Digital Public Library of America
Cultural heritage items for United States. Access: Public API, key needed. Terms checked November 1, 2026.
Access and terms
| Slug | dpla |
|---|---|
| Records | Cultural heritage items |
| Places | United States |
| Years | Not stated by the source |
| Access | Public API |
| Key | Needed. The server reads DPLA_API_KEY, which is not set yet. |
| Rate limit | Not ordinarily rate limited. DPLA may limit or revoke access for use that degrades the API for others. |
| robots.txt | Allows the path Lineage calls. |
| Homepage | dp.la/ |
| API docs | pro.dp.la/developers/api-codex |
| Terms | pro.dp.la/developers/policies |
| Checked by hand | November 1, 2026 |
Notes
Base URL https://api.dp.la/v2, with items and collections as resources returned as JSON-LD. A 32 character key is requested by sending a POST to https://api.dp.la/v2/api_key/{email}; the key arrives by email. The API is provided on a best effort basis. The docs pages answer 403 to non-browser clients, so the health probe calls the API without a key and counts its JSON auth error as proof the API is answering. api.dp.la has no robots.txt.
Evidence read on November 1, 2026
Status: Live
Live at the last check, 2026-11-01 22:02 UTC. HTTP 403 in 55 ms. One check a day.
JSON: /v1/sources/dpla. For agents: /sources/dpla/llms.txt.