School
This API is used to provide access to school information such as users, academics, admissions, athletics, content, lists, and general school info.
GET
Academics cycles by section
Returns a collection of cycles for the specified section_id.
Requires the following role in the Education Management system:
- Academic Group Manager
Request URL
Request parameters
| Parameter | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| section_id | Property is required | integer | The ID of the section. |
| duration_id | integer | The ID of the term for which you want to return cycles. Defaults to the current term for the section provided. |
|
| group_type | integer | The Group Type for the section specified. Defaults to the 'Academics' (1). |
Request headers
| Header | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bb-Api-Subscription-Key | Property is required | string | Subscription key which provides access to this API. Found in your Profile. |
| Authorization | Property is required | string | OAuth 2.0 access token obtained from Blackbaud OAuth 2.0 Service. Supported grant types: Authorization code. |
Response 200 OK
Success
{
"section_id": 33444555,
"course_title": "Advanced Biology",
"section_identifier": "01-A",
"block_name": "E",
"course_code": "54321",
"cycles": [
{
"schedule_set": "Tue & Thur Eve",
"schedule_set_id": 101,
"week": 222,
"day": 345,
"begin_time": "2023-05-30",
"end_time": "2023-05-30",
"sun": false,
"mon": false,
"tue": true,
"wed": false,
"thu": true,
"fri": false,
"sat": false,
"room_full_name": "Millhouse Rm110",
"canceled": false
}
]
}{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"section_id": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "The ID of the section",
"format": "int32"
},
"course_title": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The name of the course",
"nullable": true
},
"section_identifier": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The section identifier",
"nullable": true
},
"block_name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Name of the block to which this section belongs",
"nullable": true
},
"course_code": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The course code",
"nullable": true
},
"cycles": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"schedule_set": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Name of the schedule rotation for the cycle",
"nullable": true
},
"schedule_set_id": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Id of the schedule rotation for the cycle",
"format": "int32",
"nullable": true
},
"week": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Week in the schedule rotation for the cycle",
"format": "int32"
},
"day": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Day in the schedule rotation for the cycle",
"format": "int32"
},
"begin_time": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Start time of the cycle",
"nullable": true
},
"end_time": {
"type": "string",
"description": "End time of the cycle",
"nullable": true
},
"sun": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Flag to indicate if the section meets on Sundays"
},
"mon": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Flag to indicate if the section meets on Mondays"
},
"tue": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Flag to indicate if the section meets on Tuesdays"
},
"wed": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Flag to indicate if the section meets on Wednesdays"
},
"thu": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Flag to indicate if the section meets on Thursdays"
},
"fri": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Flag to indicate if the section meets on Fridays"
},
"sat": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Flag to indicate if the section meets on Saturdays"
},
"room_full_name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Name of the room where this particular cycle meets",
"nullable": true
},
"canceled": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Flag to indicate if the cycle has been canceled"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": ""
},
"description": "The collection of cycles for the section",
"nullable": true
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": ""
}Code samples
@ECHO OFF
curl -v -X GET "https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/school/v1/academics/sections/{section_id}/cycles?duration_id={integer}&group_type=1"
-H "Bb-Api-Subscription-Key: {subscription key}"
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access token}"
--data-ascii "{body}"
using System;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web;
namespace CSHttpClientSample
{
static class Program
{
static void Main()
{
MakeRequest();
Console.WriteLine("Hit ENTER to exit...");
Console.ReadLine();
}
static async void MakeRequest()
{
var client = new HttpClient();
var queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);
// Request headers
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Bb-Api-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {access token}");
// Request parameters
queryString["duration_id"] = "{integer}";
queryString["group_type"] = "1";
var uri = "https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/school/v1/academics/sections/{section_id}/cycles?" + queryString;
var response = await client.GetAsync(uri);
}
}
}// // This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
import java.net.URI;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
public class JavaSample
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
HttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();
try
{
URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder("https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/school/v1/academics/sections/{section_id}/cycles");
builder.setParameter("duration_id", "{integer}");
builder.setParameter("group_type", "1");
URI uri = builder.build();
HttpGet request = new HttpGet(uri);
request.setHeader("Bb-Api-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");
request.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {access token}");
// Request body
StringEntity reqEntity = new StringEntity("{body}");
request.setEntity(reqEntity);
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(request);
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
if (entity != null)
{
System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity));
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>JSSample</title>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
var params = {
// Request parameters
"duration_id": "{integer}",
"group_type": "1",
};
$.ajax({
url: "https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/school/v1/academics/sections/{section_id}/cycles?" + $.param(params),
beforeSend: function(xhrObj){
// Request headers
xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Bb-Api-Subscription-Key","{subscription key}");
xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Authorization","Bearer {access token}");
},
type: "GET",
// Request body
data: "{body}",
})
.done(function(data) {
alert("success");
})
.fail(function() {
alert("error");
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
NSString* path = @"https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/school/v1/academics/sections/{section_id}/cycles";
NSArray* array = @[
// Request parameters
@"entities=true",
@"duration_id={integer}",
@"group_type=1",
];
NSString* string = [array componentsJoinedByString:@"&"];
path = [path stringByAppendingFormat:@"?%@", string];
NSLog(@"%@", path);
NSMutableURLRequest* _request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:path]];
[_request setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];
// Request headers
[_request setValue:@"{subscription key}" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Bb-Api-Subscription-Key"];
[_request setValue:@"Bearer {access token}" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Authorization"];
// Request body
[_request setHTTPBody:[@"{body}" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
NSURLResponse *response = nil;
NSError *error = nil;
NSData* _connectionData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:_request returningResponse:&response error:&error];
if (nil != error)
{
NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
}
else
{
NSError* error = nil;
NSMutableDictionary* json = nil;
NSString* dataString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:_connectionData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSLog(@"%@", dataString);
if (nil != _connectionData)
{
json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:_connectionData options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:&error];
}
if (error || !json)
{
NSLog(@"Could not parse loaded json with error:%@", error);
}
NSLog(@"%@", json);
_connectionData = nil;
}
[pool drain];
return 0;
}
<?php
// This sample uses the PEAR HTTP client from http://pear.php.net/package/HTTP_Request2
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new Http_Request2('https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/school/v1/academics/sections/{section_id}/cycles');
$url = $request->getUrl();
$headers = array(
// Request headers
'Bb-Api-Subscription-Key' => '{subscription key}',
'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access token}',
);
$request->setHeader($headers);
$parameters = array(
// Request parameters
'duration_id' => '{integer}',
'group_type' => '1',
);
$url->setQueryVariables($parameters);
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_GET);
// Request body
$request->setBody("{body}");
try
{
$response = $request->send();
echo $response->getBody();
}
catch (HttpException $ex)
{
echo $ex;
}
?>########### Python 2.7 #############
import httplib, urllib, base64
headers = {
# Request headers
'Bb-Api-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
'Authorization': 'Bearer {access token}',
}
params = urllib.urlencode({
# Request parameters
'duration_id': '{integer}',
'group_type': '1',
})
try:
conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('api.sky.blackbaud.com')
conn.request("GET", "/school/v1/academics/sections/{section_id}/cycles?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
data = response.read()
print(data)
conn.close()
except Exception as e:
print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))
####################################
########### Python 3.2 #############
import http.client, urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, base64
headers = {
# Request headers
'Bb-Api-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
'Authorization': 'Bearer {access token}',
}
params = urllib.parse.urlencode({
# Request parameters
'duration_id': '{integer}',
'group_type': '1',
})
try:
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('api.sky.blackbaud.com')
conn.request("GET", "/school/v1/academics/sections/{section_id}/cycles?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
data = response.read()
print(data)
conn.close()
except Exception as e:
print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))
####################################require 'net/http'
uri = URI('https://api.sky.blackbaud.com/school/v1/academics/sections/{section_id}/cycles')
query = URI.encode_www_form({
# Request parameters
'duration_id' => '{integer}',
'group_type' => '1'
})
if query.length > 0
if uri.query && uri.query.length > 0
uri.query += '&' + query
else
uri.query = query
end
end
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
# Request headers
request['Bb-Api-Subscription-Key'] = '{subscription key}'
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer {access token}'
# Request body
request.body = "{body}"
response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
http.request(request)
end
puts response.body
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