Purdue University

Purdue University Menus API

The Menus API from Purdue University — 6 operation(s) for menus.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 12

GET /menus/items Get menus items #
POST /menus/items Create menus items #
GET /menus/items/{id} Get menus items by id #
PUT /menus/items/{id} Replace menus items by id #
DELETE /menus/items/{id} Delete menus items by id #
POST /menus/items/reorder Create menus items reorder #
GET /menus Get menus #
POST /menus Create menus #
GET /menus/{id} Get menus by id #
PUT /menus/{id} Replace menus by id #
DELETE /menus/{id} Delete menus by id #
GET /locations/{location}/{date} Get one location's published menu for one date #

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
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/authentication/purdue-authentication.yml

Specifications

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

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/json-schema/purdue-hfs-location-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/json-schema/purdue-hfs-location-menu-schema.json

Other Resources

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OpenAPIOriginal
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/openapi/_original/purdue-rcac-api.json
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Support
https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/help
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Errors
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/errors/purdue-errors.yml
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Lifecycle
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/lifecycle/purdue-lifecycle.yml
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Rules
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/rules/purdue-openapi-spectral-rules.yml
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Vocabulary
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/purdue-vocabulary.yml
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/examples/purdue-hfs-locations-example.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/purdue/refs/heads/main/examples/purdue-hfs-location-menu-example.json
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Website
https://www.housing.purdue.edu/

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OpenAPI Specification

purdue-menus-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Purdue Menus API
  x-refined-note:
  - x-refined-note differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Menus across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: purdue-rcac-api.json, purdue-menus-api-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/api
  description: Production server
- url: https://api.hfs.purdue.edu/menus/v2
  description: Production - observed live, keyless, 2026-08-30
tags:
- name: Menus
paths:
  /menus/items:
    get:
      description: Display a listing of entries
      parameters: []
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                state:
                  description: Listener enabled/disabled state
                  type: string
                  default: null
                limit:
                  description: Number of result per page.
                  type: integer
                  default: 20
                page:
                  description: Number of where to start returning results.
                  type: string
                  default: null
                search:
                  description: A word or phrase to search for.
                  type: string
                  default: null
                order:
                  description: Field to sort results by.
                  type: string
                  default: null
                order_dir:
                  description: Direction to sort results by.
                  type: string
                  default: asc
              required: []
      tags:
      - Menus
      summary: Get menus items
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getMenusItems
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    post:
      description: Create a new entry
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Successful entry creation
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 9
                menutype: about
                title: About Us
                alias: about
                note: ''
                path: about
                link: about
                type: module
                parent_id: 1
                level: 1
                state: 1
                module_id: 22
                ordering: 0
                checked_out: 0
                checked_out_time: null
                access: 1
                params: []
                lft: 23
                rgt: 24
                home: 0
                language: '*'
                client_id: 0
                editor: null
                componentname: pages
                access_level: Public
                name: pages
                published: 1
                item_type: pages
                api: https://example.org/api/menus/items/9
        '409':
          description: Invalid data
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                title:
                  description: Menu item text
                  type: string
                  default: null
                type:
                  description: Menu type
                  type: string
                  default: null
                parent_id:
                  description: Parent menu item ID
                  type: integer
                  default: 0
              required:
              - title
      tags:
      - Menus
      summary: Create menus items
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: postMenusItems
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    servers:
    - url: https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/api
      description: Production server
  /menus/items/{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: 9
                menutype: about
                title: About Us
                alias: about
                note: ''
                path: about
                link: about
                type: module
                parent_id: 1
                level: 1
                state: 1
                module_id: 22
                ordering: 0
                checked_out: 0
                checked_out_time: null
                access: 1
                params: []
                lft: 23
                rgt: 24
                home: 0
                language: '*'
                client_id: 0
                editor: null
                componentname: pages
                access_level: Public
                name: pages
                published: 1
                item_type: pages
                api: https://example.org/api/menus/items/9
        '404':
          description: Record not found
      tags:
      - Menus
      summary: Get menus items by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getMenusItemsById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    put:
      description: Update an entry
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        description: Entry identifier
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Successful entry modification
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 9
                menutype: about
                title: About Us
                alias: about
                note: ''
                path: about
                link: about
                type: module
                parent_id: 1
                level: 1
                state: 1
                module_id: 22
                ordering: 0
                checked_out: 0
                checked_out_time: null
                access: 1
                params: []
                lft: 23
                rgt: 24
                home: 0
                language: '*'
                client_id: 0
                editor: null
                componentname: pages
                access_level: Public
                name: pages
                published: 1
                item_type: pages
                api: https://example.org/api/menus/items/9
        '404':
          description: Record not found
        '409':
          description: Invalid data
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                title:
                  description: Menu item text
                  type: string
                  default: null
                type:
                  description: Menu type
                  type: string
                  default: null
                parent_id:
                  description: Parent menu item ID
                  type: integer
                  default: 0
              required: []
      tags:
      - Menus
      summary: Replace menus items by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: putMenusItemsById
      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:
      - Menus
      summary: Delete menus items by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: deleteMenusItemsById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    servers:
    - url: https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/api
      description: Production server
  /menus/items/reorder:
    post:
      description: Save the order for items
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Successful entry updates
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                id:
                  description: A list of ordering values
                  type: array
                  default: null
              required:
              - id
              - id
      tags:
      - Menus
      summary: Create menus items reorder
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: postMenusItemsReorder
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    servers:
    - url: https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/api
      description: Production server
  /menus:
    get:
      description: Display a listing of entries
      parameters:
        '0':
          in: query
          name: search
          description: A word or phrase to search for.
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
        '2':
          in: query
          name: page
          description: Number of where to start returning results.
          required: false
          schema:
            type: integer
            default: 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful list cread
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                data:
                - id: 2
                  menutype: about
                  title: About
                  description: About Side Menu
                  client_id: 0
                  created_at: null
                  updated_at: null
                  deleted_at: null
                  items_count: 12
                  counts:
                    published: 0
                    unpublished: 0
                    trashed: 0
                  api: https://example.org/api/menus/2
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                limit:
                  description: Number of result per page.
                  type: integer
                  default: 20
                order:
                  description: Field to sort results by.
                  type: string
                  default: menutype
                order_dir:
                  description: Direction to sort results by.
                  type: string
                  default: asc
              required: []
      tags:
      - Menus
      summary: Get menus
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getMenus
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    post:
      description: Create a new entry
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Successful entry creation
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 2
                menutype: about
                title: About
                description: About Side Menu
                client_id: 0
                created_at: null
                updated_at: null
                deleted_at: null
                items_count: 12
                counts:
                  published: 0
                  unpublished: 0
                  trashed: 0
                api: https://example.org/api/menus/2
        '409':
          description: Invalid data
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                title:
                  description: Menu title
                  type: string
                  default: null
                description:
                  description: A description of the menu
                  type: string
                  default: null
                client_id:
                  description: Client (admin = 1|site = 0) ID
                  type: integer
                  default: 0
                menutype:
                  description: A short alias for the menu. If none provided, one will be generated from the title.
                  type: string
                  default: null
              required:
              - title
      tags:
      - Menus
      summary: Create menus
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: postMenus
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    servers:
    - url: https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/api
      description: Production server
  /menus/{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: 2
                menutype: about
                title: About
                description: About Side Menu
                client_id: 0
                created_at: null
                updated_at: null
                deleted_at: null
                items_count: 12
                counts:
                  published: 0
                  unpublished: 0
                  trashed: 0
                api: https://example.org/api/menus/2
        '404':
          description: Record not found
      tags:
      - Menus
      summary: Get menus by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getMenusById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    put:
      description: Update an entry
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        description: Entry identifier
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Successful entry modification
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 2
                menutype: about
                title: About
                description: About Side Menu
                client_id: 0
                created_at: null
                updated_at: null
                deleted_at: null
                items_count: 12
                counts:
                  published: 0
                  unpublished: 0
                  trashed: 0
                api: https://example.org/api/menus/2
        '404':
          description: Record not found
        '409':
          description: Invalid data
      requestBody:
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                title:
                  description: Menu title
                  type: string
                  default: null
                description:
                  description: A description of the menu
                  type: string
                  default: null
                client_id:
                  description: Client (admin = 1|site = 0) ID
                  type: integer
                  default: 0
                menutype:
                  description: A short alias for the menu. If none provided, one will be generated from the title.
                  type: string
                  default: null
              required: []
      tags:
      - Menus
      summary: Replace menus by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: putMenusById
      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:
      - Menus
      summary: Delete menus by id
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: deleteMenusById
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    servers:
    - url: https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/api
      description: Production server
  /locations/{location}/{date}:
    servers:
    - url: https://api.hfs.purdue.edu/menus/v2
      description: Production - observed live, keyless, 2026-08-30
    get:
      tags:
      - Menus
      operationId: getLocationMenu
      summary: Get one location's published menu for one date
      description: Returns the meals, stations and items published for a location on a calendar date. `location` is the location Name (for example `Earhart`), not the LocationId. A location name that does not exist returns 500 with an ASP.NET exception body, not 404 - see the errors artifact.
      parameters:
      - name: location
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Location Name as returned by /locations, for example `Earhart`.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: Earhart
      - name: date
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Calendar date in YYYY-MM-DD form.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
        example: '2026-08-30'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The published menu for that location and date.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocationMenu'
        '404':
          description: Observed when the date segment is omitted entirely.
        '500':
          description: Observed for an unknown location name - an unhandled System.InvalidOperationException is returned rather than a 404.
components:
  schemas:
    LocationMenu:
      type: object
      properties:
        Location:
          type: string
        Date:
          type: string
          description: Observed as US M/D/YYYY in the response body, though the request takes YYYY-MM-DD.
        IsPublished:
          type: boolean
        Notes:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        Meals:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Meal'
    Allergen:
      type: object
      properties:
        Name:
          type: string
        Value:
          type: boolean
    MenuItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        ID:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        Name:
          type: string
        IsVegetarian:
          type: boolean
        NutritionReady:
          type: boolean
        Allergens:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Allergen'
    Station:
      type: object
      properties:
        Name:
          type: string
        Items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MenuItem'
    Meal:
      type: object
      properties:
        ID:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        Name:
          type: string
        Order:
          type: integer
        Status:
          type: string
          description: Observed values include Open and Closed.
        Type:
          type: string
        Hours:
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
          properties:
            StartTime:
              type: string
            EndTime:
              type: string
        Notes:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        Stations:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Station'
  securitySchemes:
    api_token:
      type: apiKey
      name: api_token
      in: header
x-refined-from:
- purdue-rcac-api.json
- purdue-menus-api-openapi.yml