University of Warwick Timetabling API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Tabula Timetabling API
  version: v1
  summary: University of Warwick's teaching and learning administration API.
  description: 'Tabula is the University of Warwick''s system for the administration of teaching and learning. It is built and operated by the University''s own Information and Digital Group (IDG) / IT Services software engineering team — the iCal responses it emits carry `PRODID:-//Tabula//University of Warwick IT Services//EN`, and the source repositories sit under the institution''s own GitHub organisation. This is an institution-operated contract, not a vendor platform running under Warwick''s name.


    The API is resource-oriented, returns JSON in all responses including errors, and wraps every payload in a `success`/`status` envelope. A small number of calendar endpoints (term dates, term weeks, holiday dates) are fully public and require no credentials. Everything else is protected by Warwick Web Sign-on and requires either HTTP Basic Auth with an ITS External User account or an OAuth 1.0a token.


    Content negotiation: the calendar endpoints return JSON by default and iCalendar when the request carries `Accept: text/calendar` or the path ends in `.ics`.'
  termsOfService: https://warwick.ac.uk/terms/
  contact:
    name: University of Warwick ITS Web Team
    url: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/idg/services-support/web/tabula/api/
    email: webteam@warwick.ac.uk
  license:
    name: Warwick website terms of use
    url: https://warwick.ac.uk/terms/
servers:
- url: https://tabula.warwick.ac.uk/api/v1
  description: Production
- url: https://tabula-sandbox.warwick.ac.uk/api/v1
  description: Sandbox. Contains no staff data and only auto-generated fake student data. Access is granted on request to tabula@warwick.ac.uk.
security:
- {}
tags:
- name: Timetabling
  description: Term dates, term weeks, holiday dates, and module/member timetables.
paths:
  /termdates:
    get:
      tags:
      - Timetabling
      operationId: retrieveTermDates
      summary: Retrieve term dates
      description: Retrieve the list of term dates for the current academic year plus the previous and next years. Documented by Warwick as "This API is public" and verified unauthenticated (HTTP 200) on 2026-08-19.
      security:
      - {}
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcceptCalendar'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Term dates.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TermDatesResponse'
            text/calendar:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: iCalendar (RFC 5545) document.
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
  /termdates.ics:
    get:
      tags:
      - Timetabling
      operationId: retrieveTermDatesIcal
      summary: Retrieve term dates as iCalendar
      description: Extension-driven form of the term dates endpoint. Verified unauthenticated (HTTP 200, text/calendar) on 2026-08-19.
      security:
      - {}
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Term dates as an iCalendar document.
          content:
            text/calendar:
              schema:
                type: string
  /termdates/{academicYear}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Timetabling
      operationId: retrieveTermDatesForYear
      summary: Retrieve term dates for an academic year
      security:
      - {}
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcademicYearPath'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcceptCalendar'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Term dates for the requested academic year.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TermDatesResponse'
            text/calendar:
              schema:
                type: string
  /termdates/weeks:
    get:
      tags:
      - Timetabling
      operationId: retrieveTermWeeks
      summary: Retrieve term weeks
      description: Retrieve the list of term weeks for the current academic year. Documented public and verified unauthenticated (HTTP 200) on 2026-08-19.
      security:
      - {}
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/NumberingSystem'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcceptCalendar'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Term weeks.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TermWeeksResponse'
            text/calendar:
              schema:
                type: string
  /termdates/{academicYear}/weeks:
    get:
      tags:
      - Timetabling
      operationId: retrieveTermWeeksForYear
      summary: Retrieve term weeks for an academic year
      security:
      - {}
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcademicYearPath'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/NumberingSystem'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Term weeks for the requested academic year.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TermWeeksResponse'
  /holidaydates:
    get:
      tags:
      - Timetabling
      operationId: retrieveHolidayDates
      summary: Retrieve holiday dates
      description: Retrieve statutory and customary University holiday dates. Documented public and verified unauthenticated (HTTP 200, 199 dates) on 2026-08-19.
      security:
      - {}
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcceptCalendar'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Holiday dates.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HolidayDatesResponse'
            text/calendar:
              schema:
                type: string
  /holidaydates.ics:
    get:
      tags:
      - Timetabling
      operationId: retrieveHolidayDatesIcal
      summary: Retrieve holiday dates as iCalendar
      description: Verified unauthenticated (HTTP 200, text/calendar) on 2026-08-19. Also published for calendar subscription as `webcal://tabula.warwick.ac.uk/api/v1/holidaydates.ics`.
      security:
      - {}
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Holiday dates as an iCalendar document.
          content:
            text/calendar:
              schema:
                type: string
  /module/{moduleCode}/timetable:
    get:
      tags:
      - Timetabling
      operationId: retrieveModuleTimetable
      summary: Retrieve a module timetable
      description: All scheduled timetable events assigned to the module. Sourced from Syllabus+. Requires `Permissions.Module.ViewTimetable`, which all signed-in users hold on all modules by default.
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
      - oauth1: []
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ModuleCode'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcademicYearQuery'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The module's timetable events.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TimetableEventsResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
  /module/{moduleCode}/timetable/events:
    get:
      tags:
      - Timetabling
      operationId: retrieveModuleTimetableEvents
      summary: Retrieve a module's timetable events between two dates
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
      - oauth1: []
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ModuleCode'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcademicYearQuery'
      - name: start
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Start date, formatted dd-MMM-yyyy (e.g. 01-Dec-2015).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: end
        in: query
        required: false
        description: End date, formatted dd-MMM-yyyy (e.g. 01-Dec-2015).
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Timetable events in the requested window.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TimetableEventsResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
  /member/{universityId}/timetable:
    get:
      tags:
      - Timetabling
      operationId: retrieveMemberTimetable
      summary: Retrieve a personal timetable
      description: All scheduled timetable events in a person's timetable for the current year. Does not include one-off events such as personal tutor meetings. Requires `Permissions.Profiles.Read.Timetable` on the member.
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
      - oauth1: []
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UniversityId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AcademicYearQuery'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The member's timetable events.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TimetableEventsResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
components:
  schemas:
    Week:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          examples:
          - Term 1, week 1
        academicYear:
          type: string
        weekNumber:
          type: integer
        start:
          type: string
          format: date
        end:
          type: string
          format: date
    TimetableEvent:
      type: object
      description: Shape summarised from Warwick's "The Timetable Event object" reference page. Sourced from Syllabus+.
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        eventType:
          type: string
        location:
          type: string
        moduleCode:
          type: string
        weekRanges:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/WeekRange'
        day:
          type: string
        startTime:
          type: string
        endTime:
          type: string
    TermWeeksResponse:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
      - type: object
        required:
        - weeks
        properties:
          weeks:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Week'
    TimetableEventsResponse:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
      - type: object
        properties:
          events:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TimetableEvent'
    TermDatesResponse:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
      - type: object
        required:
        - terms
        properties:
          terms:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Term'
    Envelope:
      type: object
      description: Every Tabula response carries this envelope.
      required:
      - success
      - status
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
        status:
          type: string
    WeekRange:
      type: object
      properties:
        minWeek:
          type: integer
        maxWeek:
          type: integer
    ErrorResponse:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
      - type: object
        required:
        - errors
        properties:
          success:
            const: false
          errors:
            type: array
            items:
              type: object
              required:
              - message
              properties:
                message:
                  type: string
    Term:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          examples:
          - Autumn
        weekRange:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/WeekRange'
        academicYear:
          type: string
          examples:
          - 25/26
        start:
          type: string
          format: date
        end:
          type: string
          format: date
    HolidayDatesResponse:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
      - type: object
        required:
        - dates
        properties:
          dates:
            type: array
            description: Holiday dates in ISO date format.
            items:
              type: string
              format: date
  responses:
    ServerError:
      description: Something went wrong on the Tabula end.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: HTTP authentication failed or was not supplied.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            success: false
            status: unauthorized
            errors:
            - message: API requests must be authenticated with HTTP Basic Auth or OAuth
    Forbidden:
      description: Authenticated successfully but lacking permission for this request.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  parameters:
    AcceptCalendar:
      name: Accept
      in: header
      required: false
      description: Send `text/calendar` to receive iCalendar instead of JSON.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - application/json
        - text/calendar
    AcademicYearQuery:
      name: academicYear
      in: query
      required: false
      description: The academic year in yy/yy form, e.g. `13/14`. Defaults to the current SITS academic year.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: 25/26
    NumberingSystem:
      name: numberingSystem
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Week naming system. `academic` runs 1–52 through the year; `term` restarts at each term; `cumulative` continues across terms; `none` always uses dates.
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - academic
        - term
        - cumulative
        - none
        default: academic
    AcademicYearPath:
      name: academicYear
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The academic year as a 4-digit start year — for 13/14 use `2013`. Defaults to the current academic year, which starts on 1 August.
      schema:
        type: string
        pattern: ^[0-9]{4}$
      example: '2025'
    UniversityId:
      name: universityId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The 7-digit University ID of the member. The special value `me` requests the currently authenticated user.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: me
    ModuleCode:
      name: moduleCode
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The lowercase module code, e.g. `cs118`.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: cs118
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic authentication over HTTPS using a Warwick Web Sign-on ITS user code and password. Warwick documents that requests SHOULD use a dedicated External User account provisioned for API access.
    oauth1:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: OAuth 1.0a. Warwick supports the RSA-SHA1 and HMAC-SHA1 signature algorithms and requires a Warwick-specific `scope` parameter naming the service being accessed. Request token, authorise and access token endpoints are on websignon.warwick.ac.uk. OpenAPI has no native OAuth 1.0a security scheme type, so this is expressed as the Authorization header it actually travels in.
externalDocs:
  description: Tabula API documentation
  url: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/idg/services-support/web/tabula/api/