Hydra Resto API payloads
JSON Schema for the Ghent University student-restaurant API served at hydra.ugent.be. Derived on 2026-09-01 from the Resto API 2.x specification published by Zeus WPI at https://github.com/ZeusWPI/hydra/blob/master/api-resto-02.md and cross-checked against live responses captured in examples/. The API publishes no schema of its own.
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ghent/main/json-schema/ghent-hydra-resto-schema.json",
"title": "Hydra Resto API payloads",
"description": "JSON Schema for the Ghent University student-restaurant API served at hydra.ugent.be. Derived on 2026-09-01 from the Resto API 2.x specification published by Zeus WPI at https://github.com/ZeusWPI/hydra/blob/master/api-resto-02.md and cross-checked against live responses captured in examples/. The API publishes no schema of its own.",
"x-provenance": {
"generated": "2026-09-01",
"method": "derived",
"source": "https://github.com/ZeusWPI/hydra/blob/master/api-resto-02.md",
"x-operator": "institution"
},
"$defs": {
"Meta": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"locations": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Location"
}
}
}
},
"Location": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"address": {
"type": "string"
},
"latitude": {
"type": "number"
},
"longitude": {
"type": "number"
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Main type of the location, for example resto or cafetaria."
},
"endpoint": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Slug used in the menu paths."
},
"open": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Regular opening intervals per location type, as hh:mm pairs. Holidays and exceptional closures are not accounted for.",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}
}
},
"DayMenu": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"date": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date"
},
"open": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Not a guarantee - some closed days are absent from the output entirely."
},
"meals": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Meal"
}
},
"vegetables": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"vegetables2": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Vegetable"
}
},
"message": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional note about an exceptional closure or menu change."
}
}
},
"Meal": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"kind": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Currently meat, fish, soup, vegetarian or vegan. Clients must tolerate new values."
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"price": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Textual price."
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Currently main or side. Clients must tolerate new values."
},
"allergens": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
},
"Vegetable": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"kind": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Currently meat, vegetarian or vegan. Clients must tolerate new values."
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"allergens": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
},
"ExtraFood": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"breakfast": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/PricedItem"
}
},
"desserts": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/PricedItem"
}
},
"drinks": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/PricedItem"
}
}
}
},
"PricedItem": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"price": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Price in euros",
"textual.": null
}
}
},
"Sandwich": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"ingredients": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"price_medium": {
"type": "string"
},
"price_small": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"WeeklySandwich": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"ingredients": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"start": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date"
},
"end": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date"
},
"vegan": {
"type": "boolean"
}
}
},
"Salad": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"type": "string"
},
"price": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"Allergens": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Category name to dish name to allergen list.",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}
},
"oneOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/Meta"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/DayMenu"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/ExtraFood"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/Allergens"
}
]
}
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