Purdue University

Purdue University Courses API

The Courses API from Purdue University — 7 operation(s) for courses.

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Business capability
Programme Catalogue Management BC-4700.40

Operations 13

GET /courses Get courses #
POST /courses Create courses #
GET /courses/{id} Get courses by id #
PUT /courses/{id} Replace courses by id #
DELETE /courses/{id} Delete courses by id #
GET /courses/sync Get courses sync #
GET /courses/enrollments Get courses enrollments #
GET /courses/members Get courses members #
POST /courses/members Create courses members #
GET /courses/members/{id} Get courses members by id #
PUT /courses/members/{id} Replace courses members by id #
DELETE /courses/members/{id} Delete courses members by id #
POST /courses/members/import Create courses members import #

Documentation

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APIReference
https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/api
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Documentation
https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/knowledge
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Authentication
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Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/openapi/purdue-courses-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
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JSONSchema
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Other Resources

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OpenAPIOriginal
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Support
https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/help
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Errors
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Lifecycle
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/lifecycle/purdue-lifecycle.yml
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Rules
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Vocabulary
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Examples
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Examples
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Website
https://www.housing.purdue.edu/

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OpenAPI Specification

purdue-courses-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: RCAC Courses API
  version: 0.0.1
servers:
- url: https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/api
  description: Production server
tags:
- name: Courses
paths:
  /courses:
    get:
      description: Display a listing of entries
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: userid
        description: Owner user ID
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      - in: query
        name: groupid
        description: Group ID
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      - in: query
        name: resourceid
        description: Resource ID
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      - in: query
        name: deptartment
        description: Department code
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 4
          example: STAT
      - in: query
        name: notice
        description: Notice state
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: null
      - in: query
        name: start
        description: Filter entries scheduled on or after this date
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2021-01-30T08:30:00Z'
      - in: query
        name: stop
        description: Filter entries scheduled to end before this date
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          example: '2021-01-30T08:30:00Z'
      - in: query
        name: search
        description: A word or phrase to search for.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: limit
        description: Number of result per page.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 25
      - in: query
        name: page
        description: Number of where to start returning results.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
      - in: query
        name: order
        description: Field to sort results by.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: name
          enum:
          - id
          - name
          - owneruserid
          - unixgroup
          - unixid
          - deptartment
      - in: query
        name: order_dir
        description: Direction to sort results by.
        type: string
        required: false
        default: asc
        schema:
          type: string
          default: asc
          enum:
          - asc
          - desc
      tags:
      - Courses
      summary: Get courses
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getCourses
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    post:
      description: Create a new entry
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Successful entry creation
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 1
                crn: '10023'
                department: AAE
                coursenumber: '33400'
                classname: Aerodynamics
                resourceid: 70
                notice: 0
                datetimestart: '2017-08-21T04:00:00.000000Z'
                datetimestop: '2017-12-16T05:00:00.000000Z'
                semester: Fall 2017
                groupid: 0
                userid: 1234
                datetimeremoved: null
                datetimecreated: '2017-07-21T17:01:39.000000Z'
                studentcount: 0
                reference: ''
                api: https://example.org/api/courses/56
                members: []
        '404':
          description: Record not found
        '409':
          description: Invalid data
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                crn:
                  description: Course CRN
                  type: string
                  default: null
                classname:
                  description: Class name
                  type: string
                  default: null
                coursenumber:
                  description: Course number
                  type: string
                  default: null
                userid:
                  description: Owner user ID
                  type: integer
                  default: null
                groupid:
                  description: Group ID
                  type: integer
                  default: null
                resourceid:
                  description: Resource ID
                  type: integer
                  default: null
                deptartment:
                  description: Department ID
                  type: string
                  default: null
                datetimestart:
                  description: Start date of the entry
                  type: string
                  default: null
                datetimestop:
                  description: End date of the entry
                  type: string
                  default: null
              required:
              - classname
              - resourceid
              - datetimestart
              - datetimestop
      tags:
      - Courses
      summary: Create courses
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: postCourses
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /courses/{id}:
    get:
      description: Retrieve an entry
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        description: Entry identifier
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful entry read
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 1
                crn: '10023'
                department: AAE
                coursenumber: '33400'
                classname: Aerodynamics
                resourceid: 70
                notice: 0
                datetimestart: '2017-08-21T04:00:00.000000Z'
                datetimestop: '2017-12-16T05:00:00.000000Z'
                semester: Fall 2017
                groupid: 0
                userid: 1234
                datetimeremoved: null
                datetimecreated: '2017-07-21T17:01:39.000000Z'
                studentcount: 0
                reference: ''
                api: https://example.org/api/courses/56
                members:
                - id: 87
                  classaccountid: 56
                  userid: 12346
                  membertype: 1
                  datetimestart: '2017-08-21T04:00:00.000000Z'
                  datetimestop: '2017-12-16T05:00:00.000000Z'
                  notice: 0
                  datetimecreated: '2017-07-21T17:01:40.000000Z'
                  datetimeremoved: null
                  api: https://example.org/api/courses/members/87
                  user:
                    id: 12346
                    name: Fu Bar
                    username: fubar
                - id: 87
                  classaccountid: 56
                  userid: 12347
                  membertype: 1
                  datetimestart: '2017-08-21T04:00:00.000000Z'
                  datetimestop: '2017-12-16T05:00:00.000000Z'
                  notice: 0
                  datetimecreated: '2017-07-21T17:01:40.000000Z'
                  datetimeremoved: null
                  api: https://example.org/api/courses/members/88
                  user:
                    id: 12347
                    name: Lorrie Ipsum
                    username: ipsuml
        '404':
          description: Record not found
        '409':
          description: Invalid data
      tags:
      - Courses
      summary: Get courses by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getCoursesById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    put:
      description: Update an entry
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        description: Entry identifier
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Successful entry modification
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 1
                crn: '10023'
                department: AAE
                coursenumber: '33400'
                classname: Aerodynamics
                resourceid: 70
                notice: 0
                datetimestart: '2017-08-21T04:00:00.000000Z'
                datetimestop: '2017-12-16T05:00:00.000000Z'
                semester: Fall 2017
                groupid: 0
                userid: 1234
                datetimeremoved: null
                datetimecreated: '2017-07-21T17:01:39.000000Z'
                studentcount: 0
                reference: ''
                api: https://example.org/api/courses/56
                members:
                - id: 87
                  classaccountid: 56
                  userid: 12346
                  membertype: 1
                  datetimestart: '2017-08-21T04:00:00.000000Z'
                  datetimestop: '2017-12-16T05:00:00.000000Z'
                  notice: 0
                  datetimecreated: '2017-07-21T17:01:40.000000Z'
                  datetimeremoved: null
                  api: https://example.org/api/courses/members/87
                  user:
                    id: 12346
                    name: Fu Bar
                    username: fubar
                - id: 87
                  classaccountid: 56
                  userid: 12347
                  membertype: 1
                  datetimestart: '2017-08-21T04:00:00.000000Z'
                  datetimestop: '2017-12-16T05:00:00.000000Z'
                  notice: 0
                  datetimecreated: '2017-07-21T17:01:40.000000Z'
                  datetimeremoved: null
                  api: https://example.org/api/courses/members/88
                  user:
                    id: 12347
                    name: Lorrie Ipsum
                    username: ipsuml
        '404':
          description: Record not found
        '409':
          description: Invalid data
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                crn:
                  description: Course CRN
                  type: string
                  default: null
                classname:
                  description: Class name
                  type: string
                  default: null
                coursenumber:
                  description: Course number
                  type: string
                  default: null
                userid:
                  description: Owner user ID
                  type: integer
                  default: null
                groupid:
                  description: Group ID
                  type: integer
                  default: null
                resourceid:
                  description: Resource ID
                  type: integer
                  default: null
                deptartment:
                  description: Department ID
                  type: string
                  default: null
                datetimestart:
                  description: Start date of the entry
                  type: string
                  default: null
                datetimestop:
                  description: End date of the entry
                  type: string
                  default: null
              required: []
      tags:
      - Courses
      summary: Replace courses by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: putCoursesById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    delete:
      description: Delete an entry
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        description: Entry identifier
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Successful entry deletion
        '404':
          description: Record not found
      tags:
      - Courses
      summary: Delete courses by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: deleteCoursesById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /courses/sync:
    get:
      description: Sync users with account info
      parameters: []
      tags:
      - Courses
      summary: Get courses sync
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getCoursesSync
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /courses/enrollments:
    get:
      description: Lookup enrollments for a class
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: crn
        description: Course CRN
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: classid
        description: Course ID
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      tags:
      - Courses
      summary: Get courses enrollments
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getCoursesEnrollments
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /courses/members:
    get:
      description: Display a listing of entries
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: classaccountid
        description: Class account ID
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      - in: query
        name: membertype
        description: Member type ID
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      - in: query
        name: userid
        description: User ID
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      - in: query
        name: notice
        description: Notice status
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      - in: query
        name: search
        description: A word or phrase to search for.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: search
      - in: query
        name: limit
        description: Number of result per page.
        type: integer
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 25
      - in: query
        name: page
        description: Number of where to start returning results.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
      - in: query
        name: order
        description: Field to sort results by.
        required: false
        default: name
        schema:
          type: string
          default: name
          enum:
          - id
          - name
          - owneruserid
          - unixgroup
          - unixid
      - in: query
        name: order_dir
        description: Direction to sort results by.
        type: string
        required: false
        default: asc
        schema:
          type: string
          default: asc
          enum:
          - asc
          - desc
      tags:
      - Courses
      summary: Get courses members
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getCoursesMembers
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    post:
      description: Create a new entry
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Successful entry creation
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 1
                classaccountid: 1
                userid: 1234
                membertype: 1
                datetimestart: '2016-08-22T04:00:00.000000Z'
                datetimestop: '2016-12-17T05:00:00.000000Z'
                notice: 0
                datetimecreated: '2016-08-19T04:02:01.000000Z'
                datetimeremoved: null
                api: https://example.org/api/courses/members/1
                user:
                  id: 1234
                  name: Jane Doe
                  username: jdoe
        '404':
          description: Record not found
        '409':
          description: Invalid data
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                classaccountid:
                  description: Class account ID
                  type: integer
                  default: null
                membertype:
                  description: Member type ID
                  type: integer
                  default: null
                userid:
                  description: User ID
                  type: integer
                  default: null
                datetimestart:
                  description: Datetime (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) user enrollment starts
                  type: string
                  default: null
                datetimestop:
                  description: Datetime (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) user enrollment stops
                  type: string
                  default: null
                notice:
                  description: Notice state
                  type: integer
                  default: null
              required:
              - classaccountid
              - userid
      tags:
      - Courses
      summary: Create courses members
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: postCoursesMembers
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /courses/members/{id}:
    get:
      description: Retrieve an entry
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        description: Entry identifier
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful entry read
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 1
                classaccountid: 1
                userid: 1234
                membertype: 1
                datetimestart: '2016-08-22T04:00:00.000000Z'
                datetimestop: '2016-12-17T05:00:00.000000Z'
                notice: 0
                datetimecreated: '2016-08-19T04:02:01.000000Z'
                datetimeremoved: null
                api: https://example.org/api/courses/members/1
                user:
                  id: 1234
                  name: Jane Doe
                  username: jdoe
        '404':
          description: Record not found
      tags:
      - Courses
      summary: Get courses members by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getCoursesMembersById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    put:
      description: Update an entry
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        description: Entry identifier
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Successful entry modification
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 1
                classaccountid: 1
                userid: 1234
                membertype: 1
                datetimestart: '2016-08-22T04:00:00.000000Z'
                datetimestop: '2016-12-17T05:00:00.000000Z'
                notice: 0
                datetimecreated: '2016-08-19T04:02:01.000000Z'
                datetimeremoved: null
                api: https://example.org/api/courses/members/1
                user:
                  id: 1234
                  name: Jane Doe
                  username: jdoe
        '404':
          description: Record not found
        '409':
          description: Invalid data
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                classaccountid:
                  description: Class account ID
                  type: integer
                  default: 0
                membertype:
                  description: Member type ID
                  type: integer
                  default: 0
                userid:
                  description: User ID
                  type: integer
                  default: 0
                datetimestart:
                  description: Datetime (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) user enrollment starts
                  type: string
                  default: null
                datetimestop:
                  description: Datetime (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) user enrollment stops
                  type: string
                  default: null
                notice:
                  description: Notice state
                  type: integer
                  default: null
              required: []
      tags:
      - Courses
      summary: Replace courses members by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: putCoursesMembersById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    delete:
      description: Delete an entry
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        description: Entry identifier
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Successful entry deletion
        '404':
          description: Record not found
      tags:
      - Courses
      summary: Delete courses members by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: deleteCoursesMembersById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /courses/members/import:
    post:
      description: Import
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Successful entry creation
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                data:
                - id: 1
                  classaccountid: 1
                  userid: 1234
                  membertype: 1
                  datetimestart: '2016-08-22T04:00:00.000000Z'
                  datetimestop: '2016-12-17T05:00:00.000000Z'
                  notice: 0
                  datetimecreated: '2016-08-19T04:02:01.000000Z'
                  datetimeremoved: null
                  api: https://example.org/api/courses/members/1
                  user:
                    id: 1234
                    name: Jane Doe
                    username: jdoe
                - id: 2
                  classaccountid: 1
                  userid: 1235
                  membertype: 1
                  datetimestart: '2016-08-22T04:00:00.000000Z'
                  datetimestop: '2016-12-17T05:00:00.000000Z'
                  notice: 0
                  datetimecreated: '2016-08-19T04:02:01.000000Z'
                  datetimeremoved: null
                  api: https://example.org/api/courses/members/2
                  user:
                    id: 1235
                    name: Jimmy Doe
                    username: jimmyd
        '404':
          description: Record not found
        '409':
          description: Invalid data
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                id:
                  description: Class account ID
                  type: integer
                  default: null
                file:
                  description: File to be uploaded
                  type: array
                  default: null
              required:
              - id
              - file
      tags:
      - Courses
      summary: Create courses members import
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: postCoursesMembersImport
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  securitySchemes:
    api_token:
      type: apiKey
      name: api_token
      in: header