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PowerSchool Authentication API

OAuth 2.0 token operations

PowerSchool Authentication API is one of 8 APIs that PowerSchool publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{district}.powerschool.com.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://{district}.powerschool.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, HTTP Basic
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

PowerSchool Authentication API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (BasicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • BearerAuth — Bearer token obtained from /oauth/accesstoken/ using client credentials. Tokens expire and must be refreshed.
  • BasicAuth — Basic auth with Base64-encoded clientid:clientsecret for the token endpoint only.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Authentication 1

OAuth 2.0 token operations

POST
/oauth/access_token/
Obtain OAuth 2.0 access token
getAccessToken body → 200401

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Token (3 properties), Error (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error
object
API error response
3 properties
Token
object
OAuth 2.0 access token response
3 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

powerschool-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs PowerSchool publishes across the network.

PowerSchool Courses API
PowerSchool District API
PowerSchool Metadata API
PowerSchool PowerQuery API
PowerSchool Schools API
PowerSchool Sections API
PowerSchool Students API
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