PowerSchool Courses API

Course catalog information

Business capability
Programme Catalogue Management BC-4700.40

Operations 2

GET /ws/v1/school/{schoolDcid}/course List courses for a school #
GET /ws/v1/school/{schoolDcid}/course/count Count courses for a school #

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OpenAPI Specification

powerschool-courses-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: PowerSchool SIS REST Courses API
  description: The PowerSchool SIS REST API provides programmatic access to student information system data including student demographics, enrollment records, grades, attendance, master scheduling, and district reporting.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: PowerSchool Developer Support
    url: https://help.powerschool.com/
  termsOfService: https://www.powerschool.com/legal/
servers:
- url: https://{district}.powerschool.com
  description: District PowerSchool instance
  variables:
    district:
      description: The subdomain of the school district's PowerSchool installation
      default: demo
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Courses
  description: Course catalog information
paths:
  /ws/v1/school/{schoolDcid}/course:
    get:
      operationId: getCoursesForSchool
      summary: List courses for a school
      description: Returns all courses available at the given school for the current school year. The schoolDcid is the school's DCID, not its ID or school number.
      tags:
      - Courses
      parameters:
      - name: schoolDcid
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: The school's DCID (not school number or ID)
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PageSize'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Page'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Query'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of courses
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CoursesResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /ws/v1/school/{schoolDcid}/course/count:
    get:
      operationId: getCoursesCountForSchool
      summary: Count courses for a school
      description: Returns the count of courses for the given school.
      tags:
      - Courses
      parameters:
      - name: schoolDcid
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: The school's DCID
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Count of courses
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceCount'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Course:
      type: object
      description: A course in the district course catalog
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          description: Course DCID
        course_number:
          type: string
          description: Course code / number (e.g., "MATH101")
        course_name:
          type: string
          description: Full name of the course
    CoursesResponse:
      type: object
      description: Paginated list of course records
      properties:
        courses:
          type: object
          properties:
            course:
              oneOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Course'
              - type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Course'
    ResourceCount:
      type: object
      description: Count of a resource collection
      properties:
        resource:
          type: object
          properties:
            count:
              type: integer
              description: Total number of records in the resource collection
    Error:
      type: object
      description: API error response
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error description
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error code or type
        status:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code
  parameters:
    Page:
      name: page
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        default: 1
      description: Page number for paginated results (1-indexed).
    Query:
      name: q
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
      description: 'Filter expression using FIQL-like syntax. Example: id=ge=10000 to filter records with id >= 10000.'
      example: id=ge=10000
    PageSize:
      name: pagesize
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 1000
        default: 100
      description: Number of records to return per page.
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Bearer token obtained from /oauth/access_token/ using client credentials. Tokens expire and must be refreshed.
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Basic auth with Base64-encoded client_id:client_secret for the token endpoint only.