PowerSchool Metadata API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: PowerSchool SIS REST Authentication Metadata 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. The API uses OAuth 2.0 client credentials for authentication and returns data in JSON format. Endpoints follow the /ws/v1/ path convention and support GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE HTTP methods for full CRUD operations on supported resources. Authentication tokens are obtained via /oauth/access_token/ using Basic auth with client credentials provisioned through the PowerSchool Plugin Management Dashboard.
  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: Metadata
  description: System metadata and configuration
paths:
  /ws/v1/metadata:
    get:
      operationId: getMetadata
      summary: Get system metadata
      description: Returns system-level metadata including version information, page size limits, plugin ID, and server uptime details.
      tags:
      - Metadata
      responses:
        '200':
          description: System metadata
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Metadata'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    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
    Metadata:
      type: object
      description: System-level metadata and configuration limits
      properties:
        course_max_page_size:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum page size for course queries
        machine_uptime:
          type: string
          description: Server uptime duration
        mobile_api_version:
          type: string
          description: Mobile API version string
        plugin_id:
          type: integer
          description: Plugin identifier
        powerschool_uptime:
          type: string
          description: PowerSchool application uptime
        powerschool_version:
          type: string
          description: PowerSchool version string
        powerteacher_version:
          type: string
          description: PowerTeacher version string
        school_max_page_size:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum page size for school queries
        schema_table_query_max_page_size:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum page size for schema table queries
        section_max_page_size:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum page size for section queries
        section_enrollment_max_page_size:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum page size for section enrollment queries
        state_reporting_version:
          type: string
          description: State reporting module version
        staff_max_page_size:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum page size for staff queries
        state:
          type: string
          description: US state or province code for this installation
        student_max_page_size:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum page size for student queries
        term_max_page_size:
          type: integer
          description: Maximum page size for term queries
  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.