Open Education API

Open Education API education specifications API

The education specification API provides information on the specification of an education object. This specification allows for other education objects to be derived from it. It is used to aggregate education objects from a supplying institution. It clusters programs to a main educationSpecification that is used in registries such as RIO.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 5

GET /education-specifications GET /education-specifications #
GET /education-specifications/{educationSpecificationId} GET /education-specifications/{educationSpecificationId} #
GET /education-specifications/{educationSpecificationId}/education-specifications GET /education-specifications/{educationSpecificationId}/education-specification… #
GET /education-specifications/{educationSpecificationId}/courses GET /education-specifications/{educationSpecificationId}/courses #
GET /education-specifications/{educationSpecificationId}/programs GET /education-specifications/{educationSpecificationId}/programs #

Documentation

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

Specifications

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

Schemas & Data

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

Work with this as data

Every API here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

MCP server

One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.

https://apis.io/mcp

Tools for apis

7 MCP tools reach this
  • find_apisBrowse and filter every API in the catalog.
  • get_api_artifactsOne API's artifacts, grouped by type.
  • get_openapiThe primary OpenAPI for this API.
  • find_similar_apisAPIs that look like this one.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
All 92 tools →

Call it yourself

curl for this page
This API 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis/open-education-api:open-education-api-education-specifications-api"
All apis 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis?limit=25"

Discovery needs no key. Ratings and market analysis are Pro.

Get an API key

Free tier, no form to fill in. Signing in shares your email address with us — we store it to create your key and to recognise you if you sign in with another provider. See our Privacy Policy and Terms.

GitHub Google LinkedIn

A second provider on the same verified email joins the account you already have.

OpenAPI Specification

open-education-api-education-specifications-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Open Education education specifications API
  version: 5.0.0
  x-logo:
    url: ../logo.png
  description: 'Operations tagged education specifications across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: ooapi-v5.yaml, open-education-api-v5-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: http://demo01.eduapi.nl/v5
  description: SURF demo implementation
tags:


# --- truncated at 32 KB (70 KB total) ---
# Full source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/open-education-api/refs/heads/main/openapi/open-education-api-education-specifications-api-openapi.yml