Ohio State University Classes API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Ohio State Mobile Content API v2 Classes API
  version: '2.0'
  summary: Public read-only JSON API operated by Ohio State University for class search and campus events.
  description: The Ohio State Mobile Content API is a public, unauthenticated, read-only JSON API operated by The Ohio State University on its own infrastructure (content.osu.edu resolves to WH-prdosuedu132-VIP.it.ohio-state.edu, 140.254.112.132, inside Ohio State's own netblock).
  contact:
    name: Ohio State University Office of Technology and Digital Innovation
    url: https://it.osu.edu/
  x-operator: institution
  x-operator-basis: content.osu.edu is a hostname on Ohio State's own registrable domain resolving via CNAME to WH-prdosuedu132-VIP.it.ohio-state.edu (140.254.112.132), Ohio State's own address space. No vendor identity appears in the service root, the response envelopes or the DNS chain.
  x-provenance:
    generated: '2026-09-01'
    method: derived
    source:
    - https://content.osu.edu/v2
    - https://content.osu.edu/v2/classes/searchableTermsV2
    - https://content.osu.edu/v2/classes/search
    - https://content.osu.edu/v2/events
    - https://classes.osu.edu/osu-mobile.js
servers:
- url: https://content.osu.edu/v2
  description: Production. Verified live 2026-09-01, returns {"ok":true,"server":"OSU Mobile API v2"}.
tags:
- name: Classes
  description: Course and section search against the Student Information System term data.
paths:
  /:
    get:
      tags:
      - Classes
      operationId: getServiceRoot
      summary: Service root
      description: Returns a liveness envelope naming the service. Verified 200 on 2026-09-01.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Service is up.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ok:
                    type: boolean
                  server:
                    type: string
                    examples:
                    - OSU Mobile API v2
  /classes/searchableTermsV2:
    get:
      tags:
      - Classes
      operationId: listSearchableTerms
      summary: List academic terms open to class search
      description: Returns the academic terms for which class search is enabled, each with its SIS term code (strm), short and long descriptions, and the window during which it is searchable.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Term list.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      _id:
                        type: string
                      _rev:
                        type: string
                      updated:
                        type: string
                        format: date-time
                      data:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Term'
  /classes/search:
    get:
      tags:
      - Classes
      operationId: searchClasses
      summary: Search classes offered in a term
      description: Full-text search across course catalog and section data for one term. Returns a paged envelope with sort options, refinable filters and an array of course records. Verified live 2026-09-01 (q=english, term=1268 returned totalItems 1033).
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Free-text query across subject, catalog number, title and description.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: term
        in: query
        required: true
        description: SIS term code as returned by /classes/searchableTermsV2 (for example 1268).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: p
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 1-indexed page number.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          default: 1
      - name: sort
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Sort key from the response `sort` array; a leading hyphen reverses direction.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Paged search result.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClassSearchResult'
  /classes/availability:
    get:
      tags:
      - Classes
      operationId: getClassAvailability
      summary: Seat availability for classes
      description: Referenced by the classes.osu.edu client bundle. Probed 2026-09-01 with no parameters and returned 503 {"status":"error","error":{"code":503,"message":"Service Unavailable"}} — recorded because it is a real declared path, NOT because a working call was observed. Its parameters are unknown.
      responses:
        '503':
          description: Observed response to a bare call on 2026-09-01.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    ClassSearchResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        totalItems:
          type: integer
        currentItemCount:
          type: integer
        page:
          type: integer
        totalPages:
          type: integer
        refineQueryTemplate:
          type: string
        nextPageLink:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        prevPageLink:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        activeSort:
          type: string
        sort:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              key:
                type: string
              title:
                type: string
              type:
                type: string
              direction:
                type: string
              link:
                type: string
        filters:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        activeFilters:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        courses:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              course:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Course'
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: integer
            message:
              type: string
    Term:
      type: object
      description: An academic term exposed to class search.
      properties:
        strm:
          type: string
          description: SIS term code.
          examples:
          - '1268'
        descr:
          type: string
          examples:
          - Autumn 2026
        descrlong:
          type: string
          examples:
          - 2026 Autmn
        classSearch:
          type: string
          description: Y when class search is enabled for the term.
        startDate:
          type: string
          format: date
        endDate:
          type: string
          format: date
    Course:
      type: object
      description: Catalog record for a course as offered in a term.
      properties:
        term:
          type: string
        effectiveDate:
          type: string
          format: date
        effectiveStatus:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        shortDescription:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        equivalentId:
          type: string
        allowMultiEnroll:
          type: string
        maxUnits:
          type: number
        minUnits:
          type: number
        repeatUnitsLimit:
          type: number
        grading:
          type: string
        component:
          type: string
        primaryComponent:
          type: string
        offeringNumber:
          type: string
        academicGroup:
          type: string
        subject:
          type: string