PowerSchool PowerQuery API

Named PowerQuery endpoints for complex data retrieval

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POST /ws/schema/query/{queryName} Execute a named PowerQuery #

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OpenAPI Specification

powerschool-powerquery-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: PowerSchool SIS REST Power Query 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: 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:
  schemas:
    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
    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:
    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).
  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.