University of California, Santa Barbara

University of California, Santa Barbara Students API

The Students API from University of California, Santa Barbara — 3 operation(s) for students.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 3

GET /students /students #
GET /v2/students/{perm} Get students by perm #
GET /v2/students/current Get students current #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/academic-curriculums
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/academic-graduate-programs
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/academic-quarter-calendar
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/barc-quarter-calendar
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/barc-students-api
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/academic-clas-schedules
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/classcode-lookup-service
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/department-chartfield
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/department-course-extract
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/employee-job
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/events
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/grad-application-verifications
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/mtd-access
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/peoplesoft-fau-functional-accounting-unit-combination-service
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/student-academic-programs-majors-minors
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/student-basic-student-info
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/student-courses
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/student-record-code-lookups
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/student-registrations
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/student-rosters
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Documentation
https://developer.ucsb.edu/content/student-schedules

Specifications

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

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OpenAPI Specification

ucsb-students-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Ucsb Students API
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Students across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: barcstudents-v1_0_0.yaml, students-v2.out_.api__1.yaml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.ucsb.edu/students/private/barcstudents/v1
- url: https://api.ucsb.edu/students
security:
- ucsb-api-key: []
- BasicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Students
paths:
  /students:
    get:
      tags:
      - Students
      summary: /students
      operationId: /students
      parameters:
      - name: daysBack
        in: query
        description: Number of days to look back
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          maximum: 30
          minimum: 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StudentsResponse'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StudentsResponse'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StudentsResponse'
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StudentsResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad or malformed request. See response body for details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebApiInvalidModel'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebApiInvalidModel'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebApiInvalidModel'
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebApiInvalidModel'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. See response body for details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SimpleMessageModel'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SimpleMessageModel'
            application/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SimpleMessageModel'
            text/xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SimpleMessageModel'
      x-summary-source: derived
    servers:
    - url: https://api.ucsb.edu/students/private/barcstudents/v1
  /v2/students/{perm}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Students
      parameters:
      - name: perm
        in: path
        description: Students 6 or 7 character perm
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: ucsb-api-version
        in: header
        description: Specific api version to use.
        required: false
        schema:
          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.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StudentExtended'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StudentExtended'
        '400':
          description: Bad or malformed request. See response body for details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebApiInvalidModel'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebApiInvalidModel'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. See response body for details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SimpleMessageModel'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SimpleMessageModel'
        '404':
          description: Resource cannot be found. See response body for details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SimpleMessageModel'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SimpleMessageModel'
      summary: Get students by perm
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getV2StudentsByPerm
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    servers:
    - url: https://api.ucsb.edu/students
  /v2/students/current:
    get:
      tags:
      - Students
      parameters:
      - name: ucsb-user-jwt
        in: header
        description: end user jwt token
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: ucsb-api-version
        in: header
        description: Specific api version to use.
        required: false
        schema:
          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.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StudentMinimal'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StudentMinimal'
        '400':
          description: Bad or malformed request. See response body for details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebApiInvalidModel'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebApiInvalidModel'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. See response body for details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SimpleMessageModel'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SimpleMessageModel'
        '404':
          description: Resource cannot be found. See response body for details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SimpleMessageModel'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SimpleMessageModel'
      summary: Get students current
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getV2StudentsCurrent
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    servers:
    - url: https://api.ucsb.edu/students
components:
  schemas:
    Student:
      description: A student record that was updated within the given time frame
      type: object
      properties:
        perm:
          description: 'Student Identification Number.

            Assigned for Undergraduates on entry to the Admissions system.

            Assigned to Graduate students on entry to the Registration system.

            Assigned to Summer Sessions students.


            Perm is also named SR_Identifier in many applications.'
          type: string
        emailAddress:
          description: Email Address
          type: string
    StudentsResponse:
      description: A wrapper class that contains messaging for the API call and the payload
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          description: Results of API call, if any. NULL on error.
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Student'
    WebApiInvalidModel:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
        modelState:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
    SimpleMessageModel:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
    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,

            then the Registrar''s Office should be consulted before releasing any of the students information to anyone

            besides 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
    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
  securitySchemes:
    ucsb-api-key:
      name: ucsb-api-key
      in: header
      type: apiKey
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
x-refined-from:
- barcstudents-v1_0_0.yaml
- students-v2.out_.api__1.yaml