University of California, Santa Barbara

UCSB Department Chartfield

Department, cost centre, cost type and project-code chartfields from the campus financial system. Published as OpenAPI 3.0.1 and the only contract that declares test and dev environments alongside production. Published as OpenAPI 3.0.1, 1 path, base https://api.ucsb.edu/administration/financial/accounts.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 1

GET /departments/v1/{departmentCode} Get departments and their chart fields by parent department

Documentation

📖

Documentation

https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/department-chartfield

Specifications

⚙

OpenAPI

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ucsb/refs/heads/main/openapi/ucsb-department-chartfield-openapi.yml

Work with this as data

Every API here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

MCP server

One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.

https://apis.io/mcp

Tools for apis

7 MCP tools reach this

find_apisBrowse and filter every API in the catalog.
get_api_artifactsOne API's artifacts, grouped by type.
get_openapiThe primary OpenAPI for this API.
find_similar_apisAPIs that look like this one.
apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.

All 92 tools →

Call it yourself

curl for this page

This API

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis/department-chartfield"

All apis

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis?limit=25"

Discovery needs no key. Ratings and market analysis are Pro.

Get an API key

Free tier, no form to fill in. Signing in shares your email address with us — we store it to create your key and to recognise you if you sign in with another provider. See our Privacy Policy and Terms.

GitHub Google LinkedIn

A second provider on the same verified email joins the account you already have.

OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Department Chartfield
  description: Departments and their chartfields, cost types, cost centers and project codes, by parent
    department code from the GMC.  This service will return department child descendents.
  version: '1.0'
  x-source-url: https://developer.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/openapi/gmc-department-accounts_0.yaml
  x-last-validated: '2026-08-30'
  x-operator: institution
servers:
- url: https://api.ucsb.edu/administration/financial/accounts
- url: https://test.api.ucsb.edu/administration/financial/accounts
- url: https://dev.api.ucsb.edu/administration/financial/accounts
paths:
  /departments/v1/{departmentCode}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Departments
      summary: Get departments and their chart fields by parent department
      description: ''
      parameters:
      - name: departmentCode
        in: path
        description: 4 chars department code
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: includeChartfields
        in: query
        description: Include Department Chartfields
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Returns a list of child departments and their chartfields
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/DepartmentModel'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/DepartmentModel'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails'
        '500':
          description: Server Error
components:
  schemas:
    CostTypeModel:
      type: object
      properties:
        costType:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        costTypeDesc:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        enabled:
          type: boolean
          nullable: true
        updateDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      additionalProperties: false
    CostCenterModel:
      type: object
      properties:
        costCenter:
          type: string
          description: ''
          nullable: true
        costCenterDesc:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        enabled:
          type: boolean
          nullable: true
        updateDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      additionalProperties: false
    ProjectCodeModel:
      type: object
      properties:
        projectCode:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        projectCodeDesc:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        enabled:
          type: boolean
          nullable: true
        updateDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      additionalProperties: false
    DepartmentModel:
      type: object
      properties:
        deptCode:
          type: string
          description: Department Code
          nullable: true
        deptName:
          type: string
          description: Department Name
          nullable: true
        reportTo:
          type: string
          description: DepartmentModel to which this department report to
          nullable: true
        enabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Department Enabled flag
        updateDate:
          type: string
          description: Last time department was updated
          format: date-time
        costTypes:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostTypeModel'
          description: department Cost Types
          nullable: true
        costCenters:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CostCenterModel'
          description: Department Cost Centers
          nullable: true
        projectCodes:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProjectCodeModel'
          description: Department Project Codes
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
      description: ''
    ProblemDetails:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        title:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        status:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          nullable: true
        detail:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        instance:
          type: string
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
        additionalProperties: false
  securitySchemes:
    ucsbApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      name: ucsb-api-key
      in: header
security:
- ucsbApiKey: []