Piloterr Ratemyprofessors API
The Ratemyprofessors API from Piloterr — 2 operation(s) for ratemyprofessors.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Piloterr API Reference Ratemyprofessors API
description: Complete API reference documentation.
version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://api.piloterr.com
description: API Server
tags:
- name: Ratemyprofessors
paths:
/v2/ratemyprofessors/professor:
get:
summary: Rate My Professors Professor
description: 'Read one Rate My Professors profile, including difficulty and would-take-again when the page shows them.
**Credit cost:** 2 credits per call'
operationId: get-ratemyprofessors-professor
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
parameters:
- name: query
in: query
required: true
description: 'Required. The numeric professor id from search, or a /professor/{id} URL. A name is not accepted.
**Example:**
```
1064107
```
**URL example:**
```
https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1064107
```'
schema:
type: string
description: 'Required. The numeric professor id from search, or a /professor/{id} URL. A name is not accepted.
**Example:**
```
1064107
```
**URL example:**
```
https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1064107
```'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/fields'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/is_async'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/soft_fail'
responses:
'200':
description: Successful response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
url:
type: string
name:
type: string
rating:
type: number
school:
type: string
last_name:
type: string
department:
type: string
difficulty:
type: number
first_name:
type: string
school_url:
type: string
ratings_count:
type: integer
would_take_again_percent:
type: integer
examples:
Kevin Smith:
value:
id: '1064107'
url: https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1064107
name: Kevin Smith
rating: 4.6
school: Rio Hondo College
last_name: Smith
department: Psychology
difficulty: 3.1
first_name: Kevin
school_url: https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/school/2746
ratings_count: 174
would_take_again_percent: 94
'400':
description: Bad Request — missing or invalid parameters.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error: Bad Request
'401':
description: Unauthorized — the API key is missing, invalid, inactive, or expired, or a rate limit was exceeded (`Rate limit exceeded…` message).
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
examples:
invalidKey:
value:
error: Invalid API Key
planRateLimit:
value:
error: 'Rate limit exceeded: You''ve exceeded the per second rate limit on your subscription'
keyQuota:
value:
error: 'Rate limit exceeded for the API key: quota monthly'
'402':
description: Payment Required — your subscription or credit balance is insufficient.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error: Payment required
'500':
description: Internal Server Error — something went wrong on our side.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error: Internal Error
tags:
- Ratemyprofessors
post:
summary: Rate My Professors Professor
description: 'Read one Rate My Professors profile, including difficulty and would-take-again when the page shows them.
**Credit cost:** 2 credits per call'
operationId: post-ratemyprofessors-professor
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/fields'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/is_async'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/soft_fail'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
query:
type: string
description: 'Required. The numeric professor id from search, or a /professor/{id} URL. A name is not accepted.
**Example:**
```
1064107
```
**URL example:**
```
https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1064107
```'
required:
- query
responses:
'200':
description: Successful response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
url:
type: string
name:
type: string
rating:
type: number
school:
type: string
last_name:
type: string
department:
type: string
difficulty:
type: number
first_name:
type: string
school_url:
type: string
ratings_count:
type: integer
would_take_again_percent:
type: integer
examples:
Kevin Smith:
value:
id: '1064107'
url: https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1064107
name: Kevin Smith
rating: 4.6
school: Rio Hondo College
last_name: Smith
department: Psychology
difficulty: 3.1
first_name: Kevin
school_url: https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/school/2746
ratings_count: 174
would_take_again_percent: 94
'400':
description: Bad Request — missing or invalid parameters.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error: Bad Request
'401':
description: Unauthorized — the API key is missing, invalid, inactive, or expired, or a rate limit was exceeded (`Rate limit exceeded…` message).
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
examples:
invalidKey:
value:
error: Invalid API Key
planRateLimit:
value:
error: 'Rate limit exceeded: You''ve exceeded the per second rate limit on your subscription'
keyQuota:
value:
error: 'Rate limit exceeded for the API key: quota monthly'
'402':
description: Payment Required — your subscription or credit balance is insufficient.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error: Payment required
'500':
description: Internal Server Error — something went wrong on our side.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error: Internal Error
tags:
- Ratemyprofessors
/v2/ratemyprofessors/search:
get:
summary: Rate My Professors Search
description: 'Search Rate My Professors by name. Cards include school, department, difficulty, and would-take-again when the card shows them.
**Credit cost:** 2 credits per call'
operationId: get-ratemyprofessors-search
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
parameters:
- name: query
in: query
required: true
description: 'Required. A professor name, or a Rate My Professors search URL whose path contains /search/professors or whose query contains q=.
**Example:**
```
smith
```
**URL example:**
```
https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/search/professors?q=smith
```'
schema:
type: string
description: 'Required. A professor name, or a Rate My Professors search URL whose path contains /search/professors or whose query contains q=.
**Example:**
```
smith
```
**URL example:**
```
https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/search/professors?q=smith
```'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/fields'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/is_async'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/soft_fail'
responses:
'200':
description: Successful response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
results:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
url:
type: string
name:
type: string
rating:
type: number
school:
type: string
department:
type: string
difficulty:
type: number
ratings_count:
type: integer
would_take_again_percent:
type: integer
pagination:
type: object
properties:
next:
nullable: true
page:
type: integer
per_page:
type: integer
total_pages:
nullable: true
total_results:
type: integer
examples:
Kevin Smith:
value:
results:
- id: '1064107'
url: https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1064107
name: Kevin Smith
rating: 4.6
school: Rio Hondo College
department: Psychology
difficulty: 3.1
ratings_count: 174
would_take_again_percent: 94
pagination:
next: null
page: 1
per_page: 5
total_pages: null
total_results: 10000
'400':
description: Bad Request — missing or invalid parameters.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error: Bad Request
'401':
description: Unauthorized — the API key is missing, invalid, inactive, or expired, or a rate limit was exceeded (`Rate limit exceeded…` message).
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
examples:
invalidKey:
value:
error: Invalid API Key
planRateLimit:
value:
error: 'Rate limit exceeded: You''ve exceeded the per second rate limit on your subscription'
keyQuota:
value:
error: 'Rate limit exceeded for the API key: quota monthly'
'402':
description: Payment Required — your subscription or credit balance is insufficient.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error: Payment required
'500':
description: Internal Server Error — something went wrong on our side.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error: Internal Error
tags:
- Ratemyprofessors
post:
summary: Rate My Professors Search
description: 'Search Rate My Professors by name. Cards include school, department, difficulty, and would-take-again when the card shows them.
**Credit cost:** 2 credits per call'
operationId: post-ratemyprofessors-search
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/fields'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/is_async'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/soft_fail'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
query:
type: string
description: 'Required. A professor name, or a Rate My Professors search URL whose path contains /search/professors or whose query contains q=.
**Example:**
```
smith
```
**URL example:**
```
https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/search/professors?q=smith
```'
required:
- query
responses:
'200':
description: Successful response
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
results:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
url:
type: string
name:
type: string
rating:
type: number
school:
type: string
department:
type: string
difficulty:
type: number
ratings_count:
type: integer
would_take_again_percent:
type: integer
pagination:
type: object
properties:
next:
nullable: true
page:
type: integer
per_page:
type: integer
total_pages:
nullable: true
total_results:
type: integer
examples:
Kevin Smith:
value:
results:
- id: '1064107'
url: https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1064107
name: Kevin Smith
rating: 4.6
school: Rio Hondo College
department: Psychology
difficulty: 3.1
ratings_count: 174
would_take_again_percent: 94
pagination:
next: null
page: 1
per_page: 5
total_pages: null
total_results: 10000
'400':
description: Bad Request — missing or invalid parameters.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error: Bad Request
'401':
description: Unauthorized — the API key is missing, invalid, inactive, or expired, or a rate limit was exceeded (`Rate limit exceeded…` message).
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
examples:
invalidKey:
value:
error: Invalid API Key
planRateLimit:
value:
error: 'Rate limit exceeded: You''ve exceeded the per second rate limit on your subscription'
keyQuota:
value:
error: 'Rate limit exceeded for the API key: quota monthly'
'402':
description: Payment Required — your subscription or credit balance is insufficient.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error: Payment required
'500':
description: Internal Server Error — something went wrong on our side.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
example:
error: Internal Error
tags:
- Ratemyprofessors
components:
parameters:
fields:
name: fields
in: query
required: false
description: Comma-separated list of response fields to return, with dot notation for nested fields (e.g. `name,location.city`).
schema:
type: string
is_async:
name: is_async
in: query
required: false
description: 'Run the request as a background job: the API answers `202` with a `job_id` to poll on `GET /v1/jobs/{id}`.'
schema:
type: boolean
default: false
soft_fail:
name: soft_fail
in: query
required: false
description: Return HTTP 200 even when the request fails; the error is in the `error` field of the body.
schema:
type: boolean
default: false
schemas:
ErrorResponse:
type: object
required:
- error
properties:
error:
type: string
description: Human-readable error message.
securitySchemes:
ApiKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: x-api-key
description: Your API key. Include it in the x-api-key header for every request.