksmuseum Images API is one of 5 APIs that Rijksmuseum publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 5 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Images. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 5 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/api.

1 operations 1 paths 4 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/api
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Rijksmuseum Images API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as key (ApiKeyQuery). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKeyQuery — Free API key issued on creating a Rijksstudio account at https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio. The key is available from the account's advanced settings.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Images 1

Deep-zoom tile pyramids for object web images.

GET
/{culture}/collection/{objectNumber}/tiles
Get Collection Object Image Tiles
getCollectionObjectTiles 3 params → 200401404429

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ImageTileLevel (4 properties), ImageTile (3 properties), Error (2 properties), ImageTilesResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ImageTilesResponse
object
Tile pyramid description for an object's web image.
1 property
Error
object
Standard error payload (shape inferred from API responses).
2 properties
ImageTileLevel
object
One zoom level of the tile pyramid.
4 properties
ImageTile
object
A single tile in the pyramid.
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

rijksmuseum-images-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Rijksmuseum publishes across the network.

OAI-PMH Harvesting API
Rijksmuseum Collection API
Rijksmuseum Object Details API
Rijksmuseum User Generated Content API