Cardiff University

Cardiff University Echo Test API

Gateway connectivity-test endpoint. 1 operation(s), from Cardiff's own EchoTest contract on the api.data.cardiff.ac.uk gateway (base path /echo/v1).

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Operations 1

GET /test

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: >-
    Connectivity-test endpoints on the Cardiff University API gateway, base path /echo/v1 on api.data.cardiff.ac.uk. The source contract (openapi/_original/cardiff-echo.yaml) declares no info.description; this line is API Evangelist editorial, not Cardiff's text.
  version: v1
  title: EchoTest Test API
  termsOfService: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/terms/
  contact:
    name: integration@cardiff.ac.uk
  x-operator: institution
  x-description-method: generated
  x-source-contract: openapi/_original/cardiff-echo.yaml
  x-rebased:
    date: '2026-08-30'
    rebase-method: derived
    source: openapi/_original/cardiff-echo.yaml
    note: >-
      Repaired by the API Evangelist university pipeline. The refine-openapis per-tag split
      had carried the CoursesApi title, description and base path onto this document; its
      paths come from cardiff-echo.yaml. Title, description and servers[] re-based from that parent.
      Was: title "CoursesApi Assessments Test API", servers[0] "https://api.data.cardiff.ac.uk/courses/v1".
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
servers:
- url: https://api.data.cardiff.ac.uk/echo/v1
security:
- default: []
tags:
- name: Test
paths:
  /test:
    get:
      parameters:
      - name: in
        in: query
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ok
      security:
      - default: []
      x-auth-type: Application & Application User
      x-throttling-tier: Unlimited
      tags:
      - Test
components:
  securitySchemes:
    default:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        implicit:
          scopes:
            clearing: Allows users to see clearing data.
          authorizationUrl: https://api.data.cardiff.ac.uk/authorize