UCSB Student Basic Student Info

Basic and extended student demographic and enrollment records. Access Approval Required; FERPA-governed. Published as Swagger 2.0, 2 paths, base https://api.ucsb.edu/students.

Operations 2

GET /v2/students/{perm}
GET /v2/students/current

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OpenAPI Specification

ucsb-student-basic-info-openapi.yml Raw ↑
swagger: '2.0'
info:
  version: v2
  title: Student Basic Student Info
  description: "Basic Student information from the Office of the Registrar. This endpoint is meant to\
    \ return name, email address, and some relatively static registration information.\r\n\r\nThe BasicAuth\
    \ header is a base64-encoded(ucsbNetId:password) combination. The ucsbNetId/password combination should\
    \ be of a service account registered with the Campus Identity systems (ETS, the Campus LDAP). This\
    \ ucsbNetId needs to be supplied to the Office of the Registrar as part of the approval process."
  x-source-url: https://developer.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/openapi/students-v2.out_.api__1.yaml
  x-last-validated: '2026-08-30'
  x-operator: institution
host: api.ucsb.edu
basePath: /students
schemes:
- https
securityDefinitions:
  ucsb-api-key:
    name: ucsb-api-key
    in: header
    type: apiKey
  BasicAuth:
    type: basic
security:
- ucsb-api-key: []
- BasicAuth: []
paths:
  /v2/students/{perm}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Students
      consumes: []
      produces:
      - application/json
      - text/json
      parameters:
      - name: perm
        in: path
        description: Students 6 or 7 character perm
        required: true
        type: string
      - name: ucsb-api-version
        in: header
        description: Specific api version to use.
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '2.0'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A basic student information object is returned. With appropriate approval, an extended
            student information object is returned.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/StudentExtended'
        '400':
          description: Bad or malformed request. See response body for details.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/WebApiInvalidModel'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. See response body for details.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/SimpleMessageModel'
        '404':
          description: Resource cannot be found. See response body for details.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/SimpleMessageModel'
  /v2/students/current:
    get:
      tags:
      - Students
      consumes: []
      produces:
      - application/json
      - text/json
      parameters:
      - name: ucsb-user-jwt
        in: header
        description: end user jwt token
        required: true
        type: string
      - name: ucsb-api-version
        in: header
        description: Specific api version to use.
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '2.0'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A basic student information object is returned. With appropriate approval, an extended
            student information object is returned.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/StudentMinimal'
        '400':
          description: Bad or malformed request. See response body for details.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/WebApiInvalidModel'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. See response body for details.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/SimpleMessageModel'
        '404':
          description: Resource cannot be found. See response body for details.
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/SimpleMessageModel'
definitions:
  StudentExtended:
    type: object
    properties:
      firstName:
        description: The student's lived first name
        type: string
      firstNameLegal:
        description: The student's legal first name (Extended Data Only)
        type: string
      middleName:
        description: The student's lived middle name (Extended Data Only)
        type: string
      middleNameLegal:
        description: The student's legal middle name (Extended Data Only)
        type: string
      lastName:
        description: The student's lived last name
        type: string
      lastNameLegal:
        description: The student's legal last name (Extended Data Only)
        type: string
      suffix:
        description: The name suffix (JR, SR, etc)
        type: string
      gender:
        description: '''M'' = Male, ''F'' = Female, NULL = No value provided (Extended Data Only)'
        type: string
      birthDate:
        description: The birthdate in 8 character code (YYYYMMDD)
        type: string
      nfr:
        description: "Not For Release - This indicates if the students record has a Not For Release flag\
          \ associated with it. If true,\r\nthen the Registrar's Office should be consulted before releasing\
          \ any of the students information to anyone\r\nbesides the student."
        type: boolean
      internationalStudentCode:
        description: '''F'' = Foreign, ''R'' = Resident Alien, NULL = Domestic'
        type: string
      firstCensusQuarter:
        description: The first quarter the student was registered and included in the UCOP extract.
        type: string
      lastCensusQuarter:
        description: The latest quarter the student was registered and included in the UCOP extract.
        type: string
      lastRegisteredQuarter:
        description: The latest quarter that the student was registered with a status of Registered (R)
          or EAP (E).
        type: string
      admitLevel:
        description: '''FR'' = Freshman Undergraduate Admit, ''TR'' = Transfer Undergraduate Admit, Empty
          = No data or not an undergraduate admit.'
        type: string
      admitQuarter:
        description: Quarter the student was admitted as an undergraduate.
        type: string
      pronounCode:
        description: Pronoun code for the student.
        type: string
      perm:
        description: The 7-digit perm number
        type: string
      email:
        description: The email address (umail.ucsb.edu)
        type: string
  WebApiInvalidModel:
    type: object
    properties:
      message:
        type: string
      modelState:
        type: object
        additionalProperties:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
  SimpleMessageModel:
    type: object
    properties:
      message:
        type: string
  StudentMinimal:
    type: object
    properties:
      perm:
        description: The 7-digit perm number
        type: string
      firstName:
        description: The student's first name
        type: string
      lastName:
        description: The student's last name
        type: string
      suffix:
        description: The name suffix (JR, SR, etc)
        type: string
      email:
        description: The email address (umail.ucsb.edu)
        type: string