sessions.umn.edu

A public API for data about UMN Sessions.

Sessions?

You're probably familar with Terms (i.e., Fall 2015, etc.). Terms are further broken down into sessions. That session data is what this service returns.

Usage

Get Everything:

URL	What Data is Returned
http://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.json	All data is JSON format
http://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.xml	All data is XML format

Filter by Institution

URL	What Data is Returned
http://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.json?q=institution_id=UMNTC	All data for UMNTC institution
`http://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.json?q=institution_id=UMNMO	UMNTC`

Filter by Term

URL	What Data is Returned
http://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.json?q=term_id=1159	All data for Fall 2014 term
`http://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.json?q=term_id=1155	1159`

Filter by Academic Career

URL	What Data is Returned
http://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.json?q=academic_career_id=ugrd	All data for undergrad acadamic career
`http://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.json?q=academic_career_id=ugrd	law`

Filter by Multiple Criteria

Just seperate your criteria with commas

http://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.json?q=academic_career_id=ugrd|law,term_id=1159,institution_id=UMNTC

Data Returned

You will get a collection of session resources back. The format will depend on if you choose XML or JSON, but the data will be like this example:

session:
  type: 'session'
  session_id: 'umntc_ugrd_1159_017'
  academic_career:
    type: 'academic_career'
    academic_career_id: 'ugrd'
  institution:
    type: 'institution'
    institution_id: 'umntc'
    abbreviation: 'umntc'
  term:
    type: 'term'
    term_id: '1159'
    strm: '1159'
  session_code: '017'
  session_name: '11 wk Session'
  begin_date: '2015-09-08'
  end_date: '2015-11-23'
  enrollement_open_date: '2015-05-01'