API v3.0
API v3.0 Changelog
Below is a full changelog of what has changed in API v3.0 (12/20). Please reference our Data Model and our Postman collection pages for further details and the full API schema.
Notable Changes
New User Data Object
API v3.0 introduces /users as an endpoint bringing students, teachers, staff, district admins, and contacts under one object, individually queryable by adding a role type parameter (e.g., /users?role=teacher).
Improved Student Contact Relationships
- Student Relationships Array: Contacts now include a
student_relationshipsarray, detailing all relationships the contact has with students in their district's Student Information System (SIS).- Each entry in the array represents a specific relationship, identified by both the relationship type and the Clever ID of the student.
- For example, if a contact is listed as a parent for two students and an aunt to another, they will have one Clever ID and three entries in the
student_relationshipsarray.
Learn more here.
New Content/Resource Mapping API
See the changelog below. Learn more here.
Identity API
Click to view the changelog for the Identity API
Changed
- The
typefield on/mewill now return"user"for any user records instead of a specific role type.
Data API
Click to view the changelog for the Data API
Added
Users record type, which replaces District Admins, Staff (formerly known as School Admins), Teachers, and Students, and associated endpoints:
- GET
/usersroleparameter, which can be used to filter responses to users that have a specific role
- GET
/schools/{id}/usersroleparameter, which can be used to filter responses to users that have a specific role
- GET
/sections/{id}/usersroleparameter, which can be used to filter responses to users that have a specific role
- GET
/users/{id} - GET
/users/{id}/district - GET
/users/{id}/schools - GET
/users/{id}/myteachers - GET
/users/{id}/mystudents - GET
/users/{id}/mycontacts - GET
/users/{id}/sections - GET
/users/{id}/resources - Contacts now return
student_relationships, which defines the Contact'stypeandrelationshipwith a specificstudent. This replaces the previous top-leveltypeandrelationshipfields. - Staff records return
roles, which shows the permissions this user has in Clever. - Staff records can now be accessed on a per-school basis:
- GET
/schools/{id}/users?role=staff
- GET
- GET
/schools/{id}/usersreturns all users for the specified school, even if the school is not the primary school for the user. - Terms and Courses can now be accessed on a per-school basis:
- GET
/schools/{id}/courses - GET
/schools/{id}/terms - GET
/courses/{id}/schools - GET
/terms/{id}/schools
- GET
Changed
- School Admins are now referred to as
Staff. - GET
/schools/{id}/usersreturns all users associated with that school, even if their primary school is not{id}.
Removed
- School endpoints that reference roles instead of users:
- GET
/schools/{id}/students, replaced by GET/schools/{id}/users?role=student - GET
/schools/{id}/teachers, replaced by GET/schools/{id}/users?role=teacher
- GET
- Section endpoints that reference roles instead of users:
- GET
/sections/{id}/students, replaced by GET/sections/{id}/users?role=student - GET
/sections/{id}/teachers, replaced by GET/sections/{id}/users?role=teacher - GET
/sections/{id}/teacher
- GET
- Contacts endpoints:
- GET
/contacts, replaced by GET/users?role=contact - GET
/contacts/{id}, replaced by GET/users/{id} - GET
/contacts/{id}/students, replaced by GET/users/{id}/mystudents - GET
/contacts/{id}/district, replaced by GET/users/{id}/district
- GET
- District Admins endpoints:
- GET
/district_admins, replaced by GET/users?role=district_admin - GET
/district_admins/{id}, replaced by GET/users/{id} - GET
/district_admins/{id}/district, replaced by GET/users/{id}/district
- GET
- School Admins endpoints:
- GET
/school_admins, replaced by GET/users?role=staff - GET
/school_admins/{id}, replaced by GET/users/{id} - GET
/school_admins/{id}/schools, replaced by GET/users/{id}/schools - GET
/school_admins/{id}/district, replaced by GET/users/{id}/district
- GET
- Students endpoints:
- GET
/students, replaced by GET/users?role=student - GET
/students/{id}, replaced by GET/users/{id} - GET
/students/{id}/contacts, replaced by GET/users/{id}/mycontacts - GET
/students/{id}/school - GET
/students/{id}/schools, replaced by GET/users/{id}/schools - GET
/students/{id}/sections, replaced by GET/users/{id}/sections - GET
/students/{id}/teachers, replaced by GET/users/{id}/myteachers - GET
/students/{id}/district, replaced by GET/users/{id}/district
- GET
- Teachers endpoints:
- GET
/teachers, replaced by GET/users?role=teacher - GET
/teachers/{id}, replaced by GET/users/{id} - GET
/teachers/{id}/school - GET
/teachers/{id}/schools, replaced by GET/users/{id}/schools - GET
/teachers/{id}/sections, replaced by GET/users/{id}/sections - GET
/teachers/{id}/students, replaced by GET/users/{id}/mystudents - GET
/teachers/{id}/district, replaced by GET/users/{id}/district
- GET
Content Mapping API
The Content Mapping API is new to v3.0. This feature allows districts to indicate via the API which resources should be shared with courses, classes, and users. For ease of understanding, these endpoints are separated here but are part of the Data API in the API explorer.
Click to view the changelog for the Content Mapping API
Added
- Resources record type, which represents a resource owned and controlled by your application, and associated endpoints:
- GET
/resources - GET
/resources/{id} - GET
/resources/{id}/courses - GET
/resources/{id}/sections - GET
/resources/{id}/usersroleparameter, which can be used to filter responses to users that have a specific role
- GET
Events API
Click to view the changelog for the Events API
Added
- Created/Updated/Deleted events for Users.
Changed
record_typeparam also allows "users" value.
Removed
- Created/Updated/Deleted events for role-specific records:
districtadmins.*, replaced byusers.*schooladmins.*, replaced byusers.*teachers.*, replaced byusers.*students.*, replaced byusers.*contacts.*, replaced byusers.*
Updated about 1 month ago
