Massey M-API WebService API v1

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Massey University M-API (WebService API v1)
  version: '1.0'
  summary: Massey University's own news, events and staff-directory web service.
  description: >-
    The M-API is Massey University's institution-operated web service, described by the
    university as "an effort to surface frequently requested data for use in Massey websites
    and Massey applications". Version 1 is documented publicly at
    https://www.massey.ac.nz/api/v1/ and is live: a request without a key returns
    `{"message":"Invalid api key","status":false}` at HTTP 200, confirming the service is
    running. The university states V1 is "a development experiment for DATA RETRIEVAL ONLY,
    not recommended for public consumption, is not supported, and may be discontinued
    without notice", and that "applications for new apikeys is not yet publicly available".
    A later host, https://api.massey.ac.nz/ (labelled "WebService API v1_2"), serves a page
    saying "This is a legacy API service and is no longer available."

    This description was written by API Evangelist from Massey University's own published
    documentation page and from live probes of the endpoint. It is NOT a contract published
    by Massey University.
  contact:
    name: Massey University IT Services
    url: https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/contact-us/
  termsOfService: https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/
x-operator: institution
x-operator-evidence: >-
  Host www.massey.ac.nz is under Massey University's own registrable domain massey.ac.nz
  (ROR https://ror.org/052czxv31 declares domain massey.ac.nz). The documentation page is
  served by the university's own site.
x-provenance:
  generated: '2026-09-01'
  method: derived
  acquisition: derived
  source:
    - https://www.massey.ac.nz/api/v1/
    - https://api.massey.ac.nz/
  evidence:
    - url: https://www.massey.ac.nz/api/v1/
      status: 200
      note: published M-API v1 documentation, parameter tables and field lists
    - url: https://www.massey.ac.nz/api/v1/massey.cfc?method=get&path=news/articles&args=limit:2
      status: 200
      note: 'service live; returns <message>Invalid api key</message><status>false</status> without a key'
    - url: https://api.massey.ac.nz/
      status: 200
      note: v1_2 landing page states "This is a legacy API service and is no longer available."
servers:
  - url: https://www.massey.ac.nz/api/v1
    description: Massey University M-API v1 (production, API-key gated)
tags:
  - name: News
    description: Massey news system data.
  - name: Events
    description: Massey event system data.
  - name: People
    description: Massey directory data.
security:
  - ApiKeyQuery: []
paths:
  /massey.cfc:
    get:
      operationId: getMasseyResource
      summary: Retrieve a Massey data collection
      description: >-
        Single data-retrieval entry point. The resource is selected with the `path` query
        parameter; filtering and ordering are expressed through the `args` parameter as
        semicolon-separated `key:value` pairs. Only the `get` method is permitted.
      tags: [News, Events, People]
      parameters:
        - name: apikey
          in: query
          required: true
          description: >-
            Required API key. Massey states applications for new keys are not yet publicly
            available. A key is issued by the university, not self-service.
          schema: { type: string }
        - name: method
          in: query
          required: true
          description: Only `get` is permitted in v1.
          schema: { type: string, enum: [get] }
        - name: format
          in: query
          required: false
          description: Response serialization. Defaults to `xml`.
          schema: { type: string, enum: [xml, json], default: xml }
        - name: path
          in: query
          required: true
          description: The resource path to retrieve.
          schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - news/articles
              - news/types
              - news/categories
              - events/events
              - events/types
              - events/categories
              - people/people
        - name: args
          in: query
          required: false
          description: >-
            Semicolon-separated `key:value` pairs used to order and filter results, e.g.
            `limit:5;order_dir:DESC`. Multi-valued arguments use comma separation.
            Documented arguments for `news/articles` are uuid, slug, type_uuid, from_date,
            to_date, categories, fields, search_term, order_by, order_dir and limit
            (limit defaults to 20).
          schema: { type: string }
          example: 'limit:2;order_dir:DESC'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: >-
            Always 200. Success and failure are both signalled in the body via the `status`
            boolean and the `message` string — the M-API does not use HTTP status codes to
            express application errors.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MApiEnvelope'
              examples:
                invalidKey:
                  summary: Request with no or invalid API key (observed 2026-09-01)
                  value:
                    message: Invalid api key
                    status: false
                    data: ''
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MApiEnvelope'
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apikey
      description: >-
        API key passed as a query parameter. Massey University issues keys; the
        documentation states public application for keys is not yet available.
  schemas:
    MApiEnvelope:
      type: object
      description: Common M-API response envelope.
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error or status message. Empty string on success.
        status:
          type: boolean
          description: True when the request succeeded.
        result:
          type: array
          description: Result rows, present on success.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewsArticle'
        data:
          description: Present and empty on failure.
      required: [message, status]
    NewsArticle:
      type: object
      description: >-
        News article record. Fields are the ones Massey's documentation lists as valid
        return fields for `news/articles`.
      properties:
        uuid: { type: string, description: Article identifier (GUID). }
        type_uuid: { type: string, description: Article type identifier (GUID). }
        type: { type: string, description: Human-readable article type, e.g. "University News". }
        title: { type: string }
        slug: { type: string }
        summary: { type: string }
        body: { type: string, description: Full article body. Not returned unless requested via `fields`. }
        thumbnail: { type: string }
        image: { type: string, description: Not returned unless requested via `fields`. }
        created: { type: string, description: 'Creation timestamp, e.g. "March, 23 2020 16:03:48 +1300".' }
        modified: { type: string }
        released: { type: string }