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Helsinki.fi content

Content API for helsinki.fi — news and study search. Notable for declaring two distinct X-Api-Key schemes, NewsApiKey and StudySearchApiKey, described as issued by two different plans; it is the clearest statement in the estate that the plan is the authorization unit.

Helsinki.fi content is one of 26 APIs that University of Helsinki publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Content, News, Study Search, and CMS. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, organized into 2 resource areas, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 1.2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://gw.api.helsinki.fi.

5 operations 5 paths 7 schemas 5 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
1.2.0
Base URL
https://gw.api.helsinki.fi/public_web
Authentication
API Key, API Key
Resource Areas
2

Authentication & Security 2

Helsinki.fi content declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-Api-Key (NewsApiKey). An API key is passed in the header as X-Api-Key (StudySearchApiKey).

  • NewsApiKey — API key issued by the news plan when an application subscribes to it.
  • StudySearchApiKey — API key issued by the study search plan when an application subscribes to it. Separate from the news plan key.

Paths & Operations 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 5 GET. They span 2 resource areas: news, study-search. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

news 2

News

GET
/public_web/news/frosmo/{langcode}.json
Gets the news in a given language.
fetchNewsJson 6 params → 200400401403
GET
/public_web/news
Gets all news in a single response, in Finnish.
fetchNewsJsonUnpaginated 6 params → 200401403502
study-search 3

Study search content. The API returns the study options and/or degree programmes content for University of Helsinki in an indexable format. The API strives to provide each content…

GET
/public_web/study_search/study_options
Exports study options content.
fetchStudySearchStudyOptions 3 params → 200401403
GET
/public_web/study_search/degree_programmes
Exports degree programmes content.
fetchStudySearchDegreeProgrammes 3 params → 200401403
GET
/public_web/study_search/info
Gets the study search info.
fetchStudySearchInfo → 200401403

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DegreeProgramme (13 properties), StudyOption (12 properties), DegreeApplicationPeriodTerm (4 properties), TextTerm (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

NewsNode
object
1 property
StudyOption
object
12 properties
DegreeProgramme
object
13 properties
StudySearchInfo
object
Editorial texts from the site configuration. A value is null when the corresponding text has not been set.
2 properties
TextTerm
object
A referenced taxonomy term. The language keys are the same ones the referencing content has, so the set of keys varies per content item. When the term itself i…
4 properties
DegreeApplicationPeriodTerm
object
4 properties
Translated
object
Object containing strings for each language version with the two-letter language code as key. Only the languages the content is published in are present, so th…
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

university-of-helsinki-helsinki-fi-content-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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