Overview

This is the first version of API. The main purpose of this version of API is to provide a way for external applications, e.g., learning management system, to interact with iPeer with tighter integration and better user experience. Data returned will be in JSON format with XML support coming later.

Authentication

OAuth 1.0a

Resources

Users

GET	/v1/users	get a list of users
	parameter	none
	input	none
	status (success)	HTTP/1.0 200 OK
	output (success)	[{"id":"USER0_ID","role_id":"ROLE_ID","username":"USERNAME0","last_name":"LAST_NAME","first_name":"FIRST_NAME"},{"id":"USER1_ID","role_id":"ROLE_ID","username":"USERNAME1","last_name":"LAST_NAME","first_name":"FIRST_NAME"}]
	status (failure)	HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
	output (failure)	null
GET	/v1/users/{id}	get a user with id
	parameter	USER_ID
	input	none
	status (success)	HTTP/1.0 200 OK
	output (success)	[{"id":"USER0_ID","role_id":"ROLE_ID","username":"USERNAME0","last_name":"LAST_NAME","first_name":"FIRST_NAME"}]
	status (failure)	HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
	output (failure)	null
POST	/v1/users	create a user
	parameter	none
	input	[{"role_id":"ROLE_ID","username":"USERNAME","last_name":"LAST_NAME","first_name":"FIRST_NAME"}]
	status (success)	HTTP/1.0 201 CREATED
	output (success)	[{"id":"USER_ID","role_id":"ROLE_ID","username":"USERNAME","last_name":"LAST_NAME","first_name":"FIRST_NAME"}]
	status (failure)	HTTP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error
	output (failure)	null
POST	/v1/users	create users
	parameter	none
	input	[{"role_id":"ROLE_ID","username":"USERNAME0","last_name":"LAST_NAME","first_name":"FIRST_NAME"},{"role_id":"ROLE_ID","username":"USERNAME1","last_name":"LAST_NAME","first_name":"FIRST_NAME"}]
	status (success)	HTTP/1.0 201 CREATED
	output (success)	[{"id":"USER0_ID","role_id":"ROLE_ID","username":"USERNAME0","last_name":"LAST_NAME","first_name":"FIRST_NAME"},{"id":"USER1_ID","role_id":"ROLE_ID","username":"USERNAME1","last_name":"LAST_NAME","first_name":"FIRST_NAME"}]
	status (failure)	HTTP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error
	output (failure)	null
DELETE	/v1/users/{id}	remove a user with id
	parameter	USER_ID
	input	none
	status (success)	HTTP/1.0 204 No Content
	output (success)	null
	status (failure)	HTTP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error
	output (failure)	null
PUT	/v1/users/{id}	update a user with id
	parameter	COURSE_ID
	input	[{"id":"USER_ID","username":"USERNAME","last_name":"LAST_NAME","first_name":"FIRST_NAME","role_id":"ROLE_ID"}]
	status (success)	HTTP/1.0 200 OK
	output (success)	[{"id":"USER_ID","username":"USERNAME","last_name":"LAST_NAME","first_name":"FIRST_NAME","role_id":"ROLE_ID"}]
	status (failure)	HTTP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error
	output (failure)	null

Courses

GET	/v1/courses	get a list of courses for current logged in user
	parameter	none
	input	none
	status (success)	HTTP/1.0 200 OK
	output (success)	[{"id":"COURSE0_ID","course":"COURSE0_CODE","title":"COURSE0_TITLE"},{"id":"COURSE1_ID","course":"COURSE1_CODE","title":"COURSE1_TITLE"}]
	status (failure)	HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
	output (failure)	No courses can be found
GET	/v1/courses/{id}	get a course with id
	parameter	COURSE_ID
	input	none
	status (success)	HTTP/1.0 200 OK
	output (success)	{"id":"COURSE_ID","course":"COURSE_CODE","title":"COURSE_TITLE"}
	status (failure)	HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
	status (failure)	No course with id COURSE_ID can be found
POST	/v1/courses	create a course
	parameter	none
	input	{"Course":{"course":"COURSE_CODE","title":"COURSE_TITLE"},"Department":{"Department":[DEPARTMENT_ID]}}
	status (success)	HTTP/1.0 201 Created
	output (success)	COURSE_ID
	status (failure)	HTTP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error
	output (failure)	Error: the course was not added
DELETE	/v1/courses/{id}	remove a course with id
	parameter	COURSE_ID
	input	none
	status (success)	HTTP/1.0 204 No Content
	output (success)	COURSE_ID
	status (failure)	HTTP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error
	output (failure)	Error: the course was not deleted
PUT	/v1/courses/{id}	update a course with id
	parameter	none
	input	{"Course":{"id":"COURSE_ID","course":"COURSE_CODE","title":"COURSE_TITLE"}}
	status (success)	HTTP/1.0 200 OK
	output (success)	COURSE_ID
	status (failure)	HTTP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error
	output (failure)	Error: the course was not edited

Courses/Users

GET	/v1/courses/{course_id}/users	get a list of users associated within the course {course_id}
POST	/v1/courses{course_id}/users	associate users to the course by {course_id}
DELETE	/v1/courses/{course_id}/users	remove users from the course
	parameter	COURSE_ID
	input	none for removing all users or [{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3}] for specific users (other fields are ignored)
	status (success)	HTTP/1.0 204 No Content
	output (success)	COURSE_ID
	status (failure)	HTTP/1.0 500 users were not deleted
	output (failure)	none

Groups

GET	/v1/courses/{course_id}/groups	get a list of groups in course {course_id}
GET	/v1/courses/{course_id}/groups/id	get a group in course by group id, course_id will be ignored
POST	/v1/courses{course_id}/groups	create a group in course {course_id}
DELETE	/v1/courses/{course_id}/groups/{id}	remove a group in course by group id, course_id will be ignored
PUT	/v1/courses/{course_id}/groups/{id}	update a group in course by group id, course_id will be ignored

Groups/Users

GET	/v1/groups/{group_id}/users	get a list of users associated within the group {group_id}
POST	/v1/groups{group_id}/users	associate users to the group by {group_id}
DELETE	/v1/groups/{group_id}/users	remove users from the group

Grades

GET	/v1/courses/{course_id}/grades	get a list of grades in course {course_id}
GET	/v1/courses/{course_id}/grades/id	get a grades in course {course_id}
GET	/v1/users/{user_id}/grades	get grades for a user

• Grades are read-only

Events

GET	/v1/courses/{course_id}/events	get a list of events in course {course_id}
GET	/v1/courses/{course_id}/events/{event_id}	get a event in course {course_id}
GET	/v1/users/{user_id}/events	get events for a user

• Events are read-only