PowerSchool Sections API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: PowerSchool SIS REST Authentication Sections 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: Sections
  description: Course sections and scheduling
paths:
  /ws/v1/school/{schoolDcid}/section:
    get:
      operationId: getSectionsForSchool
      summary: List sections for a school
      description: Returns all course sections at the given school for the current school year. The schoolDcid is the school's DCID, not its ID or school number.
      tags:
      - Sections
      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 sections
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SectionsResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /ws/v1/school/{schoolDcid}/section/count:
    get:
      operationId: getSectionsCountForSchool
      summary: Count sections for a school
      description: Returns the count of sections for the given school.
      tags:
      - Sections
      parameters:
      - name: schoolDcid
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: The school's DCID
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Count of sections
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceCount'
        '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
    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
    SectionsResponse:
      type: object
      description: Paginated list of section records
      properties:
        sections:
          type: object
          properties:
            section:
              oneOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Section'
              - type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Section'
    Section:
      type: object
      description: A course section (a specific offering of a course in a given period and room)
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          description: Section DCID
        course_id:
          type: integer
          description: The DCID of the associated course
        section_number:
          type: integer
          description: Section number
        expression:
          type: string
          description: Period expression string (e.g., "1(A)")
        external_expression:
          type: string
          description: External period expression for display
        gradebooktype:
          type: string
          description: Gradebook type identifier
        school_id:
          type: integer
          description: DCID of the school this section belongs to
        staff_id:
          type: integer
          description: DCID of the teacher assigned to this section
        term_id:
          type: integer
          description: DCID of the term this section is offered in
  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).
    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
  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.