# Digital Public Library of America

A national portal that gathers catalog records for photos, books, maps, recordings and documents held by US libraries, archives and museums, with a JSON API that needs a key.

- Category: Books and libraries · by Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
- Website: https://dp.la/
- Live data: no
- Checked on the official pages: 2026-10-23

## API

- API unclear. Do not scrape the site; use it by hand or through its downloads.

## Data and license

- License: unclear (DPLA policies page could not be read) (https://pro.dp.la/developers/policies); covers Not confirmed; linked items are held by contributing institutions and carry their own rights
- Commercial use unclear
- Credit: not stated
- Embedding unclear

## Rules for an agent

- Every /v2/items request needs an api_key parameter; read each record's own rights field before reusing linked media.
- Pass api_key on every request and keep the key private.
- Link to and credit the holding institution; check each item's rights before reusing media.

Human page: https://agentgid.com/resources/dpla/
Source: AgentGid (agentgid.com). Facts are quoted from the site's own pages; check the license page before you ship.