PowerSchool Metadata API

System metadata and configuration

Operations 1

GET /ws/v1/metadata Get system metadata #

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OpenAPI Specification

powerschool-metadata-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: PowerSchool SIS REST 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.
  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.