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
`https://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.json`	All data is JSON format
`https://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.xml`	All data is XML format

Filter by Institution

URL	What Data is Returned
`https://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.json?q=institution_id=UMNTC`	All data for UMNTC institution
`https://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.json?q=institution_id=UMNMO\|UMNTC`	All data for UMNMO and UMNTC institutions

Filter by Term

URL	What Data is Returned
`https://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.json?q=term_id=1149`	All data for Fall 2014 term
`https://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.json?q=term_id=1155\|1159`	All data for Summer 2015 and Fall 2015 terms

Filter by Academic Career

URL	What Data is Returned
`https://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.json?q=academic_career_id=ugrd`	All data for undergrad acadamic career
`https://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.json?q=academic_career_id=ugrd\|law`	All data for undergrad and law academic careers

Filter by Multiple Criteria

Just seperate your criteria with commas

https://sessions.umn.edu/sessions.json?q=academic_career_id=ugrd|law,term_id=1149,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'

Sessions data service