PowerSchool PowerQuery API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: PowerSchool SIS REST Authentication PowerQuery 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: PowerQuery
  description: Named PowerQuery endpoints for complex data retrieval
paths:
  /ws/schema/query/{queryName}:
    post:
      operationId: executePowerQuery
      summary: Execute a named PowerQuery
      description: Executes a named PowerQuery to retrieve complex data sets. PowerQueries are predefined server-side queries identified by a dotted namespace string (e.g., com.pearson.core.teachers.sectionEnrollments). The request body provides filter parameters specific to each query.
      tags:
      - PowerQuery
      parameters:
      - name: queryName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The fully-qualified PowerQuery name (e.g., com.pearson.core.teachers.sectionEnrollments)
        example: com.pearson.core.teachers.sectionEnrollments
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PageSize'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Page'
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              description: Query-specific parameters. For example, sectionEnrollments accepts section_dcid as an array of section DCIDs.
              additionalProperties: true
              example:
                section_dcid:
                - '12345'
                - '67890'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: PowerQuery results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PowerQueryResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid query parameters
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: PowerQuery not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  parameters:
    PageSize:
      name: pagesize
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 1000
        default: 100
      description: Number of records to return per page.
    Page:
      name: page
      in: query
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        default: 1
      description: Page number for paginated results (1-indexed).
  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
    PowerQueryResponse:
      type: object
      description: Results from a named PowerQuery execution
      properties:
        record:
          type: array
          description: Array of result records; structure varies by query
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
  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.