Open Education API

Open Education API Courses API

The courses API provides a self-contained and formally structured learning experience, aimed at delivering defined learning outcomes to students, usually within the context of a programme.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 6

GET /courses GET /courses #
GET /courses/{courseId} GET /courses/{courseId} #
GET /organisations/{organisationId}/courses GET /organisations/{organisationId}/courses #
GET /programmes/{programmeId}/courses GET /programmes/{programmeId}/courses #
GET /courses/{courseId}/components GET /courses/{courseId}/components #
GET /courses/{courseId}/offerings GET /courses/{courseId}/offerings #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://oeapi.eu/v6.0/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-education-api/refs/heads/main/openapi/open-education-api-courses-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-education-api/refs/heads/main/json-schema/open-education-api-test-component-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-education-api/refs/heads/main/json-schema/open-education-api-learning-component-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-education-api/refs/heads/main/json-schema/open-education-api-person-properties-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-education-api/refs/heads/main/json-schema/open-education-api-learning-outcome-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-education-api/refs/heads/main/json-schema/open-education-api-organisation-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-education-api/refs/heads/main/json-schema/open-education-api-academic-session-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-education-api/refs/heads/main/json-schema/open-education-api-component-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-education-api/refs/heads/main/json-schema/open-education-api-organization-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-education-api/refs/heads/main/json-schema/open-education-api-room-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-education-api/refs/heads/main/json-schema/open-education-api-group-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

open-education-api-courses-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Open Education Courses API
  x-refined-note:
  - x-logo differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged courses across 3 of this provider''s published API definitions: oeapi-6.0-rc.3.yaml, ooapi-v5.yaml, open-education-api-v5-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://demo01.eduapi.nl/v6
  description: SURF demo implementation
- url: http://demo01.eduapi.nl/v5
  description: SURF demo implementation
tags:


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