D2L Brightspace Org Units API

Organization structure, course offerings, departments, and semesters.

Operations 5

GET /lp/1.53/orgstructure/ List org units #
GET /lp/1.53/orgstructure/{orgUnitId} Get an org unit #
GET /lp/1.53/orgstructure/{orgUnitId}/children/ List an org unit's children #
GET /lp/1.53/courses/{orgUnitId} Get a course offering #
GET /lp/1.53/organization/info Get organization info #

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OpenAPI Specification

brightspace-org-units-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: D2L Brightspace Valence Learning Framework Assignments Org Units API
  description: 'The Valence Learning Framework API is the public REST API for the D2L Brightspace learning management system (LMS). It is served from an institution''s own Brightspace host under https://{host}/d2l/api/ and is divided into two product components: "lp" (Learning Platform - users, roles, enrollments, org units, and Data Hub) and "le" (Learning Environment - content, grades, assignments/dropbox, quizzes, discussions, calendar, news, and learning outcomes). Each component is independently versioned; the version segment in a route (for example lp/1.53 or le/1.92) varies by installed Brightspace product version, and clients should confirm supported versions via GET /d2l/api/versions/ before hard-coding a value. Requests are authenticated with OAuth 2 bearer tokens issued by the D2L auth service (https://auth.brightspace.com/core/connect/token) using the authorization code grant; the older ID-Key (app-id/user-id signed URL) scheme is deprecated. Scopes take the form group:resource:action, for example users:userdata:read. The version values baked into the paths below are illustrative of a recent release and must be adjusted to the target instance. "Valence" is the historical name of the API framework; "D2L" is the vendor and "Brightspace" the product.'
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: D2L Developer Platform
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com
  license:
    name: D2L Developer Terms
    url: https://www.d2l.com/legal/
servers:
- url: https://{host}/d2l/api
  description: An institution's Brightspace instance
  variables:
    host:
      default: myschool.brightspace.com
      description: Your Brightspace instance hostname.
security:
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Org Units
  description: Organization structure, course offerings, departments, and semesters.
paths:
  /lp/1.53/orgstructure/:
    get:
      operationId: listOrgStructure
      tags:
      - Org Units
      summary: List org units
      description: Retrieves a paged list of org units in the organization structure, filterable by type and other query parameters.
      parameters:
      - name: orgUnitType
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: bookmark
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paged list of org units.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrgUnitPagedResultSet'
  /lp/1.53/orgstructure/{orgUnitId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrgUnitId'
    get:
      operationId: getOrgUnit
      tags:
      - Org Units
      summary: Get an org unit
      description: Retrieves the properties of the identified org unit.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested org unit.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrgUnit'
  /lp/1.53/orgstructure/{orgUnitId}/children/:
    get:
      operationId: listOrgUnitChildren
      tags:
      - Org Units
      summary: List an org unit's children
      description: Retrieves the child org units of the identified org unit.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrgUnitId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of child org units.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrgUnit'
  /lp/1.53/courses/{orgUnitId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrgUnitId'
    get:
      operationId: getCourseOffering
      tags:
      - Org Units
      summary: Get a course offering
      description: Retrieves the CourseOffering information for the identified course org unit.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The course offering.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CourseOffering'
  /lp/1.53/organization/info:
    get:
      operationId: getOrganizationInfo
      tags:
      - Org Units
      summary: Get organization info
      description: Retrieves top-level information about the organization.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Organization info.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Organization'
components:
  schemas:
    Organization:
      type: object
      properties:
        Identifier:
          type: string
        Name:
          type: string
        TimeZone:
          type: string
    OrgUnitPagedResultSet:
      type: object
      properties:
        PagingInfo:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PagingInfo'
        Items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrgUnit'
    OrgUnit:
      type: object
      properties:
        Identifier:
          type: string
        Name:
          type: string
        Code:
          type: string
        Type:
          type: object
          properties:
            Id:
              type: integer
            Code:
              type: string
            Name:
              type: string
    PagingInfo:
      type: object
      properties:
        Bookmark:
          type: string
        HasMoreItems:
          type: boolean
    CourseOffering:
      type: object
      properties:
        Identifier:
          type: string
        Name:
          type: string
        Code:
          type: string
        IsActive:
          type: boolean
        StartDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        EndDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  parameters:
    OrgUnitId:
      name: orgUnitId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
        format: int64
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2 authorization code grant. Tokens are issued by the D2L auth service. Scopes take the form group:resource:action (for example users:userdata:read).
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://auth.brightspace.com/oauth2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://auth.brightspace.com/core/connect/token
          scopes:
            core:*:*: Full access consistent with the registered application
            users:userdata:read: Read user data
            enrollment:orgunit:read: Read enrollments
            datahub:dataexports:read: Read Data Hub exports